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Liberty Trust Financial Corporation Bogus "Award Claim Final Notification" of $250,000.00 lottery prize pool held on 4/2/07 Ottawa Ontario Canada
I got the same letter as a person who filed a report to your site on 6/23/07. My letter also claims I've won $125,000.00. The letter states that "due to the mix up of numbers and names, the results were released on the 9th of April and my name had attached to ticket number 743-2876-634 with serial number 5432-46, which drew the lucky numbers of 5-10-32-24-14-28, approving me for the lump sum payout of $125,000.00.
Same contacts: Sandra or Mike, same instructions to "deposit the check enclosed in the letter and wait 48 hours, then call back".
Noticeably in the letter are typos such as "kanata" Avenue instead of Kanata; Congratulation!!!! instead of Congratulations!!!. Also, the legal address system, using the Country of origin (duh, I'm assuming Canada????) and postal code that even Canada uses obviously missing.
The letter is on run-of-the-mill, plain copy paper that can be produced on any copier in the world; includes no embossing or anything whatsoever that makes the letter look official in any way.
The envelope is of the same poor quality as the paper the letter is written on and contains no return address.
The check itself, reads "MLFJ" (I'm assuming the company's name, 15834 La Grange Rd, Orlando Park, IL 60462; drawn on "CHARTER ONE" bank, "ORLAND HILLS, IL"; bank number "6-7041/2410", check number 23859, signed by "D (no period) B-(u or w)-t-(i?)-h-(r or n)". Bank routing numbers are "023859" [space]":241070417"[space]4500107583", with a line reading "U.S. Patents 5538290, 5575508, 5641183, 5785383, 5984363, and 6030000.
Is there anything more obviously fraudulent than this? Should we report this or take the envelope to the US Postal Service or do anything else with it other than put it in the garbage?
The sad part is that my wife actually called the guy and wants to deposit the check! PLEASE respond to this report by acknowledging that "If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck; it MUST be a duck, before my wife gets us into something much larger than we can handle; that can cause unimaginable financial problems; and, more than likely give "Mike", "Sandra" or this "MLFJ" yahoo named "D-whatever their name is" access to information that is guaranteed to cause more problems than this middle-class family can afford!
Steven
Midlothian, Virginia
U.S.A.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Leilani
Las Vegas,Nevada,
U.S.A.
DO WHAT U HAVE TO!
#3Consumer Comment
Tue, July 10, 2007
I got the same exact letter and check except the bank on the check was HSBC BANK.... they were really helpful on finding out if it was fraud.....But anyway my dad works for the post office and he's taking my letter in to the postal inspectors...so my advice is do the same so some kind of action can be done.....
Rachele
Oceanside,California,
U.S.A.
Im glad i wasnt a victom ti Kuverty Trust Financial Corp.!!
#3Consumer Comment
Thu, June 28, 2007
I was so close to being a in a big mess!! Liberty Trust Financial Corp. had sent me a letter with an amount of 3,850.00 dollers and i must cash it and notify them... but thats not all... i get 250,000, more dollers... this 3 thousand $ check was to pay my taxes that will be owed to the irs when im awarded my big winnings!!! lol...whatever....i wasnt gonna believe this...the guy on the phone was not american nor did he not want to talk long...and the phone line sure sounded terrible...well.... how can i go about making sure this jerk is busted!!!