Complaint Review: Hifi Financial Trust

I received a letter and check for $2,985 on june 29 2007 stating that i had won a contest with the north american utilities, my ticket number was 5644581 with serial number 65489. A Jerome Thoms took my phone call and said i should cash the check and send the money via money gram to a patricia hanson in bradford, ontario, I was then to call jerome thomas back and let him know that the money was wired. He said I should hear from him by july 4th 2007 for a tracking number from fed ex so i can track the delivery of my winnings, well the date had come and I had not heard from him so I called him, he said fed ex wasnt running to the holiday, pretty legitimate reason I thought, he told me he will have the tracking number for me today July 6th 2007, around 11am i called and he said fedex wasnt picking up until 4pm, I waited and eventually my phone rang, unfortunately it was my bank saying the check for $2,985 that was cashed in my account on june, 29 2007 was being sent back because they cannot find the account in which it was coming from so now I owe the bank $2,985. I feel very stupid for falling for this scam, I should have seen it coming like most of you have, but I didnt and now I have to figure out how to get out of this mess. to those of you in my situation I wish you the best and hope you wish the same for me. Good luck

Caroline
myerstown, Pennsylvania
U.S.A.