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2006-04-13 20:35:40 -
My diabled fiancee' has received a check for 2998.95 that the U.P.O says appears to be legitimate. This check is for "a tax and clearance fee."
The PO is investigating. The deadline for redemption is 4-20. The letter advises secrecy about this winning to avoid unwanted solicitations from those who have become aware of this public award...
2006-04-13 01:27:34 -
I like everyone else who has made complaints recieved the same letter. I of course fell for it and took the check to the bank the vice president even said the check was real and I then set up an account. Then after talking to a family member about it they advised me this was probably a scam so I got online and looked up the United British Lotto. NO SUCH THING!!! All I seen was complaint after complaint about this so called company. First thing in the morning I am going to the bank and closing the account and letting the bank know this is a fraud!!! I will also be contacting the Post Master and our local prosecuting attorney. I advise anyone who gets this in the mail to shred it. Dont fall for it!!! We need to put a stop to this bullshit!
2006-04-12 10:48:21 -
IF U DONT REMEMBER ,U DIDNT DO IT!TAX BEFORE MONEY,I DONT THINK SO!IT DOESNT ADD UP.
2006-04-11 18:18:29 -
I too recieved a letter with a check, but my check was from
D.E. Harvey Builders
P.O. Box 42008
Houston Texas
the big thing for me was the fact that they didn't have the city I lived in correct.
I was supposed to contact Lisa Spencer of APEX Financial management group in Edmonton Ab...
So apparently they're not just sticking with the same scam, they're changing up the places to contact, and the places the checks are from.
Thank you all for posting here, you answered all my questions without me having to call the people listed.
*puts fake check in the shredder*
2006-04-11 14:13:48 -
UNITED BRITISH LOTTO
CERTIFICATE OF REWARD
CHECK FOR $1,998.97 TAX CLEARANCE FEE OF $1,850.00
WILL RECIEVE $95,000.00 MINUS $4,750.00 (5% SPONSOR'S
COMMISSION) CANT GET HOLD OF RONALD GEORGE TEL #514-651-3263 PRIZE DIRECTOR RICHARD FOSTER BUT SIGNED
REGINALD
What makes this diffrent from other scams I've seen is that the letter was ohysically sent to my home.
IS THIS A SCAM??
2006-04-11 13:51:21 -
I recieved one of the British Lotto Scam letters yesterday. The check included is from Houston,Texas for $2,998.50. I guess I was suppose to cash the check and then call Donna Rogers in IRELAND!
I knew it was a scam!!!!!
2006-04-10 17:08:47 -
I JUST RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE UNITED BRITISH LOTTO. WHAT A SCAM!!
2006-04-10 15:37:09 - Russell
I recieved one of the same type letters on 4-10-06. It stated that I had won $100,000.00 from the BRITISH LOTTO CO-OPERATION SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY....wow, not bad,...HUH ??? ...LET'S SEE, DEPOSIT IT, CASH IT---decisions-decisions---but wait, WHY ? would they send me a check in the amount of $4,950.00 to cover non-resident taxes...when they could just deduct that from my total winnings and send me the balance( if it was legit), I guess they just weren't THINKIN' CLEARLY...during all that excitement over a big financial gain for someone that they don't even know, or better yet...care anything about! Yeah ! that must have been it. Oh, and if you do call the number that they request that you call, be prepared to get NO sensible answers to any of your intelligent questions that you may ask...I may as well have been talking to a tree stump...when a person(I think it was a person),can't seem to remember their own name, it's usually a fairly good sign that the conversation will probably be going down hill from there. So, I don't think I'll be depositing the check or even cashing the check...I think I'll file it!!! in file #13...where it and the low life individuals that do this sort of thing, may cross paths again!
2006-04-10 15:14:01 -
seems these people have been reading the blogs, they now have an answering system that you leave your details on and they give you a call back, they also now have a woman with a nice american accent on there side. too bad for them I didnt leave a message and decided to call back myself. That guy with the accent (its Nigerian....I lived in Africa so I know the difference) picked up... Lucky for me or I too might have believed. I think that we should all just realise that nothing is ever for free... if you didnt pay for your paper ticket its not real!
2006-04-10 14:05:11 -
I HAVE READ EVERYBODIES MESSAGE ON THIS PAGE. I TOO RECEIVED A LETTER FROM UNITED BRITISH LOTTO. IT SAID CERTIFICATE OF AWARD. THEN IT SAYS "THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT; my name
REF#EUDW 10/665RG8
WINNER # 0087477
BATCH # XEU231/007
DATE APRIL 3 2006
THE CONTENTS SAIDS BASICALLY THE SAME THING EVERYBODY ELSE BEEN SAYING. THAT I WON $95,000.00. A CHECK WAS SENT TO ME AND IT LOOKS GENUINE FOR $1,998.95. THE COMPANY ON TOP IS (MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES, INC, THE CHRYSLER BUILDING, 405 LEXINGTON AVE., 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10174 - PHONE # 888-689-8658 ) I CALLED UP THIS NUMBER AND SOME GUY ANSWERED AND HE SAID HE MADE OUT THE CHECK AND THIS IS OK AND YOU HAVE TO TALK TO MY AGENT, ALFRED COOK OF STANDARD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GROUP, SUBSIDIARY OF EURO TRUST CORP, 145 SOUTHLAND DR S.E. SUITE 204 EDMONTON, AB T5S 2T1 TEL: 819-461-0015. I CALLED THIS PERSON AND HE SAID IT WAS LEGIT. HE SPOKE WITH AN ACCENT AND VERY GROUCHY. I DID NOT CASH THE CHECK OR DEPOSIT IT, AND YOU SHOULDN'T EITHER. LET'S GET THESE PEOPLE.
