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I reciently received a number of phone calls from men, claiming to be from a company, winners inernational. They advised me that I had won a sweepstakes lotto, and was entitled to a large sum of money. They said to keep it confidential, so that know one would try to rob me. Funny, it was them who was trying to rob me. They were very persistant, and called me for a few days, before I started screening my phone calles. If you recieve any phone calls like this, it is a scam, also check out td financial for the latest scam, which I also recieved a few days after the phone calls. They want you to wire / money gram them money, to cover, insurance, or state taxes on the supposed money that you have won. They assure you that you will recieve your money immediately after paying. Don't do it, it's a scam.

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BOB
South Jordan, US
Jan 21, 2011 5:47 am EST

these guy from jamacia, is driving me nut they call 20 to 30 time a day, I KEEP TELLING AND I DONT THEIR MONEY BUT THEY KEEP CALLING SO I SEND SO MONEY THINKING THEY WOULD STOP AND THEY KEEP CALLING FOR MORE. THEY SAY THERE NAME ARE MR WRIGHT, MR MILLER, MR CUMMINGHAM, ANDERA BENNET, RICHARD CLARK WITH PHONE FROM JAMACIA [protected], [protected], [protected], [protected], [protected], [protected], [protected], [protected], [protected]. EVERY TIME I TALK TO THIS I 2.5 MILLION OR 5.5 MILLION OR 9.9 MILLION OR 29 MILLION AND SOME CASH. THEY TELL ME I HAVE TO PAY THE IRS BEFORE I WILL GET MY MONEY. AND THEY Also told me they working with the IRS AND FBI TOO. THEY ALL WANT MONEY OR WESTERN UNION SEND TO JAMACIA WI CARE OF ANDERIA BENNETT OR RICHARD CLARK. THEY HAVE CALL AND SEND MONEY TO PAY MY FEE AND I SEND BACK AND ASK FOR MORE! PS YOU ALMOST BELIEVE THESE PEOPLE!

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Mad in Michigan too
Mount Morris, US
Jan 17, 2011 2:22 pm EST

It has taken me two weeks to convince my elderly father that whoever has been calling him regarding him winning 2 million dollars was a scam.. I stayed home from work to be here when this person called. My father could never remember the name of the person calling. The person, with an accent, gave me his named Robert Jones and the address of 256 High St in Las Vegas and a phone number of [protected]. When the call came through and I got the name of the company "Winners International" I immediately got on the internet and looked it up. I told the guy his company was nothing but a scam and he hung up on my us.. I tried to call him back to see why he hung up on us and there was a recording with a woman's voice, again with an accent. The good part of this whole experience is that my father now knows it is a scam, something that was hard to convince him until I got the information here. I am thankful that others have made complaints. Now, I wish there was a way to stop these jerks. Especially when it seems they like to prey on the elderly.. I did call the police on this issue, a week ago, when the guy told my father he was having someone come to our home to deliver a "box". The officer, who came to our home, told us to call 911 if someone we did not know pulled into our driveway, of course, no on showed up.. I hope this helps someone else keep their parent from being scammed.. I just wonder how much money has been made by these idiots by these means... Sickening...

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URMA
Wilmington, US
Jan 12, 2011 5:00 pm EST

I received the call today. I hung up before finding the details. Then they left a message. TOO funny, there was a guy yelling in the background of the message. Glad we can post this stuff.

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anney lee
Dallas, US
Jan 11, 2011 7:21 pm EST
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I am now very convinced that this is total SCAM! These guys have been calling me since 8am its now 1pm 5 hours of consistent calling they are offering me 2.5M and a brand new Mercedes Benz(2010) I told them I don't have enough money so the guy said he was going to pay half of it for me just to prove that he really wants me to get the price. I am supposed to pay them through western union $300 only then wait for them to deliver my price at my home in the afternoon. The guy has been calling me forever and am wondering why should I pay to get my price isn't this crazy. Be careful guys these people are based in Jamaica and the govt can't reach them. I just called 911 and they say they can't help.

