Complaint Review: Red Eagle

Beware of this scam it is a scam Little old women
ROYAL STRIDE PROMO LOTTERY,ENGLAND.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

REF: RSL/223457108/04

BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

WINNINGS NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, of winners of the VICTUAL WIN PROMO LOTTERY,ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 14th of
aug.2007
You are attached to ticket number 342-688-0563, with serial number 4661-56
drew the lucky numbers 20-16-44-57-65-121, and consequently won the lottery
in the 3rd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of US$2,000,000.00 (Two
Million United States Dollars) in cash,credited to file REF NO. RSL/223457108/04.
This is from total prize money of US$20,400,000.00 shared among the seventeen
international winners in this category. All participants were selected through
a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Australia,New Zealand,
America, Europe, North America,Africa and Asia as part of International
Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this
award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and
your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocos
to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this
program.


For due processing and remittance of your prize money please send down your
Telephone and Fax nos. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later
than three weeks after this publication. or all funds will be returned as
unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember
to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondence
with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address,do
inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result in
disqualification.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of
our promotions program.

Sincerely,

Mrs janet tiller

THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
ROYAL STRIDE PROMO LOTTERY, ENGLAND.

Ms Evans found 10,000 letters from various companies at her aunt's Birmingham home after her death.

She found her life savings had gone on paying processing fees for prize draws and lotteries but she never received any of the money promised by the firms.


My aunt lost 21,000 of her life's saving, I just want to warn people.
Tracy Evans

"I felt really sad, frustrated and really, really angry," she said.

"I don't want people to go through what we're going through, it has completely changed our lives."

With the letters still arriving, Ms Evans has turned to Consumer Direct for help.

Clive Kenyon, a manager at Consumer Direct, said: "It's very sad indeed. Unfortunately these scams do tend to target the elderly and vulnerable."



'Hard slog'

Mike Hayley is head of the Office of Fair Trading's Scambusters team, which works with organisations like Trading Standards to crack down on these kind of schemes.

He said it was a "tragic" case.

"But unfortunately it neither surprises nor shocks me because every week we hear of stories like these," he said.

"We do need people to look out for elderly relatives and identify signs because once you respond to one, more scammers will be after you.

"We are championing the cause of consumers and we do have powers, but it's a long and hard slog."

Concerned59
new mexico, New Mexico
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