Complaint Review: Ultramax Financial Management

I received a letter informing that I emerged one of the winners of the British International Lottery programs.

There was an 'assistance' check enclosed for the amount of $2,996.78 to enable me to finance the international clearance fees of $2,866.00. My clearance fee should be remitted to their designated North American Agent.

I'd be receiving a total of $92,120 minus $5,880 (6% Sponsor's Commission).

I received this letter on a Monday after receiving a different letter from a different group with a different check on Friday.

We called for the first letter (from the Zenith Financial Management Group) and left a message since our contact person wasn't available.

When we called for this second letter, our contact person wasn't available either but we were still able to get some details. The guy claimed that we would cash the check and then in a couple days, somebody would hand deliver a cashier's check (or money order I don't remember which) with the remaining amount.

He told us the first letter wasn't real and we told him that it was fishy and we wouldn't be cashing his check. One odd thing about both is that the names on the tops of the checks didn't match the companies' information in the letters and both were checks from the US.

In fact, I researched both the company's that were on the checks and one was an interior designer and the other dealt with organic food.

Another oddity that was a dead give away was the fact that on both letters, AUTHORIZATION is mispelled and on the second letter, Winnepeg is mispelled also. There are a lot of mistakes with the typing too, like double spacing after word and no spaces where there should be.

Jamie
Brazil, Indiana
U.S.A.