I recieved a letter in the mail from a company saying that i have won $5,000.00 through a sweepstakes by using my Debit card at one of 71 major retail stores nationwide. I thought it was a legit offer because i enter all kinds of things all the time. The check enclosed was for $975.50. I called the guy and his name was Mr. Scott Freeman, I spoke with him and told him that i had deposited the check into my account. He then in turn told me that in order to recieve my additional amount of money, I would have to send anyone of my choice any amount over $900.00 through money gram so that they could do their own backround check on me to make sure there are no red flags or holds, so that i am able to recieve a large amount of money through a wire transfer. I told the guy i had to wait until the check cleared in order to send the money. But when i hung up the phone i was sketchy. The next day i called my bank and the check had cleared, so i thought it was for real. I was in dire need of money because at that point i only had 2 dollars in my account. So when the check cleared i pulled out some money and baught home essentials like laundry soap, put gas in my car ETC. So then today I called the bank again today and my account was in negative standing... I am very angry with these people. Why would they do this to someone and make them think they have money they don't. It's not like they got any personal info like account numbers or anything. So they dont even make any type of profit from you, unless they can somehow intercept the money if they can actually get someone to go to money gram and wire the money... Mind you this check had all the security features and everything on it! It had watermarks, on it and it said void after 180 days and everything. I just want people to beware of these scammers, and once he realizes he is found out he may change his name.
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