Menu
CB Lottery Retailers Review of IRC main office
IRC main office

IRC main office review: SCAM LETTER 39

C
Author of the review
1:25 pm EST
Resolved
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
Featured review
This review was chosen algorithmically as the most valued customer feedback.

There are too many old people getting these letters thinking that they have won some money, this has gone on forever. I am thankful that I have a computer and that I look these companies up prior to doing anything. This company IRC MAIN OFFICE makes there letter very legal like, I would really like to make sure that they are stopped. Your to make a check to I.R.C. Main Office for $19.99 which is the only fee, so they say. They have my address apt. #, there address shows as P>O>Box 9002, Levittown, NY 11756, paper work signed by J. Reitman. This is a real scam what a rip off. Please do what you can to stop, these people. thank you, 68 year old grandmother, who was thankful for computer help, and glad to see others are sending in reply on this company.

Thanks Connie Parks

Resolved

The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.

39 comments
R
R
ramboo12
Kissimmee, US
Sep 19, 2010 7:20 pm EDT

I have received notafication that I won a sweepstake in the amount of $1, 250, 000.00 that I had 12 days to respond. I went into the internet to check out this company found out that they were a scam asking for the only fee of $ 19.99. I almost got caught in there scam, the documents looked real founding out that J Raitman is nothing but a scam artis. I still have the notice that I receiveded on saturday. Because of this I did not Responeded to there notice, there was no phone to contact them one red flag, two a P.O box secound red flag, and they are in the internet showing that they are a scam company. Question is why the Government permits this ? I would love to know.

View 0 more photos
P
P
Pnellalex9
Hampton, US
Apr 18, 2011 9:31 pm EDT

Once again today I received a 2 page letter from someone claiming they have my holder ID number verifying that I have won $1, 250, 000.00 but to claim the money I need to send in a fee of $19.99 in the form of cash, check or money order. This company really don't have a name and the signature on the letter is a J. Reitman. Atleast this company gives you an option to be deleted from their mailing list and offer an refund. Still a scam to me eventhough I never respond to sweepstakes I have never entered.

S
S
sharon meyers
LaPorte, US
Jul 17, 2011 12:27 am EDT
Verified customer This comment was posted by a verified customer. Learn more

recieving letters saying I have own $1, 250, 000.00. sent in $19.99 for a fee. I know this is a scam and people should be aware of this . I have looked them up and also got you.
I recieved another letter from them saying to pay this amount and signing would give them permission to withdraw money from my account for another fee. BUT DOESN'T STATE HOW MUCH! They could wipe a person out. People beware

V
V
Vergil & Bahr
Louisville, US
Mar 13, 2012 9:53 am EDT

I received that letter today as well. Rule of thumb is, if there is no phone number or physical address to contact them, be very alert and report the letter to the FBI Investigators.

M
M
martha zinger
portsmouth, US
Aug 18, 2011 8:49 pm EDT

I, too, got one of these letters. It DOES NOT offer you $1, 250, 000...it offers you "access" to sweepstakes, etc. I think this means that they might send you some entry blanks in exchange for your $19.991 THIS IS A MISERABLE SCAM!

K
K
ket in ventura ca.
, US
Jul 19, 2011 4:56 am EDT

hi folks i guess these scamers think we are all dumb fools or something well i hope they could use the twenty in monopoly money i sent in . i want to know how they get our addresses?and how do we get it removed? How do we stop these pains in the neck. still trying to win p.c.h signed ket in ventura ca.

N
N
Niecey27
Franklin, US
Jun 21, 2011 8:02 am EDT

I received a letter stating I won 10000, 250, 000.00 dollAS IT SAID PAY A FEE OF 19.99 and they will send the money all lies and the united states need to put a stop to this s..t for real stealing ppl money. Niecey

P
P
prissie
Lawrenceville, US
Jun 18, 2011 8:36 pm EDT

Hey, I got my letter too. I think they should take my 19.99 out of my winnings and since they say in the litter, pun intended, this is a real and actual matter then, i authorize them to do the deduction because this is my money and i should be able to delegate it as i want. In other words folks they are full of ###'ee.

