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United States of America#2General Comment
Thu, March 18, 2010
There still at it trying to scam people, my girl just got the letter and right away I went on google cause it looks like a scam with no return address and promise of free money. She was attracted to the check but luckley we found your post. Thanks for your effort. so if this is two years later who knows how long they will keep at it...
ReactorCore
Victoria,#3Consumer Comment
Mon, July 20, 2009
There are virtually *tons* of these types of scams going out, which are, as correctly stated, a variation of the 419 Nigerian Fraud, and people still get suckered into them with the promise of easy "free" money and a somewhat realistic looking "check" Funny thing is, that when asked later, these people don't even remember having even entered a lottery of any kind. First stop should be any fraud or bunko division of your police, state attorney-general's office and the FBI IC3 division. In Canada, the R.C.M.P. has a dedicated Internet Fraud Investigations Unit you can contact online. If you're feeling really vindictive, you can find some "scambusters"; reverse scammers online who like to make the scammers jump trough all sorts of stupid hoops and can sometimes wind up costing *them* money, just for cheap and easy lulz. Just sayin' Now, for those who have never dealt with this type of scam.... Sadly, what usually happens to people who reply and get involved with this, is that they're told to send a certain amount to "secure their winnings" and to send personal bank info so the remainder of the "winnings" can be deposited. In a straight up scam, your account will be quickly cleaned out. In an extended racket, you'll be contacted over and over with news of "delays" or "hitches" in the process which always take just a *bit* more money to "fix". This will go on until you're bled dry of funds or you stop playing the game with the scammer.... They don't care, they've already got X amount of dollars from you anyway, and there are plenty of other suckers out there as far as they're concerned. You know, they say that the actual *official* export of Nigeria is now spam and 419 Scams. The Nigerian government is reportedly slow to act, if at all, because they get some nice kickbacks from the scammers....
Susan
Roselle,#4Consumer Comment
Mon, July 20, 2009
Thank you for posting this, although I realize it was back in '08. I received an identical letter today that I had a hunch was a scam when I read it, and your report was one of the things I found online to confirm it was in fact a scam. I have posted the letter I received on here as well. Thanks again!
Susan
Roselle,#5Consumer Comment
Mon, July 20, 2009
Thank you for posting this, although I realize it was back in '08. I received an identical letter today that I had a hunch was a scam when I read it, and your report was one of the things I found online to confirm it was in fact a scam. I have posted the letter I received on here as well. Thanks again!
Susan
Roselle,#6Consumer Comment
Mon, July 20, 2009
Thank you for posting this, although I realize it was back in '08. I received an identical letter today that I had a hunch was a scam when I read it, and your report was one of the things I found online to confirm it was in fact a scam. I have posted the letter I received on here as well. Thanks again!
Susan
Roselle,#7Consumer Comment
Mon, July 20, 2009
Thank you for posting this, although I realize it was back in '08. I received an identical letter today that I had a hunch was a scam when I read it, and your report was one of the things I found online to confirm it was in fact a scam. I have posted the letter I received on here as well. Thanks again!