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TMBRMB
, US
Jan 06, 2011 1:59 am EST

My mother age 80 had received a call yesterday that my dad age 90 had won$250, 000.00 (twohundred fifty thousand dollars). My mother thought that she said the lady was with Winners International and they were part of Publishers Clearing House and they were offilated Said that she would have to send $395.95 to cover the processing and activation fee on the winnings. And that she had to go to Walmart to get a money pack reload or local drug store to take care of the processing fee. They also told her that they would be there in 2 weeks to present them with the winnings. They also asked her to let them know if she wanted to have the television station, radio station or news paper to cover the winnings. Of course my mom said private. She did get the phone number from her. She called me immeditaly regarding this issue. I than called them up, and got a voicemail without a name. So I called them the next morning, a lady answered said her name was Tina Baxter that it was $3.95 to cover the pricessing fee, not $395.95. Tina said that they would take care of it with my mother and that they would be sending her a letter in the mail so that she knew what to do next. They than called my mother back within a few minutes, and said that they were sending the letter to her regarding the processing fee. Well, it sounded so fishy, and I know it was a SCAM. So I than checked on the internet and GOOGLED- Winners International to see what this was all about and found this SCAM infomation area. PLEASE make sure you talk to your parents especially if they are older, like my parents. They tend to go after the elderly, I was told by the police. Winners International is a SCAM so make sure your parents don't lose out on their retirement by thinking that these calls are for real, they are very conviencing.

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Krystal Haynes
Monroe, US
Dec 09, 2010 7:33 pm EST

YES, THESE JAMAICAN PEOPLE NEED SERIOUS HELP. HOW COULD YOU TRY TO SCAM SOMEONE AROUND THE HOLIDAYS KNOWING THAT PEOPLE ARE LIMITED IN MONEY ANYWAY. I HAD SOMEONE CALL ME TELLING ME I WON 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS AND A BMW AND WHILE HE WAS TALKING ABOUT WHAT I NEEDED TO DO TO GET IT I JUST STARTED THINKING...FIRST OF ALL IF IM GETTING 1.5 MILLION I CAN GET MY OWN BMW. HE STATED THAT I HAD TO WIRE HIM $499 DOLLARS. I TOLD JOHN(SO CALLED) I AM NOT WIRING HIM NOTHING HE CAN JUST FORGET IT ANDIT JUST DIDN'T SOUND RIGHT AT ALL TO ME AND HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW MY NAME OR THE STATE THAT I STAYED IN. ALSO, HIS NAME WAS JOHN SMITH WITH A JAMACIAN ACCENT. NOW U KNOW THAT DON;T SOUND RIGHT AT ALL SO I CALLED BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU THEN I FILED A REPORT. I JUST HOPE THESE PEOPLE GET WHAT THEY DESERVE BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE THIS SCAM AND WIRE MONEY.

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hpt. va
, US
Dec 07, 2010 9:12 pm EST

Just received a call within the hour stating I had won 2 million dollars and a 2010 Mercedes Benz. Had to wire a Joyce McNaughton at Bank of America $459.99 within 3 days (this supposedly covers federal taxes) to claim my check which would be delivered to my home. When I asked for his name he told be James Parker at 1-876.838-0974 and he was affiliated with MegaMillions who used to be called Winners International. Obviously a SCAM. A repeat of last year right before the holidays. Don't fall for it. I just don't like that they had my cell phone #, name and a full address. Hpt.Va.

