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Complaint Review: National Sweepstakes Reporting Service - Central Reporting Firm - Melville New York
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National Sweepstakes Reporting Service, Central Reporting Firm ripoff! Deceiving and luring the elderly into sending money to win large cash and prizes. Melville New York
I am writing on behalf of my 86 year old mother, who was lured and deceived in this mail fraud scheme. In reading the material, she was made to think that she was a winner of 1,900,000. She sent this fraudulent company $19.95 for the first letter and then $29.95 for the 2nd letter. Now another one has arrived as of 2/21/05, saying she is most likely a winner and to sent a reporting fee of $19.95. Gregory Hart and Mark Roberts are the ones that are getting rich off the elderly.
I hope this letter will help others who are being deceived by this scheme. It is a shame that in America we have to worry about the elderly being abused in this way. Especially when they are not rich, but poor and only dreaming that it could possibly be true that they can win this enormous amount of money.
Fran
Mesa, Arizona
U.S.A.
I hope this letter will help others who are being deceived by this scheme. It is a shame that in America we have to worry about the elderly being abused in this way. Especially when they are not rich, but poor and only dreaming that it could possibly be true that they can win this enormous amount of money.
Fran
Mesa, Arizona
U.S.A.
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Larry
Tucson,Arizona,
U.S.A.
There's more on the way!
#2Consumer Suggestion
Wed, February 23, 2005
I went through the same sort of situation with my mother several years ago. Once a person falls for one of these scams their name goes on a "sucker list" that will be sold to other scammers. Your mother will definitely be getting more of this type of mail. My mother fell victim to these scammers. One of them was sending her as many as twenty-two pieces of mail per day and she was sending a check in for every one of them. (We only found this out later). The fertilizer finally hit the fan when the bank informed us that my mother had withdrawn $6,000 after a scammer called and told her that she had won the Canadian lottery but had to pay taxes in advance. You are lucky if all you have lost so far is less than a hundred bucks. My mother squandered away about $35,000 before we put her in the nursing home. I was pretty upset about losing all that money until I found out that the scammers often times get 6-figure amounts. You need to seriously review your mother's mental condition. My mother, who is almost the same age, was in the early stages of senile dementia when she got taken. My observation is that falling prey to an obvious scam is a warning sign that all is not right. I would start with a visit to your mother's doctor and see what he recommends. (Doctors, lawyers, and bankers may initially be somewhat reluctant to violate their confidentiality with your mother, but I found that once they understand that your concern is your mother's well-being they become much more cooperative.)
