Lloyd Formerly/LexFund/Aundrea Johnson LexFund Aundrea Johnson Depositted check in bank and my account was set for closure due to counterfeit check. pickering, ontario
On the morning of August 24th I received a check from a company by the name of LexFund about a sweepstakes I had won. I then searched for information regarding this company and found that it was a legitimate business. As such, I contacted the phone number listed on the sheet. I asked the person who answered whether this was a legitimate business and filing. I was assured of the validity of LexFund and that I could search for information which would prove its existence. I was informed that in order for the rest of the funds to be dispatched, I would have to first pay the IRS. The following day, I deposited the check in the amount of $3,985.55 in my account. After a couple of days I checked my account online to check on a purchase I had recently made and was unable to log into my account. At first I paid not attention and thought perhaps I had just inputted incorrect information. Today, I actually called the bank and found out that my account was set up to be closed due to my depositing a counterfeit check in the account and my supposed attempt to defraud the bank.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Flynrider
Phoeix,Arizona,
U.S.A.
You need to do better research
#3
Tue, September 01, 2009
"I then searched for information regarding this company and found that it was a legitimate business."
No kidding. The scammers are going to use the name of a legitimate business.
"I contacted the phone number listed on the sheet. I asked the person who answered whether this was a legitimate business and filing. I was assured of the validity of LexFund and that I could search for information which would prove its existence."
So instead of calling the real Lexfund that you found on the 'net (who would have told you you were being scammed), you called the scammers to ask them if they were legit? What do you think they would tell you?
Large checks for thousands of dollars do not magically appear in mailboxes. Particularly for sweepstakes that you never entered. A scammer like this depends on the greed of the victim in order to succeed. You are lucky that the bank caught the forgery and the worst that happened was a closed bank account. Had they not, you would have been out thousands of dollars.
sylver8248
murfreesboro,Tennessee,
U.S.A.
Key Question...
#3
Tue, September 01, 2009
Did you actually ENTER this sweepstakes? Your report leads me to believe that you didn't. How on earth can you win a contest that you don't enter?
Also, if you had done a little research you would have learned that it is illegal for a company to require that you pay money up front for a sweepstakes. Unfortunately your desire for money blinded you to what was adctually an obvious scam.