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these.a**holes
Bakersfield, US
Dec 04, 2010 6:05 am EST

i got a call not that long ago i didnt quite catch the name of the company or of the guy but im pretty sure it was winners international who else would try to scam people comstantly anyways this one didnt have an accent at all he sounded in his early 20's and like if he was a rooki he said " hello may i ask who im speaking with" i told them my name and he said "i have some papers here stating that you won $1m" i laughed and hung up on him the number came out as unknown first of all you dont get money for free especially if you dont participate in any sort of lottery or stuff like that and if he had "paper work" then my name would be there instead of asking who am i speaking with they would directly go and ask for the person they want to speak with, they would not be calling this late or anything i right away knew it was a scam and if i would have known it was them i would have never answered i never answer blocked calls but i was wondering who was calling me this late dont fall for these [censor] scam! they go after poor innocent people i dont know why they cant make a decent living like we all do!

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Money Kills
New York, US
Nov 27, 2010 9:02 pm EST

When we picked up the phone they introduced themselves, and then saying we have won 5.5 mil dollars. We then asked why they said because we shoped at wal-mart and paid our bills on time. I know this was fake right away because i dont shop at wal-mart. You wont know it is them because collar id has then as privite caller. But if you pick up the phone the will tell you who they are and they will have very thick accent. DONT GIVE THEM ANY INFORMATION. You can talk to them and mess with them, (i wish i would have). Ask them questions they get mad, rude, and pushy. Ask what there websites name is, because if they were a legit compony they would have one, you could also ask if they could just take some of the money they need out of the money you "won". I bet they will hang up. JUST DONT FALL FOR IT!

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becky hubbard
smithland, US
Nov 26, 2010 6:57 pm EST

In the past 3 weeks I have recieved 100's of calls saying i won millions but they always want money from me what a scam alot of calls from jamacia i even got one man to admit it was a scam! Don't answer any call from 202 or 876 area codes they are all scams. I have tryed everything to stop these calls. Finally found Phone busters they will stop these calls for u just call [protected] or go to www.recol.ca u also need to call the attorney general to report these calls at [protected]

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Heather L.
Scott, US
Nov 19, 2010 11:02 pm EST

Hi, I just got a call day before yesterday from a guy named Victor Hernandez (which changed to Fernandez the next day). He claimed he worked for UPS, and that UPS was holding my prize of 2.5 million dollars and a brand new BMW. They claimed that I had won this prize from Winner's International, and it was being held in Iowa, LA, which is about 50 miles away from Lafayette, where I live. They knew my phone number and my address and everything. I was on the road, and having trouble understanding this man with his thick accent, so I called my sister and had her call. him back. She asked him how I had won this so called big prize, and he told her that I won for two reasons, 1. I paid all my electric bills on time and 2. I used a visa credit card at walmart and kmart. BY this time, my [censored] alarm was really going off. Let me tell you why. My light bill is in my mom's name, and though I have 2 credit cards, I have no visa card, I have discover and MC, and kmart has been closed down for 10 years in my city, nearest one is 30 miles away and I never go there. But the last part is what I didn't get. I was to get a western union cashier's check and give it to the UPS guy who was to deliver my car. I'm thinking "what kind of stupid freaking scam is this?" the dumbest one ever, becuase if nobody shows up with a car and a check, they don't get any money... But yesterday, I got a friend to call, pretending to be me, and mess with him a little, and make him trip over his own toungue (that was pretty fun I have to say) He then told us his name was Victor Fernandez and that I have to send a western union wire of $150 to someone named Damian ____? (I don't remember) in New York, and then they would send my car at 6:30 yesterday afternoon. I (she) told him I had a check for him at my house ready for the driver. he says no I have to wire money to this person now. I said "thats not what you said yesterday". we accused him of running a scam, and he began to get angry, saying he was just doing his job, and we told him he should get an honest job instead of trying to take advantage of people like this. He hung up on us. He called me back again today, and I told him, you come to my house with a car in my name, and a check, and I will give you $150, not until. I'm no fool, I didn't believe him from the first. If I won something, prove it to me. But you know if someone tries to make you pay for something that you so say won, it's a scam. This is my second scam. I brought the first one to the FBI, and I intend to turn this one over to them also. I suggest you do the same. These MFers need to be stop. Thney prey on poor people and old people, and those they think are stupid. My mama didnt raise no fool...

