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  • Report:  #289072

Complaint Review: STAR LUCK CASINO - LOTTO PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE-READERS DIGEST - INTERGRATED PAYMENT SYSTEMS - ENGLEWOOD Colorado

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- Dayton, Ohio,
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STAR LUCK CASINO - LOTTO PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE-READERS DIGEST - INTERGRATED PAYMENT SYSTEMS
Canada ENGLEWOOD, Colorado, Canada
Phone:
416-8389 271
Web:
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I got a letter and a check for $4,997.13 on 11/27/07; The letter was titled - STAR LUCK CASINO - LOTTO - PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE-READERS DIGEST-SWEEPSTAKES-INTERNET CASINO stating that I had won money in a Star luck casino draw held on 10/20/07. My ticket number RCB 435-3296-371 drew the lucky numbers of 17-86-60-24-96 which won in the 2ed category. I had been approved for a lump sum payout of USD$98,000.00 from a total cash prize draw of $588,000.00 shared amongst 6 winners.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 280,000 names in North America as part of our international promotions program conducted annually. I have until the 8th of December,2007 to claim my prize money or all funds weill be returned as unclaimed and put up for the next draw.

The letter stated: We advise that you keep your award from public notice until your claim has been processed and your winnings are remitted to you to avoid double claiming or unwarranted abuse of this promotion.

The check was payable to me in order to pay my processing and clearance fees for my prize. These fees are supposed to be paid before your prize balance is remitted to you. This amount is deducted from your total winnings to facilitate the payment of the processing and clearance fees before you can receive your lump sum payout.

I was to contact claims broker on (416-8389 271) at their head office for processing and remittance of my winnings to a destination of my choice.

Business hours of Mon-Fri 9am-8pm. Sat 9am-5pm. signed by Greg Sinclair -Vice President.

The check is very real looking; There are fingerprint security marks and watermarks on the check. National City is in big bold print with the remitter named Bill Stewart. Under the authorized signature it states: Issued by Intergrated Payment Systems Inc. Englewood, Colorado. To Citibank, N.A. Buffalo, NY. signatue Sam Houston.

The envelope is marked from Canada with the numbers 2409992 on it. There is no return address on the letter or the envelope.

I knew this was a scam. To many red flags go off when reading the letter. But the check will fool you. I did notice the routing number is only 6 numbers long. Except for the numbering on the bottom of the check- it looks very real!

I have done nothing but report this on this website so far. I found this through a search. I noticed another girl named Melanie from independence Missouri had the same report on 5/19/07. Her report is about the same. She stated that if the check is deposted they can access your bank account. I asked this web site if I could cash this check for cash and they said No - It will bounce.

Where do I begin? Should I go to National City Bank and report this or the police etc.? I donot want these people getting away with this. I know people like me, hoping for lottery winnings might buy into this scam. Only I am distrusting in nature so I question everything.

Donna

Dayton, Ohio

U.S.A.


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