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TD Financial Complaints - lottery scam

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TD Financial

Posted: 2008-07-22 by Lisa [send email]

lottery scam

Complaint Rating:

Company information:
TD Financial
7436 E Holland Rd
Canada
Phone: 989-759-4206

TD Financial is sending out false checks to innocent US residents. The letters that accompany these checks inform the recipient they have unclaimed winnings from a LOTTO contest. The dollar amount of the winnings varies, as does the dollar amount of the check. The recipients are instructed to pay government taxes, with the check received, through MONEYGRAM at a WALMART store.

DO NOT fall for this scam!!! Contact the company that the check is written from. Find out if they have filed a report with their local law enforcement. If so, get the information. Then contact your local law enforcement agency, giving them the original claim information as well. The more information our law enforcement agencies have, the closer we can get to catching these theives!!!

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Comments

120 days ago by Bob Artz [send email]
I recieved lottery scam letter 8-4-08. My first thought was, How did they get my name from an anonymous purchase of a lottery ticket? I notice the address and phone number have changed. Sun Tower, 1550 Bedford Highway, suite 410, Nova Scotia, B4A 1E6. # 1-905-781-3933. I plan to contact local law enforcement so the word can spread of this scam, and maybe someone will get caught.

112 days ago by Concerned Daughter [send email]

I am so thankful that I took this opportunity to check out this company. I am a concerned daughter, whom understands that the elderly are taken advantage of on a regular basis in regards to these type of scams; time and time again. My mom received this same type of letter and certainly it would have been a joy to win something, but you have to be skeptical so that you are not taken through the ringer and jeopardize your own personal finances. I am happy to say that my mom had me look it over; and of course intervention was the only appropriate course of action. This article was very helpful in providing great detail and removing any uncertainties that we had about this well-thought out scam.

Sincerely,
A Concerned Daughter

91 days ago by Denise [send email]
I have filed a complaint with the US Postal Service. More people need to do this. It is now available on line. I agree that if this had gotten to other members of my family it could have had a much different outcome.

83 days ago by Brian [send email]
Yeah, i received a letter and check identical to what you posted. I thought it was some sort of scan so i got on the computer. The letter claimed i won $250, 000.00, but i never entered a lotto; then they said i had to pay $3, 980.00 in taxes which made no sense, the taxes on winning 250, 000 would be a lot more than that. I hope they catch these people.

81 days ago by Steven Thomas [send email]

yeah, i also received a letter and a check saying that i won lotto 649 for the amount of 250k. they want me to contact a claim agent (Susan Gibson 1 416 837 25010 ) as soon as i receive this notice. This is the
3rd one of these letters i have received. I have received one from Australia and South Africa. it sounds
so good but it is better to research ( thank you for the Internet) the items, then follow through. This needs to be stopped. i am going to the authorities with this one. these people need to be caught.

80 days ago by Janet Janssen [send email]

I received a check in the mail that said it was from Sunmark Capital Corp St. Louis Mo. for the amount of 8900.00. They are saying this is the Final notice of unclaimed winning. It says in the letter the they drew the lucky winning # held on July 27, 2008. Your are therefore entitled to the winning lump sum of US$250000.00 paid to you once the goverement taxes have been paid. Your tax amount is $4200 to be paid through the MONEY GRAM located in every WALMART STORES around you.
Enclosed is a check for $8900.00 which was deducted from your winnings. You will be using some meney on this check to pay for taxes on your lump sum winning. You will receive your tax information from your assigned claim agent RON CLARK. Your are to contact RON on 1 416 857 6146 as soon as you receive this notice for turther instruction or clarification. Be sure to mention your Claim # above on your letter in all correspondence.
Has at the top of the letter: From the office of Veness Robert (Vice President Finance) TD FINANCIAL
SUN TOWER, 1550 BEDFORD HIGHWAY, SUITE 410, NOVA SCOTIA, B4A 1E6.
DO NOT CASH THE CHECK THIS IS A SCAM

73 days ago by Jan [send email]
just got it! i called "ron" who does not speak good english at all. that was all i could do to understand him and then when i tried to clarify some points, he hung up on me. then i went to the internet and found you guys. i sure am glad al gore invented this handy gadget.

