Complaint Review: De-Lotto North American Sweepstakes Lottery - Toronto Ontario

RECEIVED LETTER IN THE MAIL ALONG WITH A CHECK FOR $**4875.00 FROM "NORTHWEST SECURITIES INC. 2515 LAKELAND HILLS BLVD LAKELAND FL 33804-0037" AND "SUNTRUST BANK 210 S. FLORIDA AVE LAKELAND FL 33801-4622" CHECK NUMBER:101444 DATE:5/23/2008 SIGNED BY PERHAPS DOUGLAS S. CLELAND, DOZDAS S. CLELANE, DZDAS S. CLELARD, OR EVEN DOVGLAS CLELANL. IF YOU LOOK REAL CLOSE AT THE CHECK YOU CAN SEE EXTREMELY SUTTLE VARIATION IN THE TEXTURE OF THE PAPER THAT SAYS "VOID" AND YOU CAN TELL THAT THE CHECK WAS NOT STAMPED OR SIGNED, IT WAS PRINTED BECAUSE THERE ARE NO MARKS IN THE PAPER THAT WOULD INDICATE A NORMAL CHECK SIGNATURE. "DOCUGARD" IS STAMPED (ARTIFICAILLY WATERMARKED) ALL OVER THE BACK SIDE OF THE CHECK

NUMBERS ON BOTTOM OF CHECK (CHECK NUMBER, BANK ROUTING NUMBER & ACCOUNT NUMBER):101444:063105269:1000031306672

THE LETTER STATED THE FOLLOWING:

"WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE ONE OF THE DECLARES WINNERS OF DE-LOTTO NORTH AMERICAN SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY HELD ON APRIL 4TH, 2008 IN THE 2ND CATAGORY."

"WE HAVE MADE MANY UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT YOU REGARDING THIS WINNING. YOU ARE THEREFORE ENTITLED TO THE SUM OF $125,000 US DOLLARS. THIS IS FROM TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF $4 MILLION US DOLLARS THAT WAS SHARED AND PRESENTED AMONG THE OTHER 32 DECLARED WINNERS. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL THE PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED THROUGH A RANDOM COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM OVER 500,000 NAMES."

"IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR DISBURSEMENT POLICY YOUR PRIZE AWARD MONEY HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO OUR CLEARING/DISBURSEMENT INSTITUTION TO RELEASE YOUR FUNDS TO YOU."

"YOUR CLAIM NUMBER IS KT/PA-785CA AND HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO OUR NORTH AMERICAN CLAIMS AFFILIATE. TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESSING ENCLOSED IS THE CHECK OF $4875 US DOLLARS WHICH HAS BEEN DEDUCTED FROM YOUR WINNING. THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THIS FIRST CHECK IS FOR THE PAYMENT OF APPLICABLE GOVERNEMENT TAXES ON YOUR BIG WINNINGS. GOVERNMENT TAXES CANNOT BE DEDUCTED FROM THE WINNING AMOUNT BECAUSE OF THE INSURANCE BOND POLICY COVERAGE."

THE TAX AMOUNT IS USD $2,875 (TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTYFIVE DOLLARS TO BE PAID EITHER BY WESTERN UNION OR MONEYGRAM DIRECTLY TO THE TAX AGENT."

"PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE THIS CHECK UNTIL YOU CALL. WE URGE YOU TO KEEP THIS WINNING CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL YOUR CLAIM HAS BEEN PROCESSED AND YOUR CASH REMITTED TO YOU AS THIS IS PART OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMING OR UNSCRUPULOUS ACTS BY NON PARTICIPANTS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM. YOU ARE ADVISED TO CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT IMMEDIATELY FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION AS INDICATED BELOW WITHIN 10 BUSINESS DAY."

MR. ROBERT HARRISON (CLAIMS/DISBURSEMENT AGENT)

PHONE: 1-416-893-3568

"CONGRATULATIONS, YOURS TRULY"

MARTIN LAWSON (PROMOTION MANAGER)

OFFICE HOUR:9.00AM TO 7.00PM (MON TO FRI)

SATURDAY: 10.00AM TO 4.00PM (EST)

YOU CAN TELL THE LETTER IS FAKE BECAUSE A LEGITIMATE LETTER WOULD USE BETTER GRAMMAR AND SPELLING...THE WORDING OF THE LETTER IS SO THAT THE PERSON RECEIVING IT WILL SENSE URGENCY TO CLAIM THEIR PRIZE, THE WORDING HAS TOO MUCH EMPHASIS ON LEGITIMACY, NOT TO MENTION THE REQUEST FOR PAYMENT BY WESTERN UNION OR MONEYGRAM...PLEASE, TELL ME NO ONE ACTUALLY FELL FOR THIS CRAP!!

Djmagic

nf, New York

U.S.A.