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flyingbluedog
, US
Nov 17, 2010 9:27 pm EST
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I have gotten the same thing as the rest of you guys. I have won 7.5 million though, just wire my $499.00 to Oshame Campbell, via Western Union, located in Jamaica. I ran an area code search on the phone numbers they were calling me from, [protected] is a landline located in Houston, Texas. The other number, [protected], is apparently a cell phone number based out of Jamaica. I am planning on contacting my local sheriff and busting the Texas location, who knows maybe they can nail them and save someone who really needs every dime they have to survive. Shame on these people! Most people know, if it sounds to good to be true, it probably isn't! Especially if you haven't registered or paid for a ticket to win a prize. Mark Murrey is the name of the supposed name of the guy who has been calling me, but of course they can pick any name they want to, Mark Murrey is probably the name of the guy they called before me. They probably are useing my name now, so if anybody calls you useing my name to give away a bunch of money, DON'T BELIEVE THEM! I don't have any to give away! Keep your guard up everybody, there are a lot of rotten people out there that are to lazy to earn their own money so they work at stealing yours!

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SLO Town
Pacoima, US
Nov 14, 2010 2:35 am EST

my wife was told she won money and a car"RIGHT" a cold day in hell. they would deliver on Monday I guess we were born today! these people didn't have any answers that made sense about the so called prizes. i do have a couple of numbers. San Fernando, Ca. [protected] & Cell number [protected] . It's a shame that the Police can do nothing about Dumb calls.Everybody should call them and say they won a prize A TRIP TO JAIL all paid. DON, T BE A SUCKER!

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scammednottoday
Merrimack, US
Nov 10, 2010 3:51 pm EST

Got a call for my mother this morning. She had won a third place prize. Since I have power of atty for her I should call Mr Fisher of Winners International at [protected] for the details. Yes there is "a small fee involved to insure the prize delivery." The caller ID showed the same # as the one I was instructed to call back in 15-30 min. Her information was from "electronic registration" haha. Scam, I think so . . .

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mhouse
michelle, US
Nov 05, 2010 10:24 pm EDT

Thank you so much for posting thish information. It was your post that kept me from getting got.because they called me today and while I was on the phone with them I decided to google winners international and your post came up in big red letters.

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bigjay_3001
San Jose, US
Sep 28, 2010 10:18 am EDT
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I'm also one almost fell for it I caugth on to them right by looking them on goolge and this comment I see they been do this for a while I hope they get caugth!

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christinaA
Clifton Park, US
Sep 10, 2010 8:59 am EDT
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I have also recieved the call! They said that I won $850, 000 and I had to send $150 western union. Darien then told me that the FBi, a lawyer and someone from the company would be coming to my house and escorting me to my bank to deposit my winnings. He then said my picture would be posted on their website (no website even exsists) and that they would be throwing a party. Huge scam people! DON"T DO IT! NEVER western union money to anyone!

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GayleR
Fort Collins, US
Sep 07, 2010 1:18 pm EDT

I just got the call today...Won 1.5 million from Winner's International. I need to send them $179 to Ms Shauna Palmer @ 4042 North West Street, Lauderhill, FL 33312..Phone # [protected]. This person who called me had a local number [protected] listed to Gregory Nichols on my caller ID, however he told me his name was James Schnider [protected]. Gave me a number in California to call to make sure this is not a scam...Yeah, right. There was a baby crying in the back ground and the man could hardly read or speak English...Not a Scam...of course not!

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TheRoboman
Anytown, US
Aug 19, 2010 11:32 am EDT

I think I finally got them to stop calling. My father lives with me and they have been calling for him for the last five weeks, sometimes 3 and 4 times a day. They have never spoken to him since he doesn't answer the phone and I'm not about to let a call like that through to him. I tried the standard stop calling I know you're just a scam and cussing them out. I don't understand why they even keep trying after that. I assume they think if they keep at it you'll give in and start believing them since they're so persistent.

