Premier Random Lotto - Alpha Financial Group Fraudulent check of lotto winnings Winnipeg Manitoba

I received a letter stating that I was a winner of a lotto:

Ref: # KNP 500321Z030
Winner code: NNCP 64350

Date: June 11, 2007

You are hereby informed that after the just concluded Premier Random Lotto held in Dublin, Ireland, you emereged as one of the winners in the third category. Congratulation. Participants were selected via a computer ballot draw from One Million five hundred thousand names(1,500,000) drawn from europe, Asia, and North America. Your name attached to coupon number 102-35485 with serial number 004-384 drew the lucky numbers of 12-23-15-27-33 which subsequently won the lottery in the third category. You have therefore been approved for the lump sum of $130,000 USD. This is from a total cash prize of $3,500,000 USD shared among 16 international winners in different categories. This is an annual competition organised since the New Millennium in our noble drive to go global.

A sponsor's check of $2,996.80 is enclosed to assist you finance your international clearance fees of $2,845.00. Your clearance fees should be forwarded to our designated North America Agent. However, you will receive a total of $130,000 minus $4,290 (3.3% Sponsor's Commission). Invariably, you will receive a total of $125,710.00. Your agent will give you further details. In order to avoid double claiming or unwaranted taking advantage of this program by participants and the public, we therefrore strongly advise that you keep this award highly confidential as part of our security protocol until your winning has been processed and money remitted to You.

To commence your claim, contact your agent, Jessica Rogers, Of Alpha Financial Group at 550 Dawson Blvd, STe. 502, Winnipeg, MB, an accredited agency to Premier Lotto at 1-204-887-6523 note that all prizes must be claimed not later than July 2,2007. Ensure you contact your agent for the Authorization and Activiation of your check.

Congratulations! Once more.
James Palmer
Prize Co-ordinator
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That was word by word what the letter said. The check even had a water mark which made me beleive it. Not only that, but, I really had played those numbers in a legit internet lotto but had forgotten the name of it. Those numbers are all family related.

It seems that they hacked into that lottery and got my info, but, they also sent those same winning numbers to another aleged winner, who also made a rip off report.

The thing is I deposited the check before I checked the web (again I really played those numbers somewhere else) and my bank made the money available in 2 days. Later I checked to see if my name was on the winners list on the web and no official web site could be found only fraud alerts.

Luckily I haden't used the actual money yet. But my husband had gotten paid the same day I received the letter and we spent nearly half of it on what for most people were basic needs but we had been doing without because we're so pressed for money. Now I don't know if we'll have enough money to pay rent and I've been homeless once and don't want to end up like that again with a 4 month baby and a 2 year old. There was also a fire in my building which made us spend money we didn't have and are a little behind since last month and now with this they might start eviction process.

Any way, the "sponser" who "sent" the check was a children's clothes store; I called them up and they alerted me that it was a complete scam and that the FBI was on the case; they also told me that the water mark was wrong it said security marking (or something to that effect) and it's supposed to say original document.

So I didn't win anything and what I spent thinking I had was lost, because a week later the bank finally noticed it was a fraud and withdrew the money from the balance; which obviously has left us short for rent.

Just in case you would like to know what bank made a fraudulent check available for withdrawal almost immediatly with a incorrect water mark (which their supposed to be trained to detect right away), it was THE BANK OF AMERICA. Yes, one of america's biggest banks didn't catch it even with me calling them 2 days after and letting them know I had doubts about it. It took them a whole week to verify it.

Yalines
Hartford, Connecticut
U.S.A.