Platinum Point Securities Check Scam! Morriston Ontario
I was excited to find a check in my mail for $4,980.00. but upon further scrutiny I knew it had to be a scam. Platinum Point Securities Inc. addressed a letter "Sir/Madam" - we are pleased to inform you that you are one of the declared winners of the SHOPPERS SWEEPSTAKES, Ticket # 498561256 and the lucky winning # 49-55-77-80-02. They went on to say that they attempted to contact me regarding the $250,000.00 I had won from a total prize of $5 million US dollars! It further reads:
The Claim Number is WA/SDH-0101. The taxes were $2,995.00 US dollars. Please do not attempt to use this check until you call Lewis McGregor at 1-647-894-7624. Contact Mr. McGregor within 5 business days. Congratulations Barbara Bryan (Promotion Manager).
I called information and got 2 numbers for banks in Michigan. 1-800-888-3595 and 1-800-347-7276 in Lavonnia Michigan. I called the bank in Lavonnia and the lady answered and verified that there was a Comerica Bank in Michigan, she could not tell me anything about the issuer - but verified by the routing and check numbers on the check that it was an active account.
Platinum Point Inc (was the company name)
4055 Telegraph Rd
Bloomfield, MI 48302
Comerica Bank (was the address to the bank)
4057 W Maple Road
Bloomfield HI, MI 48031
I went to the internet to find the company and found this Rip Off scam site.
Evita
Washington, District of Columbia
U.S.A.
1 Updates & Rebuttals
Evita
Washington,District of Columbia,
U.S.A.
Platinum Point Scam Update!!!!
#2Author of original report
Thu, July 23, 2009
July 23, 2009 -- Update!!!
I called my "claim agent" Mr. Lewis McGregor at 1-647-894-7624 yesterday when I received the check - no one answered - the phone just rang. About 5 minutes later a man called back from the same phone number and said "who the F*CK keeps calling me". I said "excuse me" and he just hung up.
It's just sad that somebody somewhere will deposit this check in their bank and get ripped off.
Evita
Washington, DC