Mr. Micheal Meyers Oneil Osbourne Mr. Meyers phoned me and told me that I has won 2.5 million dollars and a new car from PCH. Kingston
I was contacted by a Mr. Micheal Meyers that I had won 2nd. place in the Publisheer's Clearing House drawing. He told me that I had won 2.5 million dollars and a new 2016 Pearl white Mercedese Benz. Then he asked me to send $885 to a Mr. Oneil Osbourne in Jamaica to pay for the seals that were needed. I did as he asked and Western Union the money to him. After spending 6 hours on the phone with him, He then tells me that the prize team has been stopped and needs $5,000 dollars to pay for a golden eagle stamp from the FDIC. The money is to be sent to him to pay my state govenor for this seal. That is when I realized that he had been scamming me all day and there was no prize. He had already received the money that I sent by Western Union so I could not stop the transaction. I told him that I thought this was a scam and he told me no that it was real. I told him never mind about sending me the prize team and that I just wanted my money back. I told him that he had gotten all the money I had and that it was my bill money for the month. He still tried to talk me into send more money for awhile. I finally got through to him that I felt stupid and he should be ashamed of himself for doing this. He told me that I would receive a letter saying that I rejected the prize and a certified check for my $885 in 7 working days. I told him I would believe it when I saw it. He actually told me to have a "Good Evening".
Eloise
Beaverton,MI
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Warren Smith
Alabama,USA
ONLINE LOTTERIES ARE SCAMS RUN BY CRIMINALS- YOU WILL HAVE YOUR MONEY STOLEN
#2Consumer Comment
Wed, July 20, 2016
IF YOU RECIEVED AN EMAIL OR PHONE CALL THE YOU WON A LOTTERY AND ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT IF IT'S REAL- STOP RIGHT HERE...IT'S NOT. 'LOTTERY WINNER' EMAILS ARE ALWAYS A SCAM AND YOU WILL END UP GETTING ROBBED. PERIOD.
The criminals behind it will ask you for your personal information (name, address, etc)--often a copy of your license, which they can use to steal your identity. They will say you have won a lottery (usually one you didnt even enter, so how could you have won something you never entered?!), and tell you they will send you a check, which you need to deposit and immediately send back a part (usually via western union or money gram), as a processing or claim fee. The check ends up being fake, and you'll have an overdraft in your account in about 7 days after the bank investigates it (and possible criminal charges for depositing a fake check). By then you will have already sent them $$ which you will never be able to get back. This is almost always operated overseas in Nigeria, and they target those in US/Europe especially hard for lottery and inheritance scams!
NEVER, EVER RESPOND TO LOTTERY EMAILS OR PHONE CALLS- THEY ARE ALWAYS SCAMS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THEIR IDENTITY STOLEN AND COLLECTIVELY LOST BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. RESEARCH 419 SCAMS FOR MORE INFO.