2006-04-10 11:23:12 -
April 9, 2006
It's bogus! Don't fall for it!
I received a letter in the mail last week with the heading "United British Lotto" It was a 'certificate of award' saying I had won $95,000 in the British International Lottery Program. (I noted that the word Program was not spelled the British way, with an e at the end.) It included a check supposedly drawn on Wachovia Bank in Chapel Hills, NC.The company that has the bank account is supposedly Mineral Technologies, Inc, on Lexington Ave in New York City. I Googled Mineral Technologies, NYC, and they do exist. But what connection would they have with a British lottery?
The letter tells me to deposit the check ($1998.95) and remit $1850 (for taxes and clearance) to their North American Agent.Why wouldn't they just send me a check for $1850? Why $1998.95?
At the bottom of this letter it states, "Please contact Ronald George Of Standard Financial Management Group, Subsidiary of Euro Trust Corporation, 145 O'Conner Street, Suite 204, Ottawa, ONT. K1P1H1 Tel 613-276-4114
I Google Standard Financial Management Group and find your site, the Computer Crime Research Center.
Before I even left the house to go to the bank, I called that number. A guy with a Jamaican/Bahamian accent, tip off #1,(yeah, that really sounds Canadian!) answers the phone by basically saying hello, like he's sitting at his house or something! Tip off #2: Any professional business will answer with the business name. (For heaven's sake, can't these scammers at least TRY to appear legit? Is that too much to ask? Lol!)) I simply tell him, "Yeah, hi. I'm trying to find your office, what's the street address?"
His reply? "Uh, well, uh, the address is in the flyer, you have the flyer?" I reply, "What flyer? I'm just trying to get the address for Standard Financial Management Group, I need to talk to someone about managing my investment portfolio, but I'm not going to do it over the phone, so what's your street address?"
He said something else that I couldn't understand through his thick foreign accent and then hung up. Tip#3. What real business would ever hang up on a potential customer?
I Googled the local FBI office and called their phone number, which was real, (lol) and told them about the letter and the phone call. He, as I expected, told me it was a scam, don't deposit the check, blah, blah, blah. Want me to mail this letter and check to you? No, we have lots of them. These guys use switching technology and the phone that rings isn't even in Canada. (Perhaps that would explain the accent, ya think?!) Being multi-national, they are hard to find, and even when the feds are onto them, they'll just close one scam and start another one. No stopping them, and they continue to get rich off the dumbasses who blindly assume that everyone is honest and above-board in this world.
I, of course, hope they burn in hell, etc, etc, and consider them just as dispicable as child molesters.
Thanks for your site even existing. Hopefully, everyone would check things out if it seems too good to be true BEFORE they send anyone their money. Unfortunately, that'll never happen for some people and these creeps just continue getting rich off the backs of the working poor who receive little more than a dash of ill-conceived hope that their luck is about to change.
2006-04-10 08:43:30 -
I recieved a letter and a check in the mail today. What is this?
2006-04-10 00:41:56 -
OK I recieved one too, I am in NE Indiana and Letterhead says United British Lotto
I also recieved one of these faulty checks , My check was for 2,998.50 and I called the number at the bottom of the page and took down these instructions on what they wanted me to do. They wanted me to stick the check in my bank wait 3 days withdraw it and western union it to this lady . I am not giving out that info as of yet cuz I want to contact my local FBI tomorrow , because theses crooks are waiting on me to western union them this money on wednesday of this week..... Not sure what I should do yet but I am contacting my police and the FBI.My winnings was suppose to be for 95,000.00 dollars.. PLEASE >>> anyone getting these letters and checks ... Call your local authities...
Sincerely,
Shirley Anna Thomas
2006-04-09 21:20:32 -
Well damn I just deposited the damn thing friday. Lol I wasnt gonna send them anything. The number in Edmonton is a cell phone. There is no such business in Edmonton or is there a road Southland Dr. Oh well. I contacted a lawyer/Banister in Edmonton ( friend of family ) He informed me of all of this and that the fastest way to get something done would be postal service. Not sure if any of this helps anyone or not. Mine was also drawn from the Houston Texas construction company and was an actual account and company. The check was authentic when checked at the bank . How this was possible I dont know but obviously something has to be done. Hope our government takes an interest and gets the culpret.
2006-04-09 16:50:32 -
I too recieved a letter in the mail and a fake check for 1900 dollars , stating i won over 94,000 dollars. I suggest that anyone recieving a check and letter like this one report it to the police and your local news station to prevent people who dont have computers, but have bank accounts from falling for this crazy scam. the only reason my husband and i didnt fall for this scam is because we didnt have a bank account, and when we tried to cash this check everyone kept telling us they needed to verify the check. So please if your out there let others know to keep these people from stealing money from anyone else.
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