I received a letter today: 12-07-06.
Info at the top in large red bold letters said: BONANZA 2000 - ROYAL BRITISH DRAWS - AWARD CERTIFICATE.
Enclosed was a check for $2997.50. Company name on the check was: American Brass & Aluminum Foundry, Inc. Address was 2060 Garfield Avenue, City of Commerce, CA 90040-1804. The bank is: BANK OF THE WEST City of Commerce Office, City of Commerce CA 90040. Check #98043 Dated 11/22/2006. Has security instructions across the top of the check. The whole format of the check was a real big clue that it was a fake.
The letter states that "you emerged as one of the winners of the British Random Draws International" held in London, England. There was a bunch of "gobbaleegoop" defining ticket numbers and serial numbers and lucky numbers. I had "been approved for the lump sum of $115, 500.00. This is from a total cash prize of $2, 450, 500.00 USD shared among 23 international winners in different categories."
The letter continued to say that the check was to enable me to finance the international clearance fees of $2845.50. Oh... and there was going to be an addditional fee amount of $7854.00 taken out of the $115, 500.00. So, I was going to net $107.646.00.
To "begin your lottery claim", I was instructed to contact "your claim agent, Monica Davids of Zenith Financial Management Group." They supplied me with the phone number of said agent. "Note that all prize money must be claimed not later than DECEMBER 12, 2006. Ensure you contact your agent for the ACTIVATION AND AUTHORISATION (their spelling, not mine!) of your check."
What is hilarious is the fact that there is a signature in cursive on a typed line that looks like LOIS L?? (can't determine last name spelling) HOWEVER!! the typed name under the line is: Jackson Dawson, prize co-ordinator (also their spelling!)
I immediately did a search for "Royal British Draws" and found this site. Others have written in about them. They must have done a mass mailing!!
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