Complaint / Review
Carol Munro, Jerry Carlton, Ben Hainsworth, Brenda Clancy, Reader's Digest Lotto, Life Investors Insur
Carol Munro, Ben Hainsworth, Brenda Clancy Reader's Digest Lotto Draw Life Investors Insurance I received a letter with check in the mail from Reader's Digest Lott for the amount of $3,523.04 Seattle, Cedar Rapids

I received a Letter in the mail (on a Reader's Digest letter head) informing me that I was one of the winners of the Readers Digest Lotto draw whose numbers were approved to receive a lump sum of $525,000.00. A check for the amount of $3,523.04 was sent to me as part of my winnings, the money I was told, was supposed to be used for paying insurance and UPS delivery fees. The check which seems to be a genuine one was drawn on the Life Investors Insurance Company of America. I did some research on Brenda Clancy the signature on the check and saw that this person is allegedly an employee of the insurance company.

I also spoke to Carol Munro who advised me that she had to phone up the accounts department to activate the check and that I should deposit the check into my bank account straight away and not to discuss this with anyone. To add further, she requested that as soon as I deposited the check I should call her back.

I asked Carol if this was a joke and she replied, "This was real". A number of things in and about the letter did not add up and when I tried asking her more questions she quickly hang up the phone. Nevertheless, I deposited the check into my account and call this lady to inform her about same. When I did not get her I left a message on her answer phone and sure enough she did call my house phone and left a message asking me to call her back.

It was out of curiosity that I started to research into the Readers Digest lotto winnings and that was when I came across the information regarding the scams.

I would like to know, how do these con artists manage to elude the FBI, or, is it because these fraudsters are given special licenses to commit these fraudulent acts at the expense of vulnerable and unwary citizens? I am of the opinion that if the Government want to stop or catch these criminals they can. Maybe the concept of liberalization in the United States of America should be held to include the idealism that this sort of crime is good for society.

These criminals should be severely punish reputable companies such as Readers Digest should take drastic steps in order to stop these rogues from profiting from their wicked actions. I would never withdraw money from my account and give to anyone that I never had a legally binding contract with.

My advice to anyone would be "SEE THE GOODS BEFORE YOU SHOW THE MONEY"