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North American Sweepstakes Association review: lottery scam 5

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Received a supposed cashiers check in the amount of $3, 700 of which i was supposed to send them $2700 for the taxes.it said i had won a total of $120, 000 and that they had tried to get in touch with me numerous times. i knew that was probably a lie because i have a recorder on my phone and had not received any calls left with this name or number on it. please if anyone receives a letter similar to this don't do anything with this but turn it in to law enforcement. i will be getting in touch with our attorney general as soon as possible and maybe we can get this stopped in the state of alabama before some law abiding citizen gets stuck.!

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didn't fool me
Lehi, US
Oct 02, 2011 10:58 pm EDT

I Have received the same letter about winning a lottery asking for me to call a specific person with an area code from Toronto. I live in Utah and have received a check for $3899.00 from Capella University. This is strange as it uses my nickname and not my given name. This is a scam as it has the same claim number as many others that have posted complaints. Unfortunately I have no idea who to report this too as it was sent from Baltimore Maryland. Don't cash these checks as they are fraud and please make sure you keep your information safe.

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, IN
Jun 29, 2011 3:33 pm EDT

Dear Complainant,

We have received your complaints and queries.We have gone through your complaint and after contact with The British High Commission.The donor companies; we have understood that there is a series of LOTTERY and giving Out of CASH reward from The United Kingdom.This series of LOTTERY and sweepstakes are being conducted for the upliftment of the people in the developing and under developing countries to eradicate poverty and illiteracy. We have verified and clarified from the United Kingdom Financial institution bodies that the only legal and authorized body responsible for all forms of LOTTERY and sweepstakes being conducted in the United Kingdom is.The WPC (wpc.center.london@live.com), London. Any other means apart from WPC is not legal and been approved by the Great Britain Government.In this regards, we have forwarded your complaint to the Winning Processing Centre through Email.We request you to forward your complaint and queries to the WPC. Their contact details are given below. We assure you that they will assist you to know the fact of your complaint and to solve the issue. Do not contact anybody else there is a lot of fraud and only WPC and HMRC can pay the money to you if it is truth.

Kindly contact the WPC:-(wpc.center.london@live.com)

Regards,
Admin Team
Consumer Board.in

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Judy Potts
Lexington, US
Jun 12, 2011 9:12 pm EDT

I received the same letter post marked out of Canada. The check was drawn on Bank of America out of Chicago, Illinois. Since the envelope did not have a return address I was skepical and then I thought who would send a check for $3900.oo without in being insured and someone having to sign for it? I am contacting the postal inspector as well as the attorney general's office in NC. This thing has SCAM written all over it. Don't fall for it. JP in NC

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M. Fitz
Crown Point, US
Jun 04, 2011 1:25 am EDT
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I also received the same letter . My check is $3500.00 to help pay the taxes on the amount of $50, 500.00. Said I should contact a Randy Morrison, a claim agent, to "use" the check. It also mentions big name stores. My cashiers check is from Union Bank in San Francisco, the remitters name is Virginia Campbell. The letter is signed by a Bonnie Wright, the promotion manager. Rember people you NEVER pay your federal taxes to anybody except the IRS.

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C. B. , Olathe, KS
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Jun 03, 2011 8:21 pm EDT
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We received the same letter: a check for $3700 toward $2700 in taxes, with the total amount to be received $120, 000. The letter was postmarked from Canada and the issuing bank was Union Bank, N. A. in San Francisco. I was suspicious because I do not enter sweepstakes generally, and had not received any phone calls about it at all. Also, why would you need to send anyone money for taxes? If we owed taxes, we would pay the IRS ourselves at tax time, not some agent.
I think this can be turned into the U. S. Postal Inspector as well as your state's attorney general's office.
C. B., Kansas