Imperial Platinum Inc. C/O Bob Morris When I called him. His instruction was send the $2985.00 after I deposited the check into my bank account to a Jennie Whelan and then UPS or Fedex would deliver the rest of the money the next day at 10:00 am to have my i.d. ready to sign for it. Midland Ontario

Here is excactly how the letter read:

WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION:
Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the declared winners of the
SHOPPERS SWEEPSTAKES held on june 5th,2008 in the 2nd category. Ticket serial NO 387450146 drew the lucky winning NO 38-44-66-79-91.

We have made many unsuccessful attempts to contact you regarding this winning. You are therefore entitled to the sum of $250,000.00 US DOLLARS. This is from total prize money of $5 Million US DOLLARS that was shared and presented among the other 20 declared winners. Please note that all the participants were selected through a random computer ballot system from over 50,000 names.

Your claim number is DH/SUL-0011 and has been assigned to our North American Claims Affiliate. To expedite the processing enclosed is the check of $4890.00 US dollars which has been deducted from your winning. The sole purpose of this check is for the payment of applicable Government Taxes on your big winnings.

The tax amount is $2985.00 US Dollars (TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE DOLLARS) to be paid by either MONEYGRAM or WESTERN UNION.

Please do not attempt to use this check until you call. You are advised to contact your claim agent immediately for further clarification as indicated below within 5 business days.

Bob Morris, 1-647-219-4892

Congratulations,

Yours truly
(Her signature here)

Mary Long (Promotion Manager)

Paul
Pennington Gap, Virginia
U.S.A.