Complaint Review: Elgodor Lottery Primitiva S.a.

Elgodor Lottery Primitiva, s.a. sent an "Award Notification" letter to my daughter on March 13, 2007, stating that her name was atttached to winning ticket #, with a serial number and luckey numbers, and which consequently won the lottery in the 3rd catagory.

It stated that she had been approved for a lump sum payout of $725,650.oo euros. It listed a Reference # and a batch #. It stated it was from a total cash prize of $10,884,750 euros, shared among 15 international winners in this catagory.

It went on to say that her money was now deposited with a security company and insured in her name. It stated that "due to mix up of some numbers and names, they ask her to keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed as this was part of their security protocol to avoid double claiming or (this one was almost ironic considering their fraudulant nature) "unwarranted taking advantage of this program by participants" !!

They say her name was selected through a computer ballot system drawn 25,000 names fromAsia, Australiia, New Zealand, Europe, Africa, and North and South America.

To begin her lottery claim, she was asked to contact her claims agent, "Mr Carlos Solari, the Foreign Service manager of Grupo Catalana Seguros, S.A. and listed telephone# 00134 699 766 105 and fax # of 01134 911 814 170,for the processing and remittance of her winning prize money to a designation of her choice.

She was also informed that 10% of her winnings belongs to Grupo Catalana Seguros, because they are her claims agent.

She is instructed to complete this "payment Processing Form" and fax back immediatly, along with a copy of her international passport or driver's license.

The Head office of this Grupo Catalana Seguros, is in Italy Rome but the Elgodor lottery Primitiva, headed by Vice President Mr. Jose Luis Miguel, and named as the International Lottery Commission, is in Madrid Spain.

On the Payment form she is to fax, they ask if she wants to do a bank transfer or certified cheque. They do ask for bank account information.

This kind of fraud should be punishable, especially when the person receiving it, like my daughter, is naive and thinks that all her prayers have been answered. Her electricity and gas are being shut off this friday (4 days) due to not having enough earnings on her paycheck to cover the bill. She really thought she would be able to pay that bill now and give her three little boys a decent future!

Immagine having to be the one to break the news to her, as I had to, that NO her prayers have not been answered, and that in fact her nightmare could have gotten worse had I not showed her the articles on the internet about this Primitiva Lottery scam. My heart broke to see her eyes well up with tears of further dissappointment in her life. you could just see the profound hurt on her face knowing that she was back to the state of worry that she was before she got that d**n letter.

So Potential Victims, when you receive any letters or notices of winning somthing you havent even entered, just ask yourself a few basic questions and think logically before you go and give out any personal information. What you think is a "Miracle" could be the start of a real financial Nightmare!

Hopefully someday these kind of people will be brought before the judicial system and be demanded to pay for the damages they have caused innocent people, such as severe emotional or financial damages! Maybe someday....

Think before you Sink.

Renee
Spokane, Washington
U.S.A.