Received letter with a legit looking check with all the watermarks and safeguards.
Letter was from the Consumers Promotion Inc. Announcing that I won the North American Direct Sweepstakes sponsored by the Professional Insurance Company. The check was for $3987.00 and said I had to call 877-571-6411 and talk to Kim Nino to collect the rest of my $71,000.
I supposedly won the sweepstakes by shopping at Wal-mart, Sears, Home Depot, Walgreens, Target, Macy's, etc... Which pretty much covers everyone in the U.S. And Canada. Oh, and I also had to wire them $2,999.80 for Non-Resident Govt. Service Tax through Western Union or Moneygram.
Letter was delivered in a plain white envelope with no return address and according to the post mark, mailed from Baltimore MD. It had a regular postage stamp on it, because we all know that major businesses that mail stuff out like this use regular stamps and not postage meters... Not!
Check is a stolen check with a fake account number. The scam is that you deposit the $3987.00 check, wire them $2,999.80, then by the time the bank discovers it's a fake check, they charge you for the full amount plus fees, and you're also out the $2,999.80 that you wired to the thief.
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