I received a letter in the mail today from Altwater Financial Group, Inc. in Ontario Canada. The letter was dated March 3, 2009 and had a claim # written on it to my attention stating it was a Final Claim Notification. It says it was to inform me of the results of the 2008 North-American Sweepstakes Lottery held in Vancouver, British Columbia on September 26, 2008. It gave a ticket number saying my name was on it along with the winning numbers for the second drawing category.
The letter states that they had previously tried to contact me in December 2008 without success. The letter states I won $250, 000.00 in US dollars from a total cash prize of $1.5 million US dollars shared and distributed among 6 declared winners.
The letter proceeds to tell me that my prize winning has been forwarded to their payment office, with instructions to release my funds to me either by certified check or by wire transfer to my designated bank account.
In addition, there was an enclosed check from a company CHEMCRAFT INTERNATIONAL in Birmingham, Alabama in the amount of $4, 825.72. The remainder of the letter states the following:
To expedite the processing of your payment, please find enclosed a check in the amount of $4, 825.72US dollars, issued to you as partial payment by one of our sponsors, to assist you with the needed funds to pay the Value Added Tax assessed on you $250, 000.00 US dollars prize winning. Please not that the amount of $2, 975.00 US dollars has been assessed as the Value Added Tax for your prize winning. This amount must be paid by you, as well as all other winners, prior to release of your winning by our payment office.
Please do not cash or deposit this check at your bank, until you have contacted your assigned claim officer MR TERRY HANSON at (647) 868-0185 for further clarification and instructions on claiming your winning. Mr. Terry Hanson can be reached between 11:00AM - 5:00PM, Monday through Friday Eastern Time.
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