Royal Foundation Lotto Fraudulant Lotto Check DO NOT CASH THE CHECK, IT WILL BOUNCE! Edmonton Alberta

I received a check from the Royal Foundation Lotto stating that I had won a large sum of money. Here is the letter as follows.

Ref:#KNP 500321Z030
Winner Code: NNCP 64350

DATE: April 5,2007

You are hereby informed that after the just concluded ROYAL FOUNDATION LOTTO held in Dublin, Ireland, you emerged as one of the winners in the third category. CONGRATULATIONS. 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 coupn number 102-35485 with serial number 004-984 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 $120,000.00 USD(ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY). This is from the total cash prize of $3,500,000.00 USD(THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) shared among (Eighteen) international winners in different categories. This is an annual competition organized since the New Millenium in our noble drive to go global.

A sponser's check of $2,998.50 is enclosed to assist you finance your international clearance fees of $2,842.00. Your clearance fees should be forwarded to our designated North American Agent. However you will receive a total of $120,000.00 minus $6,000.00(5%Sponser's commision). Invariably, you will recieve a total of $114,000.00 Your agent will give you further details. In order to avoid double claming or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by participants and the public, we therefore strongly advise you that you keep this award highly confidential as part of our security protocol until your winning has been processed and the money remitted to you

To commence your claim, contact your claim agent, CASSANDRA BELL, of GATEWAY FINANCIERS at 240 Liberty Ave STE. 4000, Belfast Ireland, and accredited agency to ROYAL LOTTO at 011-353-870660913 Note that all prizes must be claimed not later than APRIL 23, 2007. Ensure you contact your agent for the AUTHORIZATION AND ACTIVATION of your check.

CONGRATULATIONS!Once more

signed by Rodney Williams Prize Co-ordinater

I first tried to call the Royal Foundation Lotto at a number i found on the web. The lady I talked to said that she had never heard of me and that she would get back to me. I gave her my phone number and she said that she would call me back in ten minutes. I waited for the ten minutes and she never called me back. I tried calling her back 4 different times and got no answer.
I then looked up the phone number to the bank name that was on the check. This bank said that this is a fraudulant check and that many have turned in. She also told me that had I tried to cash the check I could have been charged with fraud and been held liable for the entire amount of the check.

I then had my brother try to call the Royal Foundation Lotto back from a different phone number. When she answered my brother asked her why she never called me back and she said that she has no record of a check being sent to me so there is no reason for her to call me back. So my brother told her that's fine we will just turn the check, envelope and letter over to the authorities. The lady then said that was fine there is no prove they have ever even heard of me and hung up on him.

I then tried to call the name of the company that was on the check. The company said that this situation has already been turned over to the authorites because there have been numerous accounts where this has happened. I was also told to turn everything over to my local police station and they would take care of this.
When I first got this letter I was overjoyed. I am a 24 year old mother with three small children, ages 5, 4, 3. This money would have helped us out a lot. But you know what they say If it seems to good to be true then it probably is.

Jennifer
Burlington, Iowa
U.S.A.