STANDARD FINANCIAL AGENCY INC
Lottery, Resource Management & Payment Verification STANDARD FINANCIAL AGENCY INC, AWARD CLAIM NOTIFICATION, SCAM, FRAUD 1206 HERON ST OTTAWA ON K1B 2T1

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I recieved a letter and a check that apear very ligitimate in the mail, read below details.

Date: January/07/2008
CLAIM#: MT-##-R/WIN-2007-GB-##

AWARD CLAIM NOTIFICATION

We have bben retained to inform you of the official release of the 2007 NORTH-AMERICAN SWEEPSTAKES held on NOVEMBER 30, 2007 in the 3rd catagory.

A ticket with serial numbers HX ########## attached to your name drew the lucky numbers ##-##-##-##-##-##-##.

We have made many unsuccessful attempts to contact you regaurding this winning. You are entittled to the sum of $150, 000.00 US Dollars. This is from total prize money of $3, 750, 000.00 US Dollars that was shared and presented among 25 declaired winners. Please; note that all the participants were selected through a random computer ballot system draw from over 1, 500, 000 names.

Your claim number is MT-##-R/WIN-2007-GB-## and in accourdance with our disbursement policy, your prize award money has been forwarded to us with instructions to release same to you either by certified check or money order.

Please keep your claim number to yourself for it is the only proof of your winning.

To expidite the processing, enclosed is a check of $4, 900.00 dollars which has been deducted from your winning.

You will be using the first check to pay for the applicable fees on your winning.

The Certificate of clearance and Insurance are to be paid through MONEYGRAM WIRE TRANSFER.

Please do not attempt to use this check until you call and speak with the claim agent MARK LEROY at 1-778-892-4007 for further clarification and instructions on claiming your winning.

Please note that this winning must be claimed within 14 days.

Congratulations
Yours Truly

MARY WILSON
MANAGER

After further taking the check to the bank and having them validate it, it turns out to be a Fruadulant check and has been turned over to Fraud claims.
Note: the check looks like a valid Bank check and is to a valid Bank and from a valid company. However the comany the check is writen from is DERRICK CORPORATION 590 DUKE ROAD BUFFALO, NY 14225

some of the key items that should make this apear as a fraud are:
1-The last sentence should be the first flag:
(Please do not attempt to use this check until you call and speak with the claim agent MARK LEROY at 1-778-892-4007 for further clarification and instructions on claiming your winning.)

2-Having to pay a fee:
(The Certificate of clearance and Insurance are to be paid through MONEYGRAM WIRE TRANSFER.), most if not all of the time fees and taxes are deducted prior to you receiving payment or funds.

3-The call and verification process:
It is very easy to call 411 and have them do a reverse number lookup to validate a number, when i did this the number 778-892-4077 is Unlisted and is based in New Westminster British Columbia, CANADA. as a residential Phone This should be a flag, most agencies willing to give you money also list there numbers and who they are. also the phone location is not even in any of the address locations of any of the coraspondance.

4-I'm sure there are plenty more flags but i will end with this:
How can you win a lottery, drawing, etc. without having entered???


Company: STANDARD FINANCIAL AGENCY INC
Country: Canada
Province: Ontario
City: 1206 HERON ST OTTAWA ON
Address: 12603 13th STREET SEATLE WA. 98005
Phone: 7788924077
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