Anyway, since I only have one person who calls that has their callerID blocked every time the ID was PRIVATE NAME/PRIVATE NUMBER or UKNOWN NAME/UNKNOWN NUMBER I'd automatically answer the phone with "Winners International this is Craig how may I direct your call." The first two calls I answered like that they argued with me about them being Winners International and how "You People" never understand.

On the third call from them that day [side note: the first two calls were unknown/unknown, the third was private/private but I answered this call with my Winners International this is Craig...] They again began berating me for not understand at which point, even though I have a landline, I went into a bunch of untrue BS about them not being smart enough to filter out VoIP numbers from their phone list and how the computer was telling me their call was coming from a cellphone in Jamaican and if I upgraded my software it would even give me a Google Earth map showing what cell tower they are using (all of of which is made-up nonsense).

I got one more call the next day which I answered with "Winners International this is...BLAH BLAH BLAH". Once they started arguing that they were WI, I turned their usual bit around by telling them how I was glad they called back because they needed to provide me with the Western Union confirmation number and the number and expiration date of the Visa they used to pay for it so that I could get their $5 million check sent to them. At that point they hung up and it has been 8 days now without a call from them!

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Rascalflattsgirl
Dania Beach, US
Aug 12, 2010 5:04 pm EDT

I too received a call today stating that I won some money from a company I have never heard of! He gave my husband a number and account number for me to call back, when I did, I could not get through. My husband stated that he sounds like he is from the islands. I knew first hand it was a scam, I just hope no one falls for these [censor], terrible dishonesty.

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pfinphx
, US
Aug 09, 2010 11:33 am EDT

I just received a phone call from a "private number". I don't usually take these calls, but occasionally it is someone that I do know. Well, this time it was Winner's International telling me that as a 2nd place winner I was to receive, at 3:30 today, $3, 000, 000 and a new Mercedes Benz car. I was to have qualified for this wonderful prize because I had spent more than $5 at a grocery store. When I asked which store, he said "do you spend $5 at the grocery store?" He could not name a particular store name. He had a very thick accent and I had a very difficult time understanding him. I asked to speak to a manager and another voice came on the line, higher in pitch, but the same thick accent and just as vague. I asked him where he was from and he said his "company" was in Las Vegas, NV. I pressed him further and then he said that he was from California and South Carolina. He said that he was a man of God and would not lie to me. He seemed to become frustrated that I was questioning him. He had my address and said that my "package" would be delivered after I went to Western Union by Walmart, as if there was only one Walmart and one Western Union in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The light bulb in my head finally went off and I got online while talking to him, and guess what? I found the exact stories from other scam potential victims for Winner's International describing exactly what I was experiencing at the time. I told him that I found his company online and did not believe that he was on the up and up and declined his "offer" and hung up. I feel really stupid that I talked to him as long as I did. Don't fall for this guy.

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ajazmartin
, US
Aug 05, 2010 10:58 am EDT

I just received a similar call. The caller ID showed : [protected].
A man with a heavy accent called to say that I had won $2.5 million dollars, a new car, and a year's worth of free gas. It sounded like he was calling from a cell phone. I knew right away it was a scam, but kept him on the phone for a few minutes to try to get more info.
He said that my name had been submitted to Gold Rush Casino in "Anderson" Nevada (when it's actually in Henderson, NV). He said that they had gotten my information from me filling out a "coupon" to win a trip. When I told him that I didn't remember filling out such a coupon, he then continued by saying that it may have been my husband. I said that might be possible, and he then continued and said that they may have also gotten my name from me paying my utility bill or using my credit card when shopping.
When I started to ask questions, and say that it didn't sound real, he started to get rude and pushy!
I finally told him that I had googled the Gold Rush Casino and that a bunch of scam reports came up. I told him I wasn't interested and hung up.
Watch out!