S
S
Sunshine5411#
, US
Jun 15, 2011 12:24 am EDT

I just received this letter from IRC today and asking for $19.99 from my husband. I will return the letter and will tell them to deduct $19.99 from $1, 250, 000. :-)

M
M
montrea
Newark, US
Jun 13, 2011 9:00 pm EDT

HELLO i am from newark, nj and i too received a letter in the mail about this scam irc main office for the same amount 1, 250, 000.00 saying send 19.99 this is really a shame and thank god we all look things up some people are so desperate for money they just go ahead and send it in, real sad.

S
S
(S) Tar-N-Feather'em-All
Eloy, US
May 18, 2011 1:57 am EDT

Hello All,
I just received my official looking 2 page document from IRC Main Office, which states that I have won the sum of $1, 250, 000.00, and all I need to do is send them a $19.99 Attendant Reporting Fee!
Now I ask you, if we were as dumb as they hope we are, how much did they make this year on this very apparent SCAM? Probably more than any of us will ever see in our lives!
I am asking that we all continue to be vigilant in our reporting of scams like this one, so that the word spreads, and we can not only expose these scammers, but also stop them all together!
Thanks for your continued help, (S) Tar-N-Feather'em-All!

D
D
Dawn Muise
Nashua, US
May 17, 2011 4:11 pm EDT

I recieved this letter a couple of days a go, my ID # is [protected]. I was sitting talking to a friend of mine last night and we were saying do people really send in $19.99 to the IRC Main Office? Why would anyone send their hard earned money to any place that has no phone number to call and at the very least speak to a person and send their money to a P.O Box? What a scam and I really hope no one out there sends there money to such scam (rejects) artists! I don't see how anyone can stop them. We just all have to be smart and throw these letters in the trash where they belong.

D
D
DebRichards
Acampo, US
May 02, 2011 12:05 am EDT
Verified customer This comment was posted by a verified customer. Learn more

A very close family friend's mother (in her early 70's) keeps getting these letters, from IRC saying she has won 1, 250, 000.00 she is to send in 19.99, she did and keeps getting these letters. Once she informed me I told her I would look into it ... I have and see it is a SCAM. This is BS what needs to be done to stop this harassment of the elderly?

DebRichards

T
T
TammyKirkland
Symrna, US
Apr 13, 2011 4:58 am EDT

Oh by the way to contact me my email is TammyKirkland2001@yahoo.com Thank You, God bless!

T
T
TammyKirkland
Symrna, US
Apr 13, 2011 4:56 am EDT

Thank's to all of you whom was smart enough to take time to look all this up. I have ggotten those from N, Y. and Fla. and minn. offering great deals of money. if there is anyway I can help stop this mail scam count me in. It is bad enough to send it to everyone but alot of elderly people can not read the fine print. This should be turned into someone to stop this now, they have gotten no telling how much money off of people for nothing. IS THERE NOT A LAW?

T
T
TammyKirkland
Symrna, US
Mar 23, 2011 10:07 pm EDT

I also got these letters is there not something we can do about this mine is for 2, 100, 000.00. This is awful maybe if we all got togeather we could stop this outrage. email TammyKirkland2001@yahoo.com

E
E
Evelyn M. T.
Detroit, US
Mar 11, 2011 5:58 pm EST

I too have recieved a letter from this IRC Main Office, wanting me to send $19.99 for process fee. A one time fee. Believe it otr not I still have the letter, or should I say their "Prize Data Document Report". I don't ever reply to other country SO-CALL winnings letters solely for the reason of identity thief. Maybe they are trying ti get someone a passport or a ilegal visa and with a person's signature on their fake winning letters they have the opportunity to seek a fake passport at the international port and enter into the US using the information of our personal information and using our signatures.from those fake winnings documents. on ID's.

W
W
weed man
Garland, US
Feb 18, 2011 7:20 pm EST

IF YOU WIN YOU WIN [censor] A LETTER

W
W
weed man
Garland, US
Feb 18, 2011 7:19 pm EST

yeah if you win you win [censor] a letter

O
O
omarnuman
, US
Feb 18, 2011 5:13 pm EST

lmao haha come on now, wut company would accept cash in the mail? :S ya thats the fakest [censor] ive ever seen... no website no phone number... mannnnn they got me [censor]ed up.

