D.R.D,Main Office Director, Data Control Office, Robert Richards,Data Release Division Office Robert Richards one million four hundred thousand dollar award scam. Jericho, New York
All Concerning,
My mother recieved a letter from the "Award Payment Data Release DIV," in the mail today. First off, I'd like to make clear that the above in quotations, makes absolutely no sense at all. The letter is full of large words juxtaposed in such a manner as to make little sense. To someone with a less keen grasp of the english language, the letter seems written by an intellectual. At a closer look, it's full of mis-punctuations and is overly redundant in text. It also states "Actual Document" frequently.
After looking into my mothers teary eyes I read the letter and discovered that a man by the name of Robert Richards (more than likely an alias) is stating that my mother has won a cash prize of one million four hundred thousand dollars. She being in a bit of a financial crisis thought of this as a miracle. I read further and saw that in order to obtain this "prize" you must send in a "one time fee" of $19.99.
Tell me how that makes any sense. I immediately jumped up checked google for any scams from the DRD. (DATA RELEASE DEPARTMENT) Apparently several others have been either tricked by this, or took it for what it is. A SCAM!
It's unclear to me just how many people recieve this letter per year or how this so called, "agency," retrieves peoples personal data, but it needs to be stopped. The check enclosed is obviously fake, and the premise of the entire thing is just despicable. I suggest that anyone who gets this letter report it to the authorities and make sure that you teach others close to you how to spot scams like these as well.
This letter was recieved on April 13, 2010. the I.D at the top of the letter reads, 2241232228. There is also another address attached to the letter.
ISSUANCES OFFICE, Proceedings Director
p.o box 9000
East Meadow, NY 11554-9000
Note, there is also a strange routing/ banking number at the bottom of the check (00 36 87346 20) and a delivery track code of 8274500-a271. 1515 is located in the upper right hand corner of the document.
I sincerely hope that this report helps anyone who recieves this false document,
Thank you
1 Updates & Rebuttals
Ashley
Sheffield Lake,Ohio,
U.S.A.
Also recieved 'prize' letter
#2Consumer Comment
Thu, September 15, 2011
My grandmother also recieved the letter and was on the verge of sending money when she called me and read it to me. I consider myself fairly intelligent but the wording on the letter was almost incomprehensible. As the author of this report said, it was a bunch of large words juxtaposed. It sounded like a high schooler wrote it with a thesaurus to impress the teacher. I immediately did a search engine on DRD main office and saw post after post of people scammed by it. Everyone needs to beware of this scam and dispose of the letter like the junk mail that it is.