Shaw Financial Incorporated USA Departmental Stores Sweepstake Lottery Official document notification of a 2nd prize winner in the second category of the USA Departmental Sweepstakes Lottery held on June 12, 2012 Los Angeles, California
My elderly mother received a notification in the mail that she was a "winner" in a USA Departmental Stores Sweepstake Lottery. A check written for $3,940.00 with Matthaeis Camco, In, Sweet Home, OR on a Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Washington (Wellsfrago.com)was included to cove the processing fee of $3,940.00. Mother enters all sorts of sweepstakes so it wasn't out of the realm of possibilities but after reading the notice over a few times and looking at the internet we knew this was a scam!!! The envelope was a security one but there was no return address or postage noted..........
We were to contact our claims agent: David Morgan at 1-778-237-1924. Mon - Fri 9am-6pm and Sat 9am-1pm to start the claim processing and activate the check. I did call the number and a woman answered "Shaw". I asked to speak to David Morgan and she informed I needed to call back during office hours (which I thought I was).
My husband and I decided to do checking on our own as we were very skeptical and lo and behold all these reports were listed on Ripoff. We will not even bother to give this to mother but will notify the Post Office fraud department and Wells Fargo of these notices.