C
C
cynthia felder
Orangeburg, US
Jan 19, 2011 12:53 am EST

I got a letter from IRC they said i win 1, 250, 000.00 but i needed to send them 19.99. I when to my computer and push it up. This was not the first time The first time they told me i win 125, 000.00. they send me a check for 4, 450.00. The name of the sweepstakes MEGA MILLION .I when to the computer again. All i like to know why can it be stop? some people lost life save. So if you get a letter in the mail do not stop RUN...TO THE TRASH ILIKE TO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS OUT

D
D
Dwayne W.Rice
elkton, US
Jan 18, 2011 11:49 pm EST

I am so glad that I have a computer.I was just getting ready to make the check out when I decided to look the information up.I hope this IRC Main office is shut down and shut down for good.Thanks to all for your information.

Jerry Fang
Jerry Fang
Sacramento, US
Dec 20, 2010 8:14 pm EST
Verified customer This comment was posted by a verified customer. Learn more

Hey Greg of LV, How much they say you won? On mine it say $1, 250, 000. hahah what a scam..

G
G
Greg LV
Henderson, US
Dec 20, 2010 8:07 pm EST

I got this letter also and am glad to find all you out there, where I did verify the scam, with your help. Thanks again, Greg, LV.

Jerry Fang
Jerry Fang
Sacramento, US
Dec 14, 2010 11:30 pm EST
Verified customer This comment was posted by a verified customer. Learn more

I just received the same letter as all of you guys did.. Did I really won $1, 250, 000.00? Hahah.. I look at the letter and saw the $19.99 for office Attendant reporting fee. When I saw that fee, I laughed. If I won that big of a sum, should they give me an option to chose rather to deduct that pity $19.99 processing fee from the winning money. OH NO.. but their only option was only CASH, CHECK, or MONEY ORDER. What a stupid scam. They think we're all stupid.. Welp.. they thought wrong...

P
P
Puyallup, WA
Puyallup, US
Nov 19, 2010 11:58 pm EST

http://www.informationresources.info/contact.php?done= here is another IRC site that offers jobs and asks for personal information and is a scam and never gets back with you even when they are telling you that they are an HR dept will call you back with a job offer.-They advertise under BLACKSTONE GROUP, and there email address to me was from info.resources.yahoo.com

J
J
j switzeer
Angleton, US
Nov 17, 2010 9:06 pm EST
Verified customer This comment was posted by a verified customer. Learn more

I have received (3) letter saying I was a winner of lots of momey and they all asked for 19.99 and some personal information. Shame on them for trying to get money out of hard working people. A lot of people are really hard up and probably do send them money and never hear from them. Shame Shame on the IRC main office.

M
M
ms.williams
paterson, US
Nov 17, 2010 5:06 pm EST

I would love to thank u guys for ur help on this because i too have received a letter saying that ive won one million dollars. its a good thing that i looked it up when i got to school because if i had not i probably would have sent it in. so thank u once again.

L
L
laddybug01
Okeechobee, US
Nov 16, 2010 6:35 pm EST

yes i got one of these letters and i thought it was real and i cent in the money to and they cent more letters to me. it looks real but i took time to look it up on my compurter and it was a fake letter well yhanks to everyone i wont send them no more money they got me for a lot of money . but thats ok cause God will make them pay one day.i have kids and bareley make ends meet and trhey do this to people it should be agents the law and they should go to jail

J
J
josephine938
Port Orford, US
Nov 07, 2010 3:33 am EST

My husband recieved 2 of these fake winnings letters. I immediately reported them to the United States Postal Inspection service. It is an obvious scam, but some people are gullible and easily hoodwinked at such "official" looking documents, and these letters look like someone took a lot of time and trouble creating this illusion. I also reported them to the Federal Trade Commission's complaint dept. It is somewhat time consuming, but worth it if i can save people from being robbed of thier hard-earned money.

T
T
Tony Cubellis
Bellingham, US
Oct 20, 2010 4:51 pm EDT

It really did look official. It came at a time that I was vulnerable to its message. Thank God for the internet. I can now discard the letter with out a pang, and will.

