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2006-04-18 13:30:40 - Amanda
I received a letter from the United British Lotto stating that I had won $95,000.00.Included with the letter was a check in the amount of $2998.27 and $2,850.00 was to cover a tax and clearance fee.I was skeptical but in my heart I was hoping it wasn't a scam.After reading some of these messages I see similarities that indicate it is.What do I do now?
2006-04-17 23:38:25 - ANGELLA
I RECEIVED THE UNITED BRITISH LOTTO CERTIFICATE OF AWARD LIKE IT SEEMS SO MANY OTHERS AND A CHECK FOR $2998.27. I SEE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE ASKING QUESTIONS BUT WHO HAS THE ANSWERS? WHAT DO WE DO, WHO DO WE CONTACT? DO I TAKE IT TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OR WHAT. SO THIS IS A SCAM BUT ISN'T IT CHECK FRAUD? WHO HAS THE INFORMATION AS TO WHAT WE SHOULD DO NOW.
FAYETTEVILLE, NC
2006-04-17 22:32:32 -
I recieved my check today and spent a great deal of time trying to remember what lottery I played. I live in New York City so everything for me is suspicious. Thanks to this site i could hold on to the pennies I currently have. The check is drawn on a legitimate bank and company in florida. Please let everyone know about this scam. This is not a good thing. Report it.
2006-04-17 19:56:10 -
Hello,
I just received a check in the mail from the united british lotto. The check is drawn off Bank of America from Sutter Health Sacremento Sierra Region. The check is for 2998.50
The letter states I should use this to pay the taxes on the $95,000.00 I have Wone.
It askes me to call Randy Edwards of
Apex Financial Management Group
Subsidiary of United Trust Corporation,
145 Southland Dr. S.E.
suite 204
Edmonton, AB. T5S2T1
Telephone#
780-604-0539
I called once and got a recorded message of a woman repeating the phone number. I hung up immediately.
Am I now going to get a huge phone bill or something?
John
2006-04-17 19:04:41 -
what's up with this lottery I called to claim my $475,000 prize and the guy hung up on me wanted to know what was I trying to prove? Any info out there?
2006-04-17 18:58:24 - Lynda
I just rec'd a check for $3800. written on Washington Mutual Bank, FA from Money Trail International Lottery Services written to cover "tax fees". I am supposed to contact Julie McCoy (ala Love Boat) before I deposit it. I won $495,000 in their 2/3/2006 drawing!!!
Am I understanding this right, that they will ask me to deposit the check and wire funds to them and then the check will turn out to be non-sufficient funds? If you go to the bank it was written on, wouldn't they be able to check it?
2006-04-17 18:45:03 -
I recieved a letter from United British Lotto. It says
UNITED BRITISH LOTTO
CERTICATE OF AWARD
This is to certify that:
(My name here)
Red#UBLC 10/665g8
Winner# 0087477
Batch # XEU231/06
DATE APRIL. 3 2006
After a sucessful completion of the third category draws of British Lotto, held in London England, we are pleased to inform you of the official announcement today that you have emerged as one of the winners of the BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PRGRAMS, which is part of our promotional draws. Participants were selected through a bellot system drawn from 8,000,000 names and addresses of individuals who previously signed for the North American Sweepstakes, as part of our international promotions program. Your ticket emerged as a winning ticket and consequently won in the Third Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of USD $958,000.00(NINETY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash which is the winning payout for third category winners. This is from the prize money of US $1,805,000.00 shared among nineteen(19) international winners in the Third Category.
A tax and clearance fee of $2,850.00 has been financed with the enlcosed check. Kindly deposit or cash the check to pay for your tax and clearance fee.
Your tax and clearance fee should be remitted to our designated North American Agent. You will recieve a total of ($95,000.00), minus $4,750.00(5% Spnosor's commission). Your agent will elaborate more on that.As soon as you receive this certificate, contact Your Agent below for the processing of your winning.
Special Notice! This award program has come to the public notice and in order to avoid unauthorized organizations, individuals contacting you, please ensure that this winning is kept absolutley confidential.
IF THIS PROCESS IS NOT COMPLETED ON OR BEFORE APRIL 21, 2006, WE SHALL ASSUME THIS AS UNCLAIMED AND SHALL AUTOMATICALLY NULL AND VOID IT. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR AGENT FOR THE ACTIVATION AND AUTHORIZATION OF YOUR CHECK.
