Unsolicited mail scam: addressee must send $21 to receive undisclosed "award" amount. Misleads and deceives addressee into believing they have won a very large sum of money.
Scam techniques:
-Requires "assessment and processing" fee
-Official "looking" documents: fake watermarks, phony record numbers, phony red urgent stamp
-Official "sounding" letter: Creates a sense of importance and urgency by insisting on an IMMEDIATE response following EXACT instructions
-Requests unnecessary personal information
These scams are preying on our weakest and most vulnerable brothers and sisters; the elderly, the poor, the desperate and the lonely. My 98 y/o grandmother responded to one of these once and new gets 5-10 similar scam solicitations per week.
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