L
L
LKY
, US
Oct 19, 2010 12:56 pm EDT

I just recieved one of these scam letters, and think it is really horrible to not only play on peoples emotions, but know that normally anyone that answers one of these are in a situation that makes them vulnerable. I am going to respond to them with letter of my own, this is the meanest thing!

Totally disgusted in KY

C
C
cautious_reader
Benton, US
Oct 19, 2010 10:25 am EDT

I mailed their letter back to them in the return envelope with a letter of my own. This is so ridiculous. This is the 2nd letter I've received in 3 days from different companies about some sweepstakes that I've won. I just hope everyone is as cautious when opening something that seems so exciting!

T
T
Too tired to play games
, US
Oct 18, 2010 10:43 pm EDT

I too received a "Prize Data Document" from IRC Main Office saying that I had won 1, 250, 000 dollars. First, how can I win a prize when I never entered a contest for this amount of money? Next, why would I need to send them 19.99 to "deliver" my prize money? Don' they have all the money? They are giving away one and a quarter million. Last, I wish companies would quit giving out my name and address to qacked from smoking crack, jacked-up from the glue on their envelopes, and high on scam powdered people.

A
A
Angel71
Tacoma, US
Sep 20, 2010 8:26 pm EDT

I also received this IRC main office letter. They want you to send them money.They even go as far as to give you an issuance i.d. [protected]< and that it is recorded in National sweepstakes Reporting Network Offices.It is so sad that people do this to people that work hard for their money. Why can't they just get off their back sides and get a real job.

L
L
LynD
San Diego, US
Sep 20, 2010 7:48 pm EDT

THANK YOU CONNIE PARKS!

I just got this letter from IRC Main Office and did what you did, I looked on the internet. I can't find them anywhere and like Hannah K said... THERE'S NO PHONE NUMBER! I am under the impression that if I won money, they wouldn't be asking me for any! Thanks! to both of you for your post! So glad I was smart enough to question this letter!
-Tonja

H
H
Hannah K
Huntingburg, US
Sep 19, 2010 1:21 pm EDT
Verified customer This comment was posted by a verified customer. Learn more

I just received a letter from the IRC Main Office and it was telling me that I won $1, 250, 000.00. I thought if it sounded too good to be true then it probably was. I am so grateful to you Connie Parks for posting your comments on this company. Why would these people be trying to scam everyone. I mean if it was legit they wouldn't be asking for $19.99 right? Also, I took my letter to a State Police station in Indiana where I live and the officer told me that the only red flag he saw about the letter is that they did not leave a phone number for you to call. Also, I seen on these documents that there are three different addresses. The return address is P.O. Box 9002 Levittown, NY 11756. The customer service address is P.O. Box 129 Plainview, NY [protected]. And the address for you to send the paperwork back into is P.O. Box 9101 Bethpage, NY [protected]. WHO DOES THIS!? STOP IT SCAMMERS!

S
S
STodd
Bloomfield, US
Sep 18, 2010 3:25 pm EDT
Verified customer This comment was posted by a verified customer. Learn more

I just received a Prize Data Document from Prize Data Release Office and I was weary because they provide no contact information. I also thought that if I had really won $1, 250, 000.00, why would they be asking me for $19.99? These scams are terrible, especially for those who think these mailings are legitimate. I read a comment from Connie Parks which confirmed this fake letter. Thanks!

Suzanne Todd

S
S
Scam Hunter_32
, ES
Mar 09, 2010 2:26 pm EST

Hello Everyone,
Kingsley Ogwu Emeka, also bearing Daniel Otor is the leader of another Nigerian 419 Scam, I am sharing this information with everyone should in case you receive any email from any one bearing the above names.

Nigerian scammers keep coming out in different ways, they all believed they are unstoppable but with the co-operation of the good people we shall overcome these bad 419 scammers.