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jimmyg
atholville, CA
Jul 30, 2010 9:30 pm EDT
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Sad...I spent 25 minutes with poor Steve Mathews who desperately tried to convince me to send 399.00 to cover the insurance on the delivery of my "package" which would fill me in on where to get my car and $$$. He spoke very slowly with an odd accent. After toying with him for sometime, he became very angry, called me a "b**ch and a "cracker motherf***er" in a VERY different accent...lol. He caught himself and apologized to me and STILL tried to get me to come up with money, even offering me a "deal" by paying half the fee. How dare these people be allowed to prey on our elderly...[censor] of the earth... Please warn any of your elderly friends or relatives about this scam.

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mich32
worcester, US
Jul 29, 2010 1:18 pm EDT

my daughter they called her and says she won 260, 000 dollars and bmw car 2010 they want her to sent 350 dollars to get the prize and they say there be there tomorrow then it was the other day that's when they call her back and say you have to send more money and then calling again every 5 minutes and she send the money and they told her they told her to going to be at her home with the check and the BMW 2010 and they called after and say to her that the guy said they had problems with other guy the name is James Adams.and they want her to pay the storage for the car BMW 2010 and they want her to send forty five to hold the car.Please try to find these people and shut them down.

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Naomi Wise
, US
Jul 22, 2010 4:28 pm EDT

We have been harrassed several times today from Winners International, saying we have won 2 1/2 million dollars and only needed to send $100 by Western Union and when I told him we did not have $100 dollars, he said could we send $50. We suspected it was a scam and looked it up on the internet. Thanks for all the info.

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XboxTuffGuy
Harrisburg, US
Jul 21, 2010 9:04 pm EDT

I got a call from mr anthony white from ups delivery service. called from an unknown number.. 1st sign of something being wrong. 2nd. he couldnt pronounce my name. my name is michael.. I was like yeah strike 2. then he said I won like 750k. I laughed hysterically and then said ok so how do I claim my money? he went on with the idea of sending money western union.. before he even told me an amount. I said ok scam. and hung up. but they were based out of las vagas nv. company is called global winners international.

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nottaken
Randleman, US
Jul 17, 2010 1:04 pm EDT
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Someone by the name of Bill Jones have been calling my grandmother for several days now. She told me what was going on. I was a little late because she had already sent these people some money. Now I am on the phone with theses people and asking questions then I checked them out online which I already knew it was a scam. Well Mr. Bill Jones stated that she needed to send 400 more dollars and she would receive 100000.00 in cash and 2 million dollar check. they will not get that money. the company is winners international, suppose to be out of Las Vegas, NV the phone number used is [protected] beware even when the use another number

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Marlena_ S
griffith, US
Jul 15, 2010 12:55 pm EDT

I would like to add to this my father whom does not speak english very well, that he won second place in a drawing, for paying his bills on time. I am glad I was here and i immidiately started to ask questions. I asked what bill exactly were they speaking of, I was advised that it was more then 1 bill. I then asked what he won. They told him he had won 2.5 million dollars and a brand new BMW. I was advised that all he had ot do was pay $199.00 through a western union/money gram to thge accountant of thier company. The name was Dennis Goleine in Montego Bay and once payment was confirmed we would have a package delivered via UPS with 2 ferdal agents to accompany them and my father to the bank to ensure secuirty. I told him my father wanted to calll his family membe rthat was a police officer to ensure it was legit. He tried over and over to ensure it was not bolonga or a scam. I asked for his number and name. The name he gave me was Micheal WIlliams and i repeated it to him in amazment since he had a very thick nigerian accent. the number given on our "LUCKY" Call was [protected]. Please do not fall victim to this scam and thank you to all that posted here cause after I hung up the phone from the third call I googles the campany name and This came up. I would have never fell for this but I like to convince my dad I am not trying to be the barer of bad news!

