Star Capital Securities Inc. International Claims Department sent scam letter stating i had won $125,000 but need to desposit the included check of $4,875.00 in order to pay tax agent the tax amount of $2975.00. Need to call first prior to cashing check. The person i spoke to told me to deposit the check in to my account and then call back for more instructions. I have the letter and check and basically knew it was too good to be true!! Chatham Ontario Canada
Receive a letter from the above company signed by Brenda Hicks and giving a number to call of Mrs Carol Armstrong (claim agent) Letter states re: winning
final notification. Tells me i have won the Norht Ammerican Shoppers Sweepstates that was held on March 5th 2008 in the 2nd category The ticketserial no is 38476075 drew the lucky winning no 38477899 Thus i have won $125,000 which is from the total prize of 5 million that was shared by 40 declared 2nd category winners. Claim number is CFT/CA-0011 that is assigned to the NOrht American Claims Affiliate A check was inclosed for $4,875.00 for me to cash and be able to pay the taxes on my winnings. The tax amount is $2,975.00 for goverment tax. The amount must be paid directly wither by western union or money gram directly to the tax agent. My other winnings woudl be sent to me as a final check of 120,125.00 via fedEx.
I am told in the letter not to use the check until i cll the number below which is 1-416-876-7797 which connects me to Mrs Carol Armstrong the claim agent. She tells me to go ahead an deposit the check into my account and then call her back. No other instructions nor does she state her name or company when she answers the phone. The check is noted to be void after 60 days. The letter and check arrived in a plain white envelope with no return address only a stamp that had a flower on it and Canada but was not marked as being in the postal office. There are the numbers 12304+2015 008 on te bottem of the envelope . You read about this happening all the time but you do not think it will happen to you...i only knew it was to good to be true!!! and believing that i had to go to the internet to check the whole thing out. I feel for those who did not check it out and had money stolen from them. This whole thing needs to be shut down and they need to be in jail... it is dishonest and unehtical
Liz
Schenectady, New York
U.S.A.