Chrissy Morris ripoff I was told Costa Rico was a tax free haven. I wired the money and haven`t heard from them since! swindlers San Jose Costa Rica
To Whom it May Concern,
On June 16,2003,I got a call from the United Sweepstakes of America saying that they spotted a email from me months earlier and that if I sent $1,200 for insurance
that I would have a chance to win $350,000! The person I spoke to was Chrissy Morris. She gave her number as 1-800-404-9310,also ext.442. She also said I `had two days to think about it`.
Ironically I withdrew the money from the bank that lunchbreak. Besides being called at work in my cubicle I was called at home too. I had told them to call me back at 1:20PM,as my lunch time is from 1pm-1:45pm from Monday-Friday. They did not call me back.
A couple of days later I called the N.Y. Public Library telephone reference. What I was told was by the librarian was that there was a scam for the same amount!It cost $83 to send and a total of $1,283 from a check cashing place on Varick Street in lower Manhattan. As I work a couple of blocks away.
Ironically when I looked up the United Sweepstakes of America there were too many of them to look into! The above tollfree number gave me no leads.
Can you help me in this matter? Thank you for your time. They were in 9 Avenue Central in San Jose in Costa Rico.
Keith
Brooklyn, New York
U.S.A.
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Terrance
Torrance,California,
U.S.A.
If it sounds too good to be true...
#2Consumer Suggestion
Mon, July 07, 2003
This is just another scam playing on someone's gullibility. The first clue is someone needing money from you in order to give you money. A common example of this is the "Nigerian" bank scam.
Second of all, if you're sending your money to a foreign country, it's probably impossible to track the people down.
I would say that there's zero chance that you'll get your money back. Hopefully others will learn from your experience (I assume you have).