TD Financial Inc., Mary Johnson,George Bolton, Edith McCain (person To Send GST Too), & Sam Garfield(promotions Mngr) Pleased to advise that you're 1 of the winners in 2nd catagory of sweepstake & lotterydraw held 2-1-08. you know, the one you never entered. Toronto Ontario
My dad got a check in the mail from a company named TD Financial out of Canada. This scam is exactly like one reported on ING Financial except for people names and the company name. The money amounts and what to do are exactly the same. He was sent a check for $4975.00 for non resident taxes. The letter said he won $450,000 and to call Mary Johnson or George Bolton before doing anything. He called and spoke to "George" and was told to deposit the check then to call back for further instructions. He went to the bank and deposited the check with no problems then called back when he got home and told them the check wouldn't clear until Tues. or Wed. since it was deposited on a Sat. The person told him to call back on Tues. and let them know if it cleared and they'll tell him what to do at that time.
It's Sun. night and I found this site and read all the reports similar to our story. My dad's now panicking because we don't usually fall for any of this stuff but the teller at the bank said the check was real and he deposited it thinking it was. Now that we see what's really going on, he's going to the bank first thing in the morning and telling them what's going on before his account is frozen or he has to pay anything back. No one has any account information yet so we're not too worried and even if it clearss, he's not touching a penny in case someone comes looking for the money back. Thanks to everyone who submitted similar reports so I can stop this nonsense before it's too late. Something really needs to be done about these people preying on desperate peoples situations. A lot of us need money badly and can't keep up with the growing prices of everything.
It's very sad to know that there are people who have no conscience or morality about harming others for personal gain. Karmas a b***h. What comes around goes around. Never forget that!
Ororon
Lynn, Massachusetts
U.S.A.
4 Updates & Rebuttals
Ororon
Lynn,Massachusetts,
U.S.A.
TD Financial Inc. scam even tho you didn't enter yourself.
#5Author of original report
Tue, April 15, 2008
As of today, Tuesday April 15, 2008, the check sent to me for $4975.00 has cleared my account in the bank. I went to my bank manager yesterday and explained the situation to her and she put a notation in my record stating it's a cross-border scam and to watch my account. I'm not touching a penny of it for I don't want my account frozen and be responsible for repaying the real checking account owner. This way they can take it back and I won't have any charges added to my account for being overdrawn or anything. Why haven't the police or anyone set up a sting operation at the border and have someone here cash the check and western union the money to canada. Then they could have the western unions in the area under survellience so when the people come to pick up the money, they arrest them. It's got to be some of the same people running these scams just changing the company's and their names. Which means they must have false identification under a few different names. This is actually a big operation and they're probably ripping off millions of dollars from people all over the world. We need to put a stop to this. Is this not important enough to the police to want to stop it? Come on, this could be a major sting operation here. I know that there are different laws that the police would have to deal with but there's got to be something that can actually be done about this. There are a lot of poor and desperate people, such as myself, that see a ray of light or hope when they get this in the mail, only to be betrayed and plunged further into debt. This could be the last straw for some people. Where they give up all hope of getting out of their problems once and for all. Actions like these could lead to even more serious problems such as suicide. What if someone did everything they could think of to come up with the money to send thinking they were getting a large sum in return and Finally all their troubles would be over. Then, no money, they've been duped. I know I'd want to die, what about you? We need to stop this travesty now!!!
Ororon
Lynn,Massachusetts,
U.S.A.
TD Financial Inc. scam even tho you didn't enter yourself.
