On May 1, 2005, I recieved a letter from Toronto. In this single page letter, I'm informed I have emerged as a winner in the third category of the Euro lotto program.
The letter states. I was chosen by a computer ballot system, from individuals who previously signed up for North American Sweepstakes. Apparently, this make believe version of Euro Lotto, had a generous $79, 000, 000 third category payout. Unfortunatly, I was reported to winning a mere $1, 400, 000 in cash.
Also, sent with this letter, is some fairly convincing items. The first item is a well designed counterfeit bank check for $3, 900 made out to me. The second item is a partial photo copy, of a sweepstakes entry form, that I myself signed, dated, and sent in a few months earlier.
However, this fantasy lottery company must not keep records of past award winners, that they failed to convince to pay the required fee, in order to collect the award.
You guessed it! I got the same letter two months ago. If it wasn't for the fact that my luck is so bad, I couldn't even win playing solo bingo if I tried I might have been fooled. So being that for what it is, I checked this out here and read a carbon copy of this scam wrote by another person a week earlier.
Basically, this is the method they use to try to scam you. The letter is sent to you. It gives you a name and phone number of a contact person, in charge of your claim. If you do not call them, believe me they will call you. The last time I went through this. I talked to about ten imposters. They will claim to be any one of a number of agencies such as: Various Law Firms, US Customs, Accounting Firms, ect..The check is a fake, and depending on what your financial statis, determines their reason they need to gain access to your bank account, with the main goal, to award themselves, if you catch my drift. A quick way to see, if the caller is on the up & up, is when they state who they are, and that you are a big winner. Tell them that you were ripped off by an offer similar to the one they are proposing a few days earlier. Tell the caller you had a visit from the Feds that are currently investigating this kind of criminal activity. Go on to tell this caller that "If your not legitament then your probally in a whole lot of trouble, because the Feds ask my permission to monitor my telephone to track the wear abouts of theses underground Canadian operatives." Then tell the caller "I told them to do whatever it takes to get my money back." Most likely they'll hang up on you as soon as you use the words U.S. Government, or they will start studdering so bad they wish they would have hung up.
One other thing, both letters sent to me contained entry form stubs, I sent in weeks earlier, as I've mentioned. The stubs were from two different ongoing sweepstakes. I won't mention either one of the promoters names, for the reason as not to tarnish their names, in the event that the copy of the stubs were illegally obtained, by these criminals, and with the possibility by no fault of the promoter themselves. However, I will tell you this. Both stubs sent, in these letters, were copies made from two different on going sweepstakes based in the state of New York. Don't be fooled. This is a pretty convincing scam they got going.
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