Am I being scamed? by -Nordea Euro Lotto? I played it and won $120,000.00 and I just recieved my letter.?

Question

It says I won in the third category and they sent me a check for $2,600.00 to cover taxes. I contacted my agent I was assigned, and she said to deposit my $2,600.00 and when the money clears to wire transfer $2,500.00 to Canada using the remaining $100.00 and then my Winnings will be activated and a certified check for $120,000.00 will be sent UPS with in five days. Is this real???

The check for $2,600.00 I deposited is real the bank said? Its from Bank of New York, and I did sign up for the lottery, but I thought it could be a money laundrying scam maybe??

Answer 1

Total scam. The $2600.00 check is bogus and will bounce after you send the $2500.00 wire out. So you will be out the $5100.00 plus any wire fees. And this scam company could get a hold of your banking information and drain the rest of your accounts with the information that you sent with the wire!

Totally a bad situation. DON'T DO IT!!!

Answer 2

This is like de ja vu. I have received the same check amount. But check your resources before you do anything. Call the bank to verify funds. Call the maker of the check to verify its authenticity. Then you will know the answer to your question. It is a scam. You should never have to pay taxes first on any lottery winnings, especially in Canada. Their winnings is tax free. Taxes are always done at the end of the year.

Please, please do not deposit that check. The check is no good.

Do not get me wrong the bank will accept this check and your funds will be available. But after 2-3 days the bank will notify you, alerting you about the bad check and demanding their money back. By this time you have sent this money to Canada. Now you will have a bad check fee on your account plus the $2600. And if you are a hard working non rich American like me you can not afford to just willing give away $2600.

For fun call that 1 800 number back and tell them your bank said it was a bad check. Watch how nervous they get. They might put you on hold and eventually hang up on you.

I kept my check and my letter. I look at it for fun because for a moment I was $120,000 richer.

SIGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 3

i just recieved a letter saying the same exact thing i called my agent and he hung up on me the first time i called back and he said he hit the wrong button you know i was stupid i believed it i went to go try to cash it and the check cashing plack said the check was no good i called the agent back and he said he would have to put in the comp that i was interested in my winnings and that i should go to a bank beacuse it would process faster and better and once i recieved the funds get a money order and send it to a julia not sure on last name but after i found out the check was no good and talked to the agent i started to do reserch called the bank that it is supposed to be drawee from and thay had heard of it but in no way shap or form are thay associated with NORDEA EURO LOTTO so i went to the police wich is what you should do if you get a check saying you one the lotto in canada take the paper to go to the police report it we as americans work hard for what we earn we need to put a STOP to this i as of today am speaking to a lawyer to see if there is anything that i can do yall should do the same make a copy of the check and the paper for your records take the orginal to the police

Answer 4

I also received a letter like this. When I asked the man I spoke to if this check would be verifiable, he told me "yes of course". I took the check to the bank. The lady at the bank called the number on the check and got someones' answering machine. She made a few other calls and was unable to verify the check or funds. They currently have the check and the letter which they have started to process for fraudulent charges. I also reported this to the local police department. I hope that no one falls for this but, unfortunately I am sure that there are some who will. Thanks to sites like these we can stop these people and hopefully put them in jail where they belong.

Answer 5

Do NOT send them any money.

Why, if you won a lottery, would you then have to pay them $2500???

It is a scam. The check they sent you is going to bounce in about two weeks so don't think you have money to cover taxes or anything else.

If you send them $2500, you will have just lost the money. It is a huge scam.

I've posted a bunch of links for you to check all the lotto scams out there.

Answer 6

i still wouldn't do it. Most lotteries never forward money for takes. The gov't usually takes some out immediately b4 they can give you money. Plus they have to give you a whole bunch of tax forms to fill out. I think you need to contact the police. Do not deposit the check or send money. You will be held liable for it if it is a scam.

Answer 7

No, no, no. Don't do it. It's a scam. No lottery is going to ask you to deposit money. Take all of the papers you received, including the check, to the police.

Answer 8

Sounds extremely fishy to me. When you wire transfer the money to Canada, won't it have your bank information on it? If so, guess what? Now someone in Canada has your bank acct number.
Call her back and say you will send them a Cashier's check and see what she says.

Answer 9

It's a scam! Once you deposit into a bank account the bank will charge you the amount you deposit.

Answer 10

They sent that same letter to a billion other people. Some of them will send the $2500.00 and get nothing back. The rest of them will toss the letter because it is a scam.