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Complaint Review: CDRA - Boca Raton Florida
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P.O Box 880269 Boca Raton, 33488 Florida, U.S.A.
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CDRA ripoff made me pay 20 dollars for nothing saying i won money, but i didn't Boca Raton Florida
They sent me a letter telling me i won over $3,099,622 and i had to send twenty dollars so they could process the money. I sent the money and it was cashed and i never heard anything else. Then i went on the internet and found that they have been doing this to a lot of people and someone needs to do something about it.
Kayla
Hartstown, Pennsylvania
U.S.A.
Kayla
Hartstown, Pennsylvania
U.S.A.
4 Updates & Rebuttals
Dennis
Rochester,New York,
U.S.A.
Here's an easy way to put a stop to these scams...
#2Consumer Suggestion
Sun, March 05, 2006
Kayla, there is a very easy way that we can all do something about these types of scams. When you get a letter in the mail like the one you described, throw it right into the trash and forget all about it. If people stop responding to these types of mailings, the scammers won't make any money and hence they will stop mailing out the scams. Or better yet, take the entire mailing to your post office and give it to them, perhaps they can start a mail fraud investigation. Unfortunately though, most of these types of scammers are fly-by-night types that are moved on before they get caught. You can do basically the same thing if you get a phone call saying you've won something. Just say, "Oh thank you, please go right ahead and send it to me." If they want you to send money first or give them any financial info over the phone then it's a scam. Prizes are free. If you have to buy something or send money to get the prize, then you have not won anything. I once got a letter in the mail offering me an "incredible job opportunity". All I had to do was stuff flyers into envelopes and mail them out. I would be paid $3 for each envelope I stuffed. I could make thousands every single week. All I had to do to get started was send a money order for $19.95 to them so they could send me a kit to get started. Of course the business was one I've never heard of and they had a post office box. So obviously I threw it away since it was a scam. If someone had a job opportunity like that for real, they certainly wouldn't have to send out mass mailings to find people for it. Just remember this piece of advice: "If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is."
Elizabeth
Saint Charles,Missouri,
U.S.A.
You forgot
#3Consumer Comment
Fri, March 03, 2006
You forgot........ 1. If they're from Nigeria and want you to cash a check - its a scam 2. If they say you can refi your house with lousy credit, get 10 grand more than the house is worth and your payment will go down - its a scam 3. If they offer to cast a spell to make you rich in the next 2 weeks and bring back your long lost love for only $999.95 - its a scam 4. If they say you need to enter your banking info onto this web page "for verification only" - its a scam I'm thinking we should start insisting on SCAM 101 to be taught in our local high schools. I just can't believe people are this gullible.
Christine
Racine,Wisconsin,
U.S.A.
You forgot one Robert...
#4Consumer Suggestion
Fri, March 03, 2006
If the words Western Union are anywhere, it's a scam.
Robert
Wallingford,Connecticut,
U.S.A.
I agree. Smarten up people!
#5Consumer Comment
Fri, March 03, 2006
These scams continue because there are enough stupid, greedy people to fall for them. 1) If you receive a letter stating you won millions of dollars in a contest you didn't enter, it's a scam. 2) If you have enter so many contest drawings that you can't remember if this may be one you may have entered, keep better records. 3) If you are required to send someone money to process your winnings, it's a scam. 4) If you get a call telling you have received a grant you didn't apply for, it's a scam. (When did the government do anything without reams of paperwork). 5) Don't give out you bank account information over the phone unless your are the one that initiated the call and you are sure of who you are giving that information to. If someone calls you and wants your banking information, it's a scam, hang up. 6) This one gets me. Some posters will say "I even asked them if this was a scam." Don't bother. Like they are going to tell you that it is. A little common sense goes a long way in preventing these scams from taking another witless victim.
