I received a letter from Edgewater Financial Services telling me,
"CONGRATULATIONS",
You have been announced one of the lucky winners in the "Consumer Promotion Sweepstakes Drawing" organized for all tax payers and customers of the participating retail stores in the United States, UK and Canada E. G; Wal-mart, Kroger, Sears, Harvest Food, Home Depot, Dillard's, JCPenny's, Best Buy, Office Depot, Staples, Safeway, K Mart, Target, etc
One of you receipts from the store, with serial# 009-3851 attached to your name drew the lucky winning numbers 13-04-31-26-40-39.
You are therefore entiled tp the sum of US $170,000.00 payable to you by certified check, and will be delivered to you by our designed special courier service. You are advised to contact your assigned claims agent, Don Wakefield tel; 1-778-321-5123
Monday through Saturday... 7am To... 6pm (EST) for further instructions on how to collect your big winnings.
Enclosed here is a check of US $4250.00 which will go towards the applicable Non-Resident Government Service Tax (GST), payable to the Revenue Dept through your assigned tax agent by Western Union as stated below.
Tax Agents: Edna Ross and Janice Saint London, UK
Tax amount $3600 (three thousand four hundred dollars)
Payment method: Western Union
Do not act on this letter until you speak with your claims agent Don Wakefield who will advise you on the modalities of claiming your winnings.
Ralf L. Ferguson (Promotions Manager)
Approved Final Notice (BBB)
I deposited the check into a savings acc't and waited several days for it to clear. It came back "Acc't Closed". I called Don Wakefield and he said you were supposed to call me first. I told him that didn't change anything when the Acc't was closed. He said he would call the Accountant. I called back a couple hours later and he said he has worked it out that if I pay the $3600.00 he would get me the entire $170,000 in one check. I told him I didn't have $3600.00. He asked me how much I could come up with. I told him $1000-$1100. He said he would help me because it wasn't my fault they had changed accounts. The most he could do was $2500.00. So Friday afternoon (6/17) I sent Janice Saint $1200.00 by Western Union. I called him afterwards and gave him the MTCN#. He also wanted to know if they charged me for the Western Union & how much. He said he would pay the rest if I could get him back his money by Monday. He would get me my $170,000 by Saturday morning around 10:00AM by Special Currier. At 9:00AM Saturday morning he called me to say that his wife had spent $1400.00 that he didn't know about and he was only able to send $1100.00. I told him I didn't know what to do because I didn't have that kind of money. He wanted me to borrow it from a friend or bank and get it to him Monday AM and he would get me my winnings by Tuesday so he could get his money back. I told him if this was real I would give him a substantial amount for helping me out. He assured me it was real and that he had helped out another lady that gave him $10,000 when she got her winnings. I asked for her name and contact number, but he wouldn't give it to me.
Monday at 9:00AM he tried calling me twice but didn't leave a message. I called him back, still very skeptical, and asked him to give me proof that he sent in the $1100.00 but he kept saying you have to trust me, this is real, why would I have put up $1100.00 of my own money for you when you said you would give me a substantial amount later if it was real? He wouldn't give me any proof. I went on the internet and found other letters, with the exact same winning #'s and store receipt serial #'s. Their amounts were different but the exact same letter, I knew then I had been scammed.
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