Alma
Menlo Park,#2Consumer Suggestion
Mon, May 29, 2006
All the LEGAL lotteries of the world are similar to the American lottery. You BUY a ticket, pick numbers, wait for the draw. If you have the winning numbers, YOU CLAIM the prize. Lottery comissions never ever contact winners. There is NO WAY to pay a lottery and not knowing about it. Though sweepstakes have different rules, but neither lotteries nor sweepstakes EVER request the winner to pay. They simply withhold the taxes, fee. ANY company (not only lottery) sending you check and requesting to send back money gram, UW IS SCAM or even worst: a money laundering operation. ANY company requesting money gram for a private person for ANY service, merchandise IS scam. My recommendation: CLOSE your account. Now they have your account #, they can hit it with any charges. Even if your bank reverse the charges, you could face overdraft fees, etc.