On my birthday I received a $3800.00 dollar check in the mail. As many reporting before me held onto the check due to an uneasy feeling that came over me. I than began to research all parts of the letter & check. Mind you this was a Saturday morning and nothing I put in signaled a red flag aside there being a busy signal on the phone number (1-905-598-6206) I called. I googled the bank the check was written (Johnson bank in Racin, WI). Checked out the sweepstakes mentioned (which I do enter often) and nothing.
On Tuesday morning I called the # again and a female answered the call. I asked to speak with Kara Ford or an Eugene Kennedy who were my designated claims agents in this matter. The person on the other end claimed to be Kara and asked if had followed the instructions within the letter. I told her yes, she then placed me on hold and when she came back to the line stated the check has not processed according to their records. I then explained my bank placed a hold onto the check. She then said that is fine just call us back once the check clears and we will go from there. So on Wednesday I took it took the bank which is NOT attached to my main checking/savings accounts. It is a petty cash account with about $100.00 dollars in it. I gave it to the teller she then placed a hold on the check for 5 business days. So on Tuesday will be the 5th business day.
Yesterday a really good friend and I were talking and she said it sounds like a scam and I agreed, but explained I couldn't find any proof otherwise. I did say I hadn't checked against the BBB. So with the conversation still heavy on my mind I woke up this am and began the quest again and stumbled onto this site. Low and behold what I found! I will keep everyone updated with the situation as it unfolds. If the check clears I have already decided I will promptly close that account.
Thanks to everyone who has left a blog alerting the rest of us of this scam... The reporte
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