Marlena

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zuah
Des Moines, US
Jun 04, 2010 11:22 am EDT

A John Minteyo called me yesterday from a Jamaican no. [protected]) informing me that I had won 2.5 million. In order for them to send me the check via UPS I would need to send them a $200 delivery fee. (One d--m heavy check, no?) He had my name correct, and apparently some other information as well. I told him I thought it was a scam, but he insisted it was not. I told him I would contaact our States Attorney General office in the morning. He said, "Good. You will learn that I am not a crook." (Sounds like Nixon!) He said he would call me again in the morning after I contacted the state. I logged on to this site and glory be, look at the complaints. I can't wait for his call. The Iowa State Attorney General's office, by the way, will do absolutely nothing unless you have actually been scammed. So, friends, if you get a call from my guy John, tell him to hold the line because the FBI is on the way.

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chase1
Weslaco, US
May 31, 2010 1:27 pm EDT

There back again, Today i received a second phone call from a Tony Washington "The alleged CEO of winner's international" (Tony Washington is a football player draft prospect and also sex offender...GOOGLE HIM) stating that I had won 1.5 million and a 2010 BMW. He said: that all these prizes were possible due to all the shopping that I've done at Walmart with my credit card and also because of my high credit score. He also said to rush to a western union at the nearest Walmart and make a $325.00 deposit to a person under the name of Daisy Pearson (Mrs. Daisy Pearson, 82, widow of Richard Pearson Sr.) and to call him back at [protected] with the barcode number.

I hope this message gets to all the people out there, that are probably on a soon to call list by these [censor].

BE ALERT PEOPLE, let's shut them down. Don't let them fool you.

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GoBuffs!!
, US
May 20, 2010 7:33 pm EDT

There still at it, make sure you report it to www.ftc.gov. They said that I won 2.5 million and all they would need is $500 to cover 20% of the taxes; all they would need is my account number. They said that I enter by buying stuff.

"Agent's" name: Jim Washington
Phone number [protected]

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Puzziferro
Plainfield, US
Apr 08, 2010 6:46 pm EDT
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I have been ignoring calls from [protected] til today. a man by the name of david brown claims that I won 2 million dollars + a brand new 2010 mercedes. all I need to do is go to the nearest western union and forward $151 as insurance + registration fee. this fee is to be send to bobbi buckley 2104 raceway trl, dayton, ohio 45432. once I forward this fee then I would have to call david brown back + provide the receipt info from western union. he or associates will then hop on a plane + land at the nearest airport near me + delivery the certified check of 2 million along with security + ups crew. after david brown got done feeding me all this bs. I thought just for fun I should go along as if he is believable by asking a billion questions.
Q) how did you come about drawing me as a winner?
A) we get numbers from cellular phone companies

Q) I have never entered any kind of sweepstakes or anything of that nature. so how did this come about?
A) we get numbers from cellular phone companies

Q) what is your name and the company you work for?
A) david brown from gold rush

Q) what is gold rush?
A) we work with many other companies like winner international + publisher sweepstakes

Q) forgive me for questioning but there are a lot of scams going on due to the recession. how can you prove to me that this
is legit?
A) after you forward the fee of $151 you can call me back at [protected] or [protected] and I will personally
pick up and proceed.

Q) how can I know for sure after forwarding payment + suddenly the phone number you just gave me can be a false
number or disconnected?
A) you can hang up now and call me right back to ensure that its my number

Q) thats not good enough for me. also you said your name is david brown. why do you have a south asian hindu or
west indies accent
A) completely ignored the question. then went on by saying... I have no reason to lie. I am a good person. I am a
christian. so I need you to forward payment today in order for you to get the check tomorrow.

