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Complaint Review: CITI TRUST FINANCIAL - Toronto Ontario
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CITI TRUST FINANCIAL
1312 Cariboo Dr Toronto, M1N 2N7 Ontario, U.S.A.
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CITI TRUST FINANCIAL - WACHOVIA BANK - TAMPA CARGO sent a $4,700.00 check deducted from winnings of $250,000.00 for payment of Canadian Non-Resident Government Tax ripoff Toronto Ontario
My husband received in the mail a letter from CITI TRUST FINANCIAL INC. stating that a ticket with his name attached to it drew the winning numbers in a COMPENSATION DRAW.
It stated he was entitled to a lump sum of $250,000.00.Enclosed is a check for $4,700.00 which is deducted from the winnings for the purpose of GST. Payable to the Canadian Tax Office.
The tax amount was for $2,700.00 payable by moneygram or western union to the Tax Agent: Linda White 2410 Empire Road Ottawa,Ontario K1a 1K6 Canada
He was advised to call the claim agent; Christy Choung at 1-778-316-4177 to begin the claim process. Upon calling this number he received a recording that stated the voice mail for that number was full.
The check he received was written from:
TAMPA CARGO P.O.Box 524235 Miami,FL. 23152 drawn off of the
WACHOVIA BANK 18601 Nw 27th Ave Miami,FL.33056-3192
Marsha
reedsburg, Wisconsin
U.S.A.
It stated he was entitled to a lump sum of $250,000.00.Enclosed is a check for $4,700.00 which is deducted from the winnings for the purpose of GST. Payable to the Canadian Tax Office.
The tax amount was for $2,700.00 payable by moneygram or western union to the Tax Agent: Linda White 2410 Empire Road Ottawa,Ontario K1a 1K6 Canada
He was advised to call the claim agent; Christy Choung at 1-778-316-4177 to begin the claim process. Upon calling this number he received a recording that stated the voice mail for that number was full.
The check he received was written from:
TAMPA CARGO P.O.Box 524235 Miami,FL. 23152 drawn off of the
WACHOVIA BANK 18601 Nw 27th Ave Miami,FL.33056-3192
Marsha
reedsburg, Wisconsin
U.S.A.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Amy
Schaumburg,Illinois,
U.S.A.
Scam....
#2Consumer Suggestion
Thu, July 19, 2007
This is totally a scam! DON'T DO IT! My boyfriend also received a letter like that. It was from a different company but also said that he won money and was sent a check for "tax" purposes. He called the number and some women answered and said "Hello" like it was her personal phone number. We decided to look into it and noticed that the check was from an actual company in Detroit. Once the check was cashed and you wired the money, it went to another company in Canada, and then a company in Jamaica would send him a check for the amount he won. What a bunch of bull! What actually happens is, as soon as you cash that check, you are instructed to wire the money to their account. Either it is a fake account OR the company, in this case in Detroit, stops payment on the check and you are out thousands of dollars. Since you send it Western Union, and three different countries are involved, there is nothing you or anyone else can do. The company in Detroit is actually an industrial company so we decided to google them and then contact them. They told us that this is not the first time they had heard this same story, and that they get phone calls all the time from people who were ripped off. It just goes to show how easy it is to rip people off these days and it is unfortunate that this happens to so many honest, good people.
Julie
Keizer,Oregon,
U.S.A.
Not the only one
#3UPDATE Employee
Tue, July 17, 2007
Unfortunatly, that is completely fraud, and no one should ever send a western union money order to a company that is promising money, especially if it has an individual's name as the payee. No matter how real it may look, the account the check is written from never exists. I've spoken with many people that have fallen victim to the same type of fraud. BE CAUTIOUS!
