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Complaint Review: Dominion Group Inc - New York New York
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Dominion Group Inc
P. O. Box 125 New York, 11021 New York, U.S.A.
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Dominion Group, Inc Mailed Me A Check For $3,950.00 stating I'd received a Home Improvement Grant New York New York
I received a letter from Dominion Group, Inc with an address of P. O. Box 125, New York, NY 11021 stating I'd been awarded a Home Improvement Grant of $39,000.00. They gave me a phone number of (289) 892-3068 to call. I contacted them and they confirmed that they would activate the check and that I should go to Western Union and send them $2,850.oo which I should take from the check for $3,950.00 they had enclosed. Once I did this I would receive a balance of 37,050.00.
I did an internet search on the company name and it is a Canadian manufacturer of auto parts. I then did a reverse phone search and 411.com stated the number was a cell phone in Ontario. A reverse address search lists the address as being that of DR David H. Salsberg PSY D.
The check is written against Washington Mutual Bank and it says it was issued by Integrated Payment Systems Inc, Englewood Colorado Wells Fargo Bank Ltd N. A. Los Angeles, CA. The numbers at the bottom of the check (Routing, Account, etc) are as follows: 057946 122037171 68000105209201.
On the back of the letter it states that The following Companies are donors to the grants: MoneyGram International, GAP, McDonalds, The Home Depot, Blockbuster, Sears, WAL-MART, Sunoco, Starbuscks, Western Union, Best Buy, GE, Hitachi, Office Depot, Wendy's GM, Factory Warehouse Sales, Costco, Microsoft, IBM, A Greener Apple, ADM, Toshiba, Panasonic, and ExxonMobil. In the text of the letter they mention that they also awarded grants from a short list of candidates selected from Reader's Digest and Publisher's Clearing House databases.
The item that raised my suspicion was the following statement on the back of the letter: "This notification letter is very confidential and it must be kept at home at all times, lost or stolen must be reported to the issuing company within 24 hours." Why would they need to keep this confidential.
On the phone I was given the following instructions:
1. Go to Western Union and fill out a green form. Forward $2,850 to Jennifer Adams, 200 Madison, New York, NY 10016. Using 411.com I searched on this address since they gave me no suite number and there is a listing for Dominion Property Group on the 24 Floor.
I am assuming this is some form of scam. How can I verify its validity?
Vaughn
Nashua, New Hampshire
U.S.A.
I did an internet search on the company name and it is a Canadian manufacturer of auto parts. I then did a reverse phone search and 411.com stated the number was a cell phone in Ontario. A reverse address search lists the address as being that of DR David H. Salsberg PSY D.
The check is written against Washington Mutual Bank and it says it was issued by Integrated Payment Systems Inc, Englewood Colorado Wells Fargo Bank Ltd N. A. Los Angeles, CA. The numbers at the bottom of the check (Routing, Account, etc) are as follows: 057946 122037171 68000105209201.
On the back of the letter it states that The following Companies are donors to the grants: MoneyGram International, GAP, McDonalds, The Home Depot, Blockbuster, Sears, WAL-MART, Sunoco, Starbuscks, Western Union, Best Buy, GE, Hitachi, Office Depot, Wendy's GM, Factory Warehouse Sales, Costco, Microsoft, IBM, A Greener Apple, ADM, Toshiba, Panasonic, and ExxonMobil. In the text of the letter they mention that they also awarded grants from a short list of candidates selected from Reader's Digest and Publisher's Clearing House databases.
The item that raised my suspicion was the following statement on the back of the letter: "This notification letter is very confidential and it must be kept at home at all times, lost or stolen must be reported to the issuing company within 24 hours." Why would they need to keep this confidential.
On the phone I was given the following instructions:
1. Go to Western Union and fill out a green form. Forward $2,850 to Jennifer Adams, 200 Madison, New York, NY 10016. Using 411.com I searched on this address since they gave me no suite number and there is a listing for Dominion Property Group on the 24 Floor.
I am assuming this is some form of scam. How can I verify its validity?
Vaughn
Nashua, New Hampshire
U.S.A.
3 Updates & Rebuttals
Methinks2
Pagosa Springs,Colorado,
U.S.A.
I have the same letter
#2Consumer Comment
Tue, September 02, 2008
I received the same letter. Of course the post office delivered it to the wrong po box, so by the time I received the letter it was past the deadline. I called anyway but never had a person answer. Left message but they never responded to me. I"m glad I decided to check here before I yelled at the post office.
The Jamma
Harlingen,Texas,
U.S.A.
I HAVE PROOF THIS IS A SCAM!!!!
#3Consumer Suggestion
Fri, August 22, 2008
I followed the directions given by the voice on the other end of the phone number and deposited the check into my account. The bank held it for 10 days and then it was returned for NSF ( Non Sufficient Funds ). It's bogus guys, sorry. Guess this wasn't our big chance either!
The Jamma
Harlingen,Texas,
U.S.A.
I received the same check but the routing number and contact phone numbers are different.
#4Consumer Comment
Mon, August 11, 2008
I received the same check but the routing number and contact phone numbers are different. Signed by Sherly Ingrid V.P. ( Foreign Account Dept. ) and states in fine print that " ...no 3rd party involvement will be tolerated. " I haven't yet spoken with the voice on the other end of that number ( 1-289-892-3018 ) where I am supposed to ask for a Frank Bogart or Carmen Sloan but I am curious as to whether or not you have tried to cash the check you were issued. It is astonishingly authentic to be a fake but the accompanying documentation also states that they must first authorize the check. I have never heard of such a thing personally. Honestly, it seems to good to be true and the rule of thumb says that it probably is. Did you, by chance, get information on free government grants recently? I did and I wonder how likely it is that this "scam" has stemmed from that company. Information on government grants is supposed to be free yet these company's charge a "finders fee". Perhaps that is the source. I'd appreciate any further information you receive pertaining to this claim. Thank you for your time.
