I recieved a letter from:
Medco Financial
235 3545-35 Ave N.E. Suite 409
Calgary Alberta T1Y 6M6
Also: A Division of the Medco
700 West Third Avenue, Columbus, OH. 43212
The letter said, "We are pleased to inform you through this letter that our network shows you as the lucky winner of unclained prize money in the amount of fifty seven thousand dollars ($57,000) in United State funds. The system indicates that, your name was randomly selected through a computerized ballot system as a winner for the 2007 sweepstakes draws. Congratulations!
All Participants were selected through a computerized ballot system drawn from Readers Digest, Publishers Clearing House, Online Sweepstakes, Internet Games etc.
Enclosed, is a Check of ($3,987.00) Which covers both the administrative payment and clearance fees of your winnings. For authorizing and processing of your price, please contact your agent Sandra Edwards at TEL: 1-705-770-4795. Your winnings must be claimed not later than Dec 06."
They want you to keep your claim number confidential. The check, if you look closely, has a strange pattern on it and says "void." This is a classic scam that I have actually spoke to the FBI about because of my mother. They used Western Union on her. If you call them they are going to ask you to cash the check and call them when you are done. When you call them they will tell you where to send the money from cashing the check. However, it takes about 2-4 weeks for the check to actually go through on your account. That's why they have an expiration date. The con will recieve your money and the check will bounce in your account leaving your account overdrawn by however much the check was. When all is said and done, you're in debt and you never hear from them again. The FBI can only warn us about these people because they are in other countries that will not cooperate with catching the crooks. So, be careful. Do reverse searches on phone numbers and addresses. If it doesn't make sense, it's not real. Also, the spelling and grammer is horrible in this letter. I typed it exactly as it was sent to me. I think they should keep the money and go back to school.
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