(His Signature here)
Richard Foster
Prize Director
PLEASE CONTACT LISA SPENCER OF APEX FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GROUP, SUXSIDIARY OF UNITED TRUST CORPORATION, 145 SOUTHLAND DR S.E SUITE 204 EDMONTION, AB .T5S 2T1 TEL 780-604-0976
This is the letter in exact only some of the writing is in red. I called the number at the bottom at different times and only got an answering machine with a woman saying their hours are from 10 to 7 monday thru friday and noon to 7 on saturday. And she also has a bad accent. And there was never any room left on the machine for me to even leave a message. But after calling twice i got on the internet to look this up and then found this site. Such jerks. Now i took the time to type all this so i hope you took the time to read it. I hope these people get what they got coming to them.
2006-04-17 16:15:10 -
I received what looks like a check for 4850.00 whith 2900.00 to go to taxes. It seems to good to be true, I think sit is some kind of scam. Can you tell me any thing about it.
There are three different name on the letter.
Home Financial Service, Australian Lotto Corp and Lotto Co-operation Sweepstakeds Lottery. My prize is 250,000.
2006-04-17 16:14:18 -
It is a scam, but If I played my cards right, I could have kept the money. Here's a thought! I was lucky, although I didn't check the internet before going to the bank,
I went 99.9% of the way and thought I had won $95,000.00 I actually went to my bank, had them cashed the check, went to Western Union and sent them the money to the person in Canada. Called them make to with the verification number (verifying that Western Union did send the money gram). and was told that my $95,000.00 will be arriving via certified mail the next day. Got home, decided to look up United British Lotto. Found out it was a SCAM!!!! And the Grace of God stepped in, this is what happened next.....that evening....
I called Western Union and told them about this scam; (don't call the store, get the Main Office of WU).
They were aware of it. When they checked, the person in Canada didn't pick up the check yet (Thank God); so she was able to 'reverse' the transation.
I was able to go to Western Union and get the money back (at this point, I actually made $9.00 off of them). The next morning, I deposited it back into my account. I told the bank of the fake check and they called their main office and located it. I got the check in front of me now! I was lucky...no, I am blessed. Now, here is the What if....check this out!
What if, you get the fake check, the person knows that it'll take up to five days to clear if you don't have that type of money in your account (I did, so they cleared it that day). Go open a new account at some other bank, deposit the check, wait for it to clear. Go through the motion, send out the money through Western union or however they request (as long as you have control to "CANCEL THE TRANSATION", get the number or verification to satisfy that person (scamer) (play-the-game), then, cancel all transations! (like cancelling a check you just wrote right!!!). Pull the money out of the bank, keep it. The point of the scam is once the check clears the other side, it will say "insufficient funds" and it will be returned to your bank", however, the account is closed. The bank will have to go after the person on the check right. I'M JOKING.....IT SOUNDS GOOD THOUGH RIGHT!
2006-04-16 00:38:48 - isabelle
i won teh british lotto today-got a check for 2998.27$ i thought it was a scheme to get my checking info -you know -send us a check for 2998.27 from my checking account-i dont think so.
2006-04-15 20:36:03 -
I received a letter from United British Lotto stating that I had won 95,000 and that I need to call the agent in Ireland to further process. Along with the letter was a check to pay for the tax and clearance fee to North American Agent. Is this for real or a scam?
2006-04-15 18:04:13 -
I also received a letter from the UNITED British Lotto today and got so excited about it at first but then I thought I never entered a sweepstakes lotto here in the US so I suspected it is a scam. I read the letter over and over again and finally called LISA SPENCER's number in ALBERTA, apparently my financial agent, but i just heard a woman's funny accent in the answering machine telling me to leave my name, address and telephone no. and they will call me back but there was no more available space to record the message. I thought, AHA! It's really a scam... so I decided to Yahoo search UNITED BRITISH LOTTO and confirmed that it is really a SCAM. Thanks for having a site like this. I hope no one would fall for this evil doing.
2006-04-14 23:59:01 -
Actually, the check has two banks on the face.. Centura Investment Services and First citizens Bank both out of Charlotte, NC. The letter came from Chester, VA. from an Excelerate Claims and Procesing center Does this sound strange?
2006-04-14 23:33:49 -
I just received a letter stating that I won a third category grand prize of $150,000.00 in the International Mega Lotto. It also states the drawing was held March 31,2006. It shows winning numbers that look like this " 3284-5001". I have entered lottos on and offline but I don't recall entering this one. I may have. What really has me stumped is the official looking bank check that came with the letter for the sum of $2,700.00. The claims and processing center makes it plain that this check is a financial sponser check and must be used for insurance and pocessing fees on my winnings. If it is used for anything other that what it was intended for, It must be paid back to the sponsor. Is this a scam.
2006-04-14 12:15:15 - h ferd
I also received one of these letters along with a check. I never fall for these kind of stuff, specially coming from out of the country. As a matter of fact Canada is a base for scammers to rip off the people in U.S. I wish there was a way to stop these crooks once and for all. But people should control their greed and investigate before they fall for scams like this!
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