Receive letter telling me that I was the winner of a $70,000 prize... And the reason I won was that I used my Visa card at Walmart in the last year. This winning, he said, was organized by top Fortune 500 companies as part of their international rewards/promotions program.
There is a required processing/administrative fee of $2800 that the winner is mandated to pay, but they include a $2990.08 cashiers check to cover the cost and to pay for either Western Union or Moneygram fees. The check is very authentic and even fooled our bank. We thought it was the real deal, so we sent it off. We were instructed to call back to give them the Moneygram confirmation # and they would give us our FedX tracking number. Like idiots, we complied! The tracking number they gave us only had 12 digits (FedX tracking #'s have 13)... And by then we realized that what we had done was to cash a phony check for someone (Moneygramed to a: Linda Pittman, 205 Park Avenue, NY, NY 10025)
Of course, we were upset. We contacted our bank. Nothing has been returned to date. However, we did not have this kind of cash laying around and had to take an 18% loan out to repay this CRAP! Thsi will turn out to be a $4000 mistake for us. Please take heed less you fall victim.
Fianlly, the contact names on this letter are:
Sandra Richardson at 604-338-0863
Michael Hughs at 604-716-9568
I'm sure both numbers are cell phones!
Let's stay on top of these crooks! Thanks!
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