64 days ago by Carie [send email]

My 11 year old daughter received the same exact check in the mail along with a letter that was a duplicate of many of the postings above. My first thought was similar to Bob's 1) how would they have gotten her name from the purchase of a random lottery ticket, but even better than that 2) SHE'S ONLY 11!! You must be 18 to play the lotto. Not to mention the fact that there was no postmark on the envelope and the stamp had a big "X" over it written in pen. Thankfully, as soon as I received the check I searched the internet for scam information and walah there it was plain as day.

63 days ago by Marsha [send email]

These people are amazing...I received a letter dated 9/22/08 stating that "your ticket with serial number 217788954 drew the lucky winning numbers in the second category of teh LOTTO 649 CONTEST held on June 27, 2008." That was bizarre because I was busting my brain trying to remember what lotto i entered on that date. It said I won $250k and like Brian said the taxes on $250k would be way more than "$3, 980. I work for an attorney and this letter was extremely fishy to me... the envelope the letter came in had a Canadian postage with no return address "TD Financial" only had an address with no phone number and "Venessa Robert Vice President Finance" that was also screwy to me. But what got me the most was after calling (905) 598-0221 the "RON" character was extremely rude when i asked what lotto did I play and win. I told him he was very rude and hung up. Went online and decided to check this TD Financial out along with EvensonBest LLC where the check was cut from only to find out this was indeed a scam. THESE PEOPLE ARE HORRIBLE... I fully intend to call that 905 number and harrass the heck out of "RON OR SUSAN". It is crazy how these people get your name and address...

62 days ago by Larisse [send email]

i'm soooooooooooooo pissed!!! after purchasing a phone online and the joy of me receiving it today to find out it had a massive scratch on the back of the phone along with it NOT EVEN WORKING and trying to find out how to return/exchange it and NONE of their customer service phone numbers work!!! AND NOW this dumb "so you think" financial booster, get peoples hopes up scam, comes in the mail!!! fuhken bullshet!!! sorry, but i'm just soooo irritated with these scams!!! i'm so glad i looked this up! i was seriously gonna deposit this check in the morning!!! the phone number they gave me isn't working at the moment, but i read everyone's comments wrote down all the different phone numbers and will be calling each and every one of those numbers this evening around 2-3am repeatedly, since i'm awake at this time, to cause ruckus in their lives as they did ours! i will also be contacting law enforcement. thank u all for your comments!!!

60 days ago by Larry [send email]
damn i wish i had that money for real! i sure could use it

59 days ago by Sharah [send email]

OMG!!! I just received this same mail. I was out shopping, and my mom called me and told me that I received this check from TD Financal. Said I won 250, 000.00 and also send me a check of 4, 920.00 and BS about tax money coming out from that amount on the check, call Ron Clark (in which he had a bad accent) he also rushed me off the phone. I got excited @ that time, I'm sure anyone would be. Then my mom told me to check the net, call my aunts from canada and find out more info. based on the little information I received in this letter. I can not tell you all how thankful I am that I listened to my mom and came across this site. This is a horriable thing that these people are doing and some one needs to stop them, and stop then now. I'm suring there are ruining people's financial lives as we speak!

56 days ago by Gary [send email]
These people need to be stopped, i will do my part and I hope every one else that has received this scam will do theirs. If it is to good to be true just remember, it most certianly is!!! TD Financial, find the bums responsible!!!

1 days ago by Nancy Buscemi [send email]

15 hours 9 minutes ago by Kathleen Jones [send email]

I just rec'd a check for $4, 920.00. I called the number for assigned claim agent Ray Smith 1-647-686-5978. Ray spoke, in what seemed to be, an accent from Nigeria and seemed pretty edgy. He also instructed me to cash the check against my bank account and then call him for further instructions. I asked him how I could have possibly won this money and he informed me that everytime that I shop at Walmart or Home Depot, I am entered into a lotto. The total unclaimed winnings are $250, 000.00. I too need only to deposit the check and then pay the $3450.00 in taxes out of the check. The heading on the letter was from Standard Trust, Sun Tower, 1550 Bedford Hwy, ste 410, Nova Scotia B4A 1E6. It was generated from the office of Venessa Robert. However the spelling of her name at the bottom of the letter was Vanessa Robert. The signature was really odd. Anyhow I contacted the FBI and was instructed to call the USPS and report this as mail fraud. When I tried to call the guy back, it just rang and rang. Probably because of the comment I made to him the first time I called. Something to the effect, "I don't know, this sounds pretty scetchy."

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