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Complaint Review: mid-mountain co. inc. - Ontario
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mid-mountain co. inc.
285 bay street M5G-2n7 Ontario, Canada
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9055984503
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mid-mountain co. inc. President Bryan Mcdonald, Recieved a check in the mail for $4875 From Mid- Mountain Co. Inc Ontario, Canada
I had a letter sent to my home saying that I was a winner for a sweepstakes in total $125,000. There was a check sent along with this notification for $4,875 to supposedly pay the taxes that were due. There was brief contact information and it seemed pretty legit mainly because they sent a check that looked real. When you call the number they provided and notified them you have recieved the check they DID indeed cash the check!!! We recieved $4,875 from them. After the check was cashed we were instructed to take $2,875 of the funds and Western Union it to Linda Hans 404 Revenue office Toronto, Canada M9M2x2. 24 hours later we called the number back 905-598-4503. This is when they instructed us that our package "winnings" have been sent to the wrong address and they would need another $1,200 to recieve it ... lol. Needless to say we did not do this step simply because a free $2,000 dollars didnt seem too much of a loss. We are going to continue to work with them giving them no more funds until they send us another check. We havent been able to contact them, but this could be because they are on EST. Thats where we are at so far. It is my advice that if you recieve this check and have it DO call the number and get the check cashed, however DO NOT pay the "taxes" until you find out more information from either this website or others just like it with UPDATES. Letter was dated October 05, 2009.
4 Updates & Rebuttals
Flynrider
Phoeix,Arizona,
U.S.A.
Real reason.
#2Consumer Comment
Mon, October 19, 2009
"We havent been able to contact them, but this could be because they are on EST."
Wishful thinking. The real reason you haven't been able to contact them is that they are scammers and they've already stolen $2875 from you.
In a few days, your bank will notify you that the check was bogus and that you owe them $4875.
Con artists depend on the greed of their victims to succeed. Very few people win $125K in a sweeptakes they never entered. In fact, no one does. The scammer relies on your hope of getting something for nothing in order to get you to send your hard earned money.
Sorry you got duped in this one. For future reference, sending money via Western Union or Moneygram makes the recipient untraceable. Only scammers insist on this. Additionally, sending your money to another country virtually guarantees that you will have no recourse if it's a scam. The scammers know that it would require international cooperation between law enforcement agencies in order to have the proper jurisdictions covered. That doesn't happen very easily.
anonymous
tacoma,Washington,
USA
Wanted to have this report removed.
#3Author of original report
Mon, October 19, 2009
This is my email to support for this website after i did a little more research. Cant be helped now. I cant even edit on this report.
"I just filed a report on your website and it said that i needed to wait a few hours before it was viewable. After doing some additional research i found out that we shouldnt have cashed that check! So i want to update my report telling ppl not to because i stupidly said they should cash the check. I did not know when i made the report that the check could have been a fraud. I'm not really even sure about it now to be honest but i dont want to be telling ppl that even if its possible!!! So please let me know when its been posted or something because i need to seriously edit it. Or if you possibly could. Dont post it at all. I think we might have been scammed and i wouldnt want other ppl to possibly get involved if we made a mistake. Sorry."
But obviously they didnt respond... And ya.. its a scam >.<
Bruce
Baton Rouge,Louisiana,
U.S.A.
sorry
#4General Comment
Mon, October 19, 2009
This is an advance fee scam. You do not have $2000 free. In a week or two, the check will bounce, and the bank will come after you for the deficit in your account. The fact that the bank cashed their check means nothing.
Ask yourself:
How did I win a lottery that I never entered?
Why do they pay me with a check, but I need to wire funds back? Isn't your check good? Why didn't they just withhold the money from what they sent you?
Why do I pay taxes to a website, instead of the govt?
Inspector
Tobyhanna,Pennsylvania,
USA
It is a SCAM!!
#5General Comment
Mon, October 19, 2009
The check will bounce, and you will be liable for the sum and all fees. You must live in a cave because this scam is well known.
There is no up front money for taxes, and Canada (where most scams originate) is known for this. Trust me, the bank will notify you shortly. You have lost money, and your advice to "cash the check" is BAD. Unless you are the scammer trying to get others to cash these checks.
