I received some mail at a former address of mine. The property is owned by my family and the mail was forwarded to me by my uncle. My uncle opened the mail for me and the envelope was lost (unfortunately). There was a letter from Bay Financial Trust located in Brookly, NY. The letter stated that I am the lucky winner of $65,000.00 in United States funds. Accompanying the letter was a sponsors check in the amount of $3,200.75 USD. This was to be used to assist me in financing my international clearance fee. I was to contact the North American agent Jhon Gray @ (866) 884-5754 or at (514) 660-8536 which is somewhere in Quebec. I tried caling the toll free number and got a recording saying nothing more than Thank You and Goodbye. I dialed the alternate number and reached a voice mail box with a male voice saying John Gray and a femail voice saying there was no room for new messages.
The check looks legitimate and was written on an account from JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. The name of the account holder is Aspen Administrators with an address of 14160 Dallas Parkway Suite 500, Dallas TX, 75254. I decided to search for the number for JPMorgan Chase. I called and spoke to a buisness banker and told there ws in fact an account there with the name of Aspen Administrators (he did not give me the address of the account). I was advised not to cash the check and to report it as fradulent. I then did a reverse address search using the address listed on the check and found several buisness listings that included a phone number.
I called one number (972) 404-1615 belonging to an insurance ageney/work comp administrator, and was bounced around a bit. I finally talked to a woman in HR named Nelda and told her why I was calling. I was astonished to find out that over 75 people have called asking about similar checks they received. She gave me a number to fax a copy of the letter and check to, which I have not done yet. I also decided to do a search for the address listed on the letterhead (1730 46th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11204) and found it to belong to a residence listed to four different people. I did not attempt any contact to anyone listed at the address. I of course have not cashed the check but sure wish I could without consequence since I am having financial difficulties at this time. I have reported this to fakechecks.org, the FTC and to JPMorgan Chase Bank and the US postal service, would report it to the media if it would help. I personally think the perpitrators of scams like this should be shot, drawn and quartered, burned at the stake (not necessarily in that order) for messing with people in such a manner.
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