Complaint Review: METROWINNERS LOTTO

YESTERDAY I RECEIVED A LETTER IN THE MAIL STATING THAT I WAS A WINNER IN THE METROWINNERS LOTTO HELD IN LONDON, ENGLAND. INCLUDED WITH THIS WAS A CHECK FOR $2996.78. YOU CAN IMAGINE MY FIRST REACTION WAS TO JUMP FOR JOY. BUT THERE IS ALWAYS A CATCH! I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THIS MORNING TO CALL B/C WHEN I CALLED THE NUMBER ON THE LETTER LAST NIGHT, IT SENT ME STRAIGHT TO VOICEMAIL.

WHEN I CALLED THIS MORNING, SOME LADY ANSWERED AND I ASKED FOR MY "CLAIM AGENT", PAULA DAVIDSON, AND SHE SAID TO HOLD ON AND THEN CAME RIGHT BACK ON THE PHONE SAYING SHE WAS PAULA. THERE WERE NO 'CONGRATS' OR 'HOW DO YOU FEEL TO HAVE WON ALL THIS MONEY.' INSTEAD, SHE TOLD ME MY NAME WAS CHOSEN ONLINE FROM MY EMAIL ADDRESS OUT OF 1,500,000 NAMES.

I HAD WON $98,000, MINUS MY SPONSORS COMMISSION. SHE TOLD ME I HAD TO CASH THIS CHECK INTO MY BANK ACCOUNT, THEN GO PURCHASE 2 MONEYGRAMS, AND ONCE I RECEIVED THE CONFIRMATION NUMBERS I WOULD HAVE TO CALL HER BACK TO LET HER KNOW. THEN I WAS SUPPOSED TO MAIL MY MONEYGRAMS TO AN ADDRESS IN HOUSTON, TX. WHEN I CALLED INFORMATION TO VERIFY THIS WAS A REAL ADDRESS, SHE INFORMED ME THE COMPANY, THE NAME SAM MILES, AND THE ADDRESS WERE BOGUS. I GOT ONLINE AND RESEARCHED IT TO FIND NOTHING, THE ONLY COMPANY THAT WAS REAL WAS THE ONE I RECEIVED MY CHECK FROM. AND THAT WAS 'MICHAEL BROSCHE ASSOCIATES, INC.'
I TRIED CALLING THEM BUT THEY WERE CLOSED SO I LEFT THEM A NOTE INFORMING THEM OF WHAT IS GOING ON, AND THEN I LOOKED UP METROWINNERS LOTTERY IN GOOGLE.COM. THAT'S HOW I FOUND THIS PAGE AND KNEW IT WAS A SCAM.

DON'T LET THEM DO THIS TO YOU, I KNOW THE MONEY IS OVERWHELMING, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE BEING SCAMMED, OR ATLEAST ATTEMPTED TO BE.

Nicole
DAPHNE, Alabama
U.S.A.