Complaint Review: Clearing House North America

About three weeks ago, I recieved a letter in the mail from Clearing House North America informing me that I had won a sweepstakes drawing in the amount of $750,000. It instructed me to call a phone number to speak with a Mr. Eric North regarding my winnings. Now, I have to say here that I'm not stupid, but merely a broke college student, and let's face it, any chance I have at getting free money, I would gladly take. I can't even get a student loan. Working 2 jobs and going to school sucks. But I digress...

So my sister calls the number and "Mr. Eric North" says he'll call me the next day, which he does. He tells me I will receive a $4800.00 check in the next 14 days, which I am to send off as a preliminary IRS payment. My response to that was "I'll beleive it when I see it." Well, today I saw it. I received the check for $4800.00 as promised, but was still skeptical. The check was written from Hawaii USA Federal Credit Union. Hmm... I thought CHNA was in Canada... So I googled the bank's name on the internet, and sure enough on the main page of the website was a statement from Hawaii USA explaining that the cashier's checks received were fake, and that they were working to eliminate these occurences. So, watch out for these guys!!!!

Nikki
San Ramon, California
U.S.A.