aecom incorporation gary kopal letter sent informing winning lotto drawing. The letter included a cashier check for the amount of 2,950.25 this is fake woodstock, Ontario Canada
A letter sent from aecom incorporation 3468 Norwich Ave, Woodstock, ON. N4S 3V8 Tel. 905 598 2870 to me containing a cashiers check for the amount of 2,950.25 from Mid- Wisconsin Bank P.O.Box 90 Medford,Wi 54451 dated Sept 25, 2012 remitter: name on check is Roberta Carlson.
The letter states I have won a lottery drawing for the sum of 95,000.00 in U.S. currancy. The enclosed check is sent for the purpose of paying the taxes on the winnings. The tax amount is 2,850.00 call Gary Kopal at 1-905-598-2870 to activate check before depositing it into account. The letter also states to keep the winnings confidential until money is remitted to me. The letter is dated Sept. 18th, 2012 the drawing was held on Aug 2012. I reported the check to the Mid-Wisconsin Bank at 1-800-643-9472.
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Flynrider
Phoenix,Arizona,
USA
Good luck with that.
#5Consumer Comment
Wed, September 26, 2012
Stephanie,
I'm not trying to put you down or burst your bubble. This is a well known scam and shows up on this site almost daily. The whole purpose of sending you the check was to convince you to wire "taxes" on your make-believe winnings. In real life, you are not required to pay anything in order to get something that you legitimately won.
If you deposit the phony check, your bank will eventually reject it. If you're smart and don't wire those "taxes", you won't be out any money. The only real risk is that by depositing a large, phony check, your bank may decide that you were trying to scam them and close your account. People who have fallen for the scam have reported that happening to them.
If you really believe that you won $95,000 in a contest that you didn't enter, I have a feeling we'll be seeing you back on this site in the near future.
stephanie
orange city,Florida,
United States of America
No you hold on
#5Consumer Comment
Mon, September 24, 2012
If this is such a scam, why didn't that lady put who she talks to and when and you can't say people never win from lotteries and such because I know people who got random checks like this and did win out of the blue. Don't bash me and tell me I'm gonna lose money, I never said I'm gonna give them any money through wires, I have the letter still and I won't have to pay s**t. So don't go putting me down. All I'm saying is people need to show more proof of stuff before they post it as ripoffs.
Flynrider
Phoenix,Arizona,
USA
Not so fast, Stephanie.
#5Consumer Comment
Mon, September 24, 2012
This is a well known scam. The check you received is phony. Your bank will be notifying you of this within a week or so, when the check is actually rejected by the originating bank. Of course, before that happens, the scammers will try to get you to send them a large, untraceable, cash transfer through Western Union, Moneygram, Greendot or some other untraceable method. By the time the bank tells you that you owe them thousands for the phony check you deposited, the scammers will be long gone with your real cash.
The key to this is that the scammers will insist that you send the money to them by an untraceable method. Western Union personal transfers are mostly used, since anyone can pick up the money anonymously anywhere in the world. This ultimately means that you'll have no idea who got your money, and that's the way scammers prefer it.
Generally speaking, people do not win tens of thousands of dollars in lotteries / contests that they didn't enter. The scammers rely on the victim's greed to overrule their common sense.
Good luck.
stephanie
orange city,Florida,
United States of America
I got the same letter
#5Consumer Comment
Mon, September 24, 2012
I got a letter exactly like this one saying i was the second prize winner and i took the cashiers check to the bank and the bank accepted it and deposited the money to my account. Did the person posting this complaint even try calling this guy? I did. He verified the check, didnt ask for any of my personal information. I dont see where this lady put that she tried calling anyone or took anything to the bank. Dont post anything unless you have more information regarding how you went about depositing or talking to the guy.