#5Author of original report
Tue, April 15, 2008
As of today, Tuesday April 15, 2008, the check sent to me for $4975.00 has cleared my account in the bank. I went to my bank manager yesterday and explained the situation to her and she put a notation in my record stating it's a cross-border scam and to watch my account. I'm not touching a penny of it for I don't want my account frozen and be responsible for repaying the real checking account owner. This way they can take it back and I won't have any charges added to my account for being overdrawn or anything. Why haven't the police or anyone set up a sting operation at the border and have someone here cash the check and western union the money to canada. Then they could have the western unions in the area under survellience so when the people come to pick up the money, they arrest them. It's got to be some of the same people running these scams just changing the company's and their names. Which means they must have false identification under a few different names. This is actually a big operation and they're probably ripping off millions of dollars from people all over the world. We need to put a stop to this. Is this not important enough to the police to want to stop it? Come on, this could be a major sting operation here. I know that there are different laws that the police would have to deal with but there's got to be something that can actually be done about this. There are a lot of poor and desperate people, such as myself, that see a ray of light or hope when they get this in the mail, only to be betrayed and plunged further into debt. This could be the last straw for some people. Where they give up all hope of getting out of their problems once and for all. Actions like these could lead to even more serious problems such as suicide. What if someone did everything they could think of to come up with the money to send thinking they were getting a large sum in return and Finally all their troubles would be over. Then, no money, they've been duped. I know I'd want to die, what about you? We need to stop this travesty now!!!
Ororon
Lynn,Massachusetts,
U.S.A.
TD Financial Inc. scam even tho you didn't enter yourself.
#5Author of original report
Tue, April 15, 2008
As of today, Tuesday April 15, 2008, the check sent to me for $4975.00 has cleared my account in the bank. I went to my bank manager yesterday and explained the situation to her and she put a notation in my record stating it's a cross-border scam and to watch my account. I'm not touching a penny of it for I don't want my account frozen and be responsible for repaying the real checking account owner. This way they can take it back and I won't have any charges added to my account for being overdrawn or anything. Why haven't the police or anyone set up a sting operation at the border and have someone here cash the check and western union the money to canada. Then they could have the western unions in the area under survellience so when the people come to pick up the money, they arrest them. It's got to be some of the same people running these scams just changing the company's and their names. Which means they must have false identification under a few different names. This is actually a big operation and they're probably ripping off millions of dollars from people all over the world. We need to put a stop to this. Is this not important enough to the police to want to stop it? Come on, this could be a major sting operation here. I know that there are different laws that the police would have to deal with but there's got to be something that can actually be done about this. There are a lot of poor and desperate people, such as myself, that see a ray of light or hope when they get this in the mail, only to be betrayed and plunged further into debt. This could be the last straw for some people. Where they give up all hope of getting out of their problems once and for all. Actions like these could lead to even more serious problems such as suicide. What if someone did everything they could think of to come up with the money to send thinking they were getting a large sum in return and Finally all their troubles would be over. Then, no money, they've been duped. I know I'd want to die, what about you? We need to stop this travesty now!!!
Ororon
Lynn,Massachusetts,
U.S.A.
TD Financial Inc. scam even tho you didn't enter yourself.
#5Author of original report
Tue, April 15, 2008
As of today, Tuesday April 15, 2008, the check sent to me for $4975.00 has cleared my account in the bank. I went to my bank manager yesterday and explained the situation to her and she put a notation in my record stating it's a cross-border scam and to watch my account. I'm not touching a penny of it for I don't want my account frozen and be responsible for repaying the real checking account owner. This way they can take it back and I won't have any charges added to my account for being overdrawn or anything. Why haven't the police or anyone set up a sting operation at the border and have someone here cash the check and western union the money to canada. Then they could have the western unions in the area under survellience so when the people come to pick up the money, they arrest them. It's got to be some of the same people running these scams just changing the company's and their names. Which means they must have false identification under a few different names. This is actually a big operation and they're probably ripping off millions of dollars from people all over the world. We need to put a stop to this. Is this not important enough to the police to want to stop it? Come on, this could be a major sting operation here. I know that there are different laws that the police would have to deal with but there's got to be something that can actually be done about this. There are a lot of poor and desperate people, such as myself, that see a ray of light or hope when they get this in the mail, only to be betrayed and plunged further into debt. This could be the last straw for some people. Where they give up all hope of getting out of their problems once and for all. Actions like these could lead to even more serious problems such as suicide. What if someone did everything they could think of to come up with the money to send thinking they were getting a large sum in return and Finally all their troubles would be over. Then, no money, they've been duped. I know I'd want to die, what about you? We need to stop this travesty now!!!