At this point I decided to end the conversation. I told him that its too late in the day for me to get to a western union. he insisted that I do this the next day so I can live my life as a millionaire. after hanging up I googled gold rush 302 cresant street, downtown las vegas 80617. info of a dietritian came up. then I searched for winner international and this site came up. so here I am sharing my story hoping that it will help bring awareness to others as this site did me. by the way I called mr. david brown back after reading this site of scams. he asked me for info of this site + was dumb enough to get on it while on the phone with me then guess what! he hung up on me!

Best,
Puzziferro

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William949060
, US
Mar 20, 2010 9:37 pm EDT

Ihave been studying Winners for several months. All calls to me lead to scams. I have followed the process to its conclusion in order to see how they work, what they do, how they scam folks all of which will be used in a book I'm writing about scams of various sorts to hopefully warn the elderly about how these people scam us. Anyone with experience with these ###, please write to me of what happened to you. I would love to include your experience in my book. The more information we can provide to potential victims the safer they will be, AND eventually we will collect enough data to put some of these psychpaths away. any help will be greatly appreciated.

william evans md
dryrundoc56@yahoo.com

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SonOfScam
La Mirada, US
Mar 07, 2010 9:17 pm EST

Update:
More than 2 weeks later, my elderly father's winners international scammer, mr. john green, is still calling. he's reduced the "insurance" from $995 to $70. shame on them.

I've learned that the (876) area code is for jamaica. these 876 numbers are often phone scams — high charges when you call.

Phone fraud can be reported with the ftc:
Https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ftc_wizard.aspx?lang=en#last

You can also file a complaint with your state's attorney general's office.

Remind the elderly people you love to be extra careful when they receive phone calls. "we don't do business on the phone. (click)" is a good policy.

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Marilyn Weddle
Martinsville, US
Mar 03, 2010 8:58 pm EST

I received three phone calls from [protected], mark green). he stated I had won a 2010 mercedes and $250, 000. I told him I would not give any personnel information over the phone. he stated he did not want any bank information. curiously, when he called again, he sais I only had to pay 1% of the shipping and he would call me later. two hrs. later, he called and wanted to know what time tomorrow I would be home so we could have pictures taken for publicity. he would catch a flight tonight. he stated I was to western union $299 dollars to sion hall, 10 main st. white jamaica, wi no zipcode. he also stated this I would have to ave id ready to claim the prize. I asked him how he got my name and # and he said every time I swipe my credit card, they get my name and it goes into a pool of names and mine was drawn for the prize. he gave me an adress of goldrush co. hard rock cafe 4455 paradise rd. las vegasnv with zip code 89109. after researching the zipcode was wrong, it is 89109. this is a scam don't fall for it!

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elmo123
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Feb 20, 2010 2:06 pm EST

well you people must have been ripped off for sure but if you entered nothing you should not believe that you have a chance of winning a sweepstakes. i've known quite a few persons who were scammed who did not submit any type of coupons or request. if you are entering a sweepstake make sure that it is ligit first and that you understand how you may win and how to claim it after you win.

i'm a gambler and i won 2.5 million dollars in a sweepstake already but i was scammed also out of over $1300 and in the end i still had to pay some kind of release fee of $969 in order to claim my prize. i won it from a Winners International as a 3rd place prize and i am as happy as can be right now.
just use your discretion where calls are concerened. don't be ridiculous. how did you win?

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jennin
bklyn, US
Feb 20, 2010 9:15 am EST

Tell them to come for the money. and have the police waiting for them at the door

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jennin
bklyn, US
Feb 20, 2010 9:04 am EST

Go to africa and eat some monkey you piece of #.

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jennin
bklyn, US
Feb 20, 2010 9:01 am EST

Why they have to used my country number. why they do not used there home number;and stop used these number
[protected]
3641336
3769242
4781061 bet if you call these number none of these number works. you teefing african stop give jamaica bad name.

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jennin
bklyn, US
Feb 20, 2010 8:50 am EST

They just call my daughter in law say she won 5m. dont do it it. s a scam