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Lottery winnings withheld pending large fee payment

💸 moneysocial problemSingle report ●●●●● severity 5/5

A lottery player reports that after winning on the site Lottoleap, their funds were transferred to Heritage Metro Capital, which is refusing to release the winnings unless the player pays a 55,000 dollar fee.

Who's affected: A lottery player using the Lottoleap platform.

⚠️ Single report. This is one person's account. We mark it so until more voices confirm it.

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Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:

  1. A public database or browser extension that flags known lottery-related advance-fee fraud websites.
  2. A legal advocacy service template for victims of online financial scams to report to federal authorities.
  3. A verification tool that allows users to check the regulatory status of financial institutions before transferring funds.
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“Heritage Metro Capital who won't release my funds without 55k”

Source: Stack Exchange (money) · CC BY-SA 4.0, user-contributed content from Stack Exchange; summarized and modified

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