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Complaint Review: Clearing House North America - Lockport New York
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Clearing House North America
Lockport, New York, U.S.A.
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Clearing House North America fakes winning letter and check Ripoff Lockport New York
*Consumer Comment: Look closely at the check
*Consumer Suggestion: Check is forged...
*Author of original report: This is not a legal advertising scheme
*Author of original report: This is not a legal advertising scheme
*Author of original report: This is not a legal advertising scheme
*Author of original report: This is not a legal advertising scheme
I just recieved a letter that had been sitting at my parents house for two months. It was from Clearing House North America and stated that I was the winner of the 2005 annual drawing, winning $750,000. The letter says to contact Eric North at 1-888-658-8548 or 1-647-7220-867. It also says that the internal revenue officer handling my file is Nancy Adams at 1-905-587-0230. The letter is signed by Phillip Houston, President. Enclosed is a very real looking check from First Niagara Bank for $2,900 to pay for taxes, signed by Elizabeth A. Mello #3491. There is no return address or any information about this company included.
I thought this letter was a fake, because I never entered any sweepstakes. Besides that, they had my last name and address wrong because I married and moved out of my parents house two years ago, so they must have had my information for a long time prior to this October. If this sweepstakes was for real they would have tried harder to contact me. I did try calling the numbers listed and got voice recordings saying my file was temporarily on hold, and to call customer service. Of course, there IS no number for customer service because this is not even a real company, and there is no money! I tried doing a search for this company to find their website and found this site full of reports instead. Don't be fooled. Whoever is doing this should be sued and sent to jail.
Allison
Newaygo, Michigan
U.S.A.
I thought this letter was a fake, because I never entered any sweepstakes. Besides that, they had my last name and address wrong because I married and moved out of my parents house two years ago, so they must have had my information for a long time prior to this October. If this sweepstakes was for real they would have tried harder to contact me. I did try calling the numbers listed and got voice recordings saying my file was temporarily on hold, and to call customer service. Of course, there IS no number for customer service because this is not even a real company, and there is no money! I tried doing a search for this company to find their website and found this site full of reports instead. Don't be fooled. Whoever is doing this should be sued and sent to jail.
Allison
Newaygo, Michigan
U.S.A.
6 Updates & Rebuttals
Allison
Newaygo,Michigan,
U.S.A.
This is not a legal advertising scheme
#2Author of original report
Thu, December 29, 2005
No, nowhere on the check does it say anything about restrictions. It looks exactly like a real check written from a company to an individual. If it said on the check "void" or some kind of explanation, people would not be trying to cash them. It would be legally acceptable for a company to send advertisements with look-a-like checks that included a void statement on the front, but what this company or person is doing is fraud.
Allison
Newaygo,Michigan,
U.S.A.
This is not a legal advertising scheme
#3Author of original report
Thu, December 29, 2005
No, nowhere on the check does it say anything about restrictions. It looks exactly like a real check written from a company to an individual. If it said on the check "void" or some kind of explanation, people would not be trying to cash them. It would be legally acceptable for a company to send advertisements with look-a-like checks that included a void statement on the front, but what this company or person is doing is fraud.
Allison
Newaygo,Michigan,
U.S.A.
This is not a legal advertising scheme
#4Author of original report
Thu, December 29, 2005
No, nowhere on the check does it say anything about restrictions. It looks exactly like a real check written from a company to an individual. If it said on the check "void" or some kind of explanation, people would not be trying to cash them. It would be legally acceptable for a company to send advertisements with look-a-like checks that included a void statement on the front, but what this company or person is doing is fraud.
Allison
Newaygo,Michigan,
U.S.A.
This is not a legal advertising scheme
#5Author of original report
Thu, December 29, 2005
No, nowhere on the check does it say anything about restrictions. It looks exactly like a real check written from a company to an individual. If it said on the check "void" or some kind of explanation, people would not be trying to cash them. It would be legally acceptable for a company to send advertisements with look-a-like checks that included a void statement on the front, but what this company or person is doing is fraud.
Mike
Radford,Virginia,
U.S.A.
Check is forged...
#6Consumer Suggestion
Wed, December 28, 2005
The check is purported to be good, but it isn't. When the victim calls them they will be told to deposit the check and Western Union money (a large sum, but less than the amount of the "check") to somebody, probably in Canada. Then the check will bounce and the victim will be out the money. There is no sweepstakes of course. A real sweepstakes will either send you the full prize and it is the winner's responsibility to pay taxes to the IRS, or the sweepstakes will deduct taxes from the prize and send a smaller check. Anytime someone sends you a check and wants you to Western Union part of it out to someone, it is a scam.
Marc
Makaha,Hawaii,
U.S.A.
Look closely at the check
#7Consumer Comment
Wed, December 28, 2005
Doesn't is say that it's no good somewhere on the front?