Kingsley Ogwu Emeka, also bearing Daniel Otor, is recently living in MADRID SPAIN; he was once living in Austria, married to Austrian lady, he was a drug dealer before entering into 419 scamming, after his several years of drug dealing in Austria he was caught and jailed, the Austria government withdraw his Austrian document from him, after been released from the prison in Austria, Kingsley Ogwu Emeka, also bearing Daniel Otor knew he can now longer continue his drug business in Austria he then relocate to Madrid SPAIN, the name of the street where this bag guy was living in Madrid is called FUENLABRADA, on getting to Spain, Kingsley Ogwu Emeka don’t only continue his drug business but also added another bad business to his drug business “ORGANIZING FAKE MARRIAGE”. Kingsley Ogwu Emeka, Daniel Otor, Ogwu Emeka, are all different kinds of name that this guy is bearing, he created this new devilish group called “Kingsley Ogwu Emeka’s 419/Fake Marriage Club”, this club has became the most notorious Nigerian 419 Scammer ever in the history of MADRID, they organize FAKE MARRIAGE, SEND OUT FAKE LOTTERY EMAILS ON THE INTERNET, DRUG TRAFFICKING FROM AUSTRIA TO SPAIN, they have two experienced ladies doing the carrying of the drugs from Austria to Spain, they also have a special lady called MAMA LISA or MAMA VANESSA, she is a lady from DELTA STATE of Nigeria, she is helping them with fake marriage issue, she poses for the ladies living outside Spain, pretending to the be the one interested in doing the marriage, they go from one Spanish catholic church to another trying to deceive the priest to organize the marriage for them.

According to my investigations they have more than 89 victim of this fake marriage, they collect €12, 000 from innocent people that are seeking Spanish Residents, they prepare fake documents, I am having names of some victims which I will not want to mention here for their privacy, the most annoying thing is that when most of these victims discovered that this is a SCAM they asked for refund but Kingsley Ogwu Emeka and MAMA LISA or MAMA VANESSA and also the rest of their group started threatening these innocent people that has lost their hard earned money.

My main reason of sharing this information with everyone is for you all to pass this guy names and photos to all your friends all over the world, especially to your friends in AUSTRIA, SPAIN and all over EUROPE, and also for the necessary authority to take the necessary action against this guy and his group. You can see the photographs of this guy below this message.

If any one needs more info about this guy Kingsley Ogwu Emeka, Daniel Otor, Ogwu Emeka and his group, please contact me at scamhunter@gmx.es, I can give any one interested the names and the contact details of some of the victims of Kingsley Ogwu Emeka, Daniel Otor, Ogwu Emeka and his group. A lady recently contacted me from Belgium, her name is NAOMI AFRED, I will not mentioned the rest of the name, she said she heard that I am investigation Kingsley Ogwu Emeka, Daniel Otor, Ogwu Emeka and his group, she said she was been duped of €14, 000, Kingsley Ogwu Emeka, Daniel Otor, Ogwu Emeka and his group deceived this lady and collected the above amount from her, promising her a marriage with a Spanish guy to get a Spanish resident permit, NAOMI AFRED has lived in Belgium for 8 years without Belgium Resident Permit, so she decided to try to SPAIN since she was told that it’s easier to get Spanish resident permit, NAOMI AFRED, seeks asylum with Sudan nationality in Belgium, although she is a Nigerian, the name Kingsley Ogwu Emeka used to did the fake Spanish contract marriage for this lady is JOY AIGBEDION, she was duped of €14, 000 by Kingsley Ogwu Emeka.

other victims of Kingsley Ogwu Emeka, Daniel Otor, Ogwu Emeka and his group also contacted me from Germany, Austria, Belgium, Holland and even from SPAIN, please pass the photograph of this guy to all your friends, we all need to work together to stop these bad guys, I have already sent a message the SPANISH POLICE, NIGERIAN EMBASSY IN SPAIN, THE EFCC POLICE IN NIGERIA and the other authority, these guys need to be stop, they are hurting the innocent people, I am working on getting more information about these guys, if any one is interested in joining me in doing this I will be glad, I am also working on creating a website against these people.

Please pass these to every one you know, by doing this you are saving lives, I know there are still more innocent people out there that didn’t know any thing about this new FAKE MARRIAGE SCAM, let’s pass this information to as much as we can so that these guys don’t get more victims.

Click the following link to see the photographs of Kingsley Ogwu Emeka and his group

http://www.flickr.com/photos/48305808@N08/4419206519/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48305808@N08/4419219521/in/photostream/

Scam_Hunter_32
scamhunter@gmx.es