United Front Lottery
Fake International Promotions Prize Awards ripoff

"United Front Lottery is pleased to notify you that you are a winner in our promotional prize sweepstakes & lottery program. This draw was held on March 23rd 2007, your name was attached to the winning ticket with a prize amount of $160, 000 dollars. We are now contacting you in order for you to claim your prize money. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of how to claim your prize without delay.

In order for you to claim your prize you will need to pay a fee of which the calculated amount is $2, 895.00 dollars. Enclosed is a check payable to you in the above amount. Please before cashing this check, you have to call to confirm that you have received this letter and the enclosed check. An amount of 10% will be deducted from your cash prize to repay the fees.

Further more this draw was held in Las Vegas. If we do not hear from you within two weeks from the day this letter was sent, your file will be closed and you will no longer be able to claim your prize. Therefore, please contact us without delay so that you will not be left out of your prize money.

Our main payment office is located in North America. This is where your winnings will be paid out from. Once again, Congratulations. For more information please contact our main payment office at 1-306-881-9937."

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This "company" sent me the above letter with a check for $2, 895.00. Upon calling the number on the letter I was told to cash the check and moneygram $2, 700 of it to a specific bonds officer, Clarissa Kotzer, to cover fees for transfering my winnings through customs. The extra money on the check from the company was to cover the fee of transfering the money through moneygram.

I was told that once that money was transfered I would recieve a check within 72 hours for $144, 000, which would be my complete winnings after tax. Olivia Sanders is the woman who handled my information and questions when I did call the number for the main payment office. She only answered one of the many times that I tried to call, and usually she ended up calling me back from a different number.