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Complaint Review: Metrowinners Lottery Commission, Ultramax Financial Management - Winneperg Other

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  • Reported By: ada Oklahoma
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  • Metrowinners Lottery Commission, Ultramax Financial Management 46 Liberty Avenue Suite 224 Winneperg, Other U.S.A.
  • Phone: 902-412 8961
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  • Category: Lottery

Metrowinners Lottery Commission, Ultramax Financial Management In order to win money, i have to send money back to Ultramax Financial Management to recieve a total of 92,120.00 with the 6% Sponsors Commison Winneperg

*Author of original report: I am not a fool

*Consumer Suggestion: Even stranger

*Consumer Comment: Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack!

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I received a letter from Metrowinners Lottery Commision stating that I have won the lottery in a 3rd category and that i will be compensted a total of $98,000.00. In order to do so, i must first cash the check and pay a 6% sponsors fee. This letter also has a referance number ans a winner I.D. number. The letter also asks that I keep this award from the public notice until my claim has been processed and money remitted to your account. The letter then states in order to finalize my claim, I must contact my claim agent, Yolanda Smith, of Ultramax Financial Management Group the address is 46 Liberty Avenue Suite 224, Winneperg, MB, R4C 6H7 and the telephone number is 902 412 8961.

The Letter is signed at the bottom John Huber, Prize Co-Cordinator. Enclosed in the letter is a check in the amount of $2,996.78, the letter says that the check is enclosed to enable you to finance the international clearance fees of $2,865.00, then the letter states that I should remit the money to a designated North American Agent. it then states that my agent will give me further details. i searched the intrenet for aprox. 4 hours to see if this was true. i could not find any info. on either company. all that i found was scam stories. the check looks like a real check. it has Florida State University A5600 University Center, Tallahassee, Fl 32306. the check has watermarks, at the bottom of the check it does have a email address of www.laserprinterchecks.com. the bank is Bank of America, po box 5257 Tallahassee, Fl 32314. the back of the check has the federal reserve board of governors reg. cc. what seems strange to me is that this letter says that I have won the British International Lottery, however the envelope that i recieved in the mail is one from canada. it has a Canada postal bar code along with a Canada stamp.

Melinda
ada, Oklahoma
U.S.A.

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#3 Author of original report

I am not a fool

AUTHOR: Melinda - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Sunday, December 10, 2006

what a joke, that is what i said. I did not call the phone number listed. I knew that it was a scam when i opened the letter. for one, i dont play the lotto. the names seem "BOGUS" and i have every intention on taking this to the DA's office.

I actually know a lot about the gaming industry and I know how operations work. There is no disclaimers or contact information on the company. I just hope people dont fall for the "Get Rich" scams around christmas:) God Bless and Merry Christmas to all

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Even stranger

AUTHOR: Dave - (Canada)

POSTED: Sunday, December 10, 2006

The phone number isn't in Manitoba.

And yet, as strange as all that seems, enough people do actually send cash via Western Union to some unknown individual to make this scam a money-maker for the scammers.

If a lottery is going to give out a prize, they don't need to have money given to them first. All taxes and fees (if there actually were any) would come out of the prize, or would be part of the winner's income tax filing.

Why would a lottery in Europe require a company in the US to write a check to be cashed so that some money can be wired to an individual -- NOT a company -- in Canada to pay taxes?
That answer is: it wouldn't.

Never send cash via Western Union except to someone known personally. A "claim agent" you've talked to over the phone is not a personal acquaintance -- they are a rip off artist using a fake name.

The checks are faked, or stolen with forged signatures. They will fool your bank enough to have them accept the check for deposit since they have a real account number. They do not fool the issuing bank, for long, since they are forged or counterfeit.

If you call the number, call collect. A real lottery would accept the charges.

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Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack!

AUTHOR: Thomas - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Sunday, December 10, 2006

If these lotto-scam artists spent as much thought and energy on honest, legal business ventures as they spend on their lotto scams they would probably get rich in 5 years. Instead they wallow along with their scams and manage to screw someone every so often to eke out their miserable livings- until they win their all expense paid vacations.

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