Complaint Review: El Mundo On-Line Sweepstakes Lottery

I am submitting this report on behalf of my father. He is a good man, with a good heart and fell prey to this scam. Five minutes on the internet could have saved him thousands of dollars.

He received a letter stating that he had been approved for a lump sum payout of $4,800,000.00 in cash. He had been contacted by a "GO BETWEEN" man named Larry Phillips whose title was Foreign Operations Manager for the Mississippi Finance and Securities S.A.

After several phone calls, Mr. Phillips convinced my father into doing a wire transfer for $5,381.00. After the initial wire transfer, Mr. Phillips faxed a BRITISH JUDICIARY COMMISSION application for Judicial Clearance Certificate.

My father was surprised when we couldn't get the fax to go back through using previous fax #'s and when we tried to call the phone # that Mr. Phillips had given us, there was no answer.

WHY? Because he took the wire transfer and now he's gone with my fathers hard earned money.

You should never have to pay for any kind of lottery. I'm just sorry that he didn't feel that he could come to me first before it was too late.

Cindy
Sterling Heights, Michigan
U.S.A.