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Complaint Review: North America Shopppers Gaming - Brampton Ontario
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North America Shopppers Gaming
1867 Jefferson Avenue Brampton, L6S 1W8 Ontario, Canada
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North America Shopppers Gaming Publishers Clearing House, Reader digest & casino sweepstake promotions. Check looks authentic, drawn on the Bank of New York, except, there is no name, address, this is a ripoff Brampton Ontario
Received a letter dated January 27, 2007, signed by Sharon Dilbey Director of Promotions. I won $68,0000 and the cashier's check enclosed is for $4,600 to pay accounting, tax processing and clearance fees regarding my prize. Letter says to deposit check and allow 24 to 48 hours for check to clear, then contact your claim agent William Brent. Letter says "we advise that you keep your award from public notice until your claim has been processed and winnings are remitted to you to avoid double claiming or unwarranted abuse of this promotion".
Check looks authentic, drawn on the Bank of New York, except, there is no name, address, etc of the account holder and the routing transit number is only six numbers long, most routing transit numbers are nine.
I did a reverse lookup on the phone number, and it's a land line in Brampton, Ontario. But couldn't match it to the address on the envelope.
The big clue I had that this was a scam was the "misspellings", North America Shopppers Gaming" is company name on the letter head (yes, 3 "p"s). Underneath that heading reads "Publisher Clearing House, Readers Digest & Casino Sweepstake Promotions"
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Be careful seems there a lot of this going on, just different variations of the scam.
Len
Ewa Beach, Hawaii
U.S.A.
Check looks authentic, drawn on the Bank of New York, except, there is no name, address, etc of the account holder and the routing transit number is only six numbers long, most routing transit numbers are nine.
I did a reverse lookup on the phone number, and it's a land line in Brampton, Ontario. But couldn't match it to the address on the envelope.
The big clue I had that this was a scam was the "misspellings", North America Shopppers Gaming" is company name on the letter head (yes, 3 "p"s). Underneath that heading reads "Publisher Clearing House, Readers Digest & Casino Sweepstake Promotions"
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Be careful seems there a lot of this going on, just different variations of the scam.
Len
Ewa Beach, Hawaii
U.S.A.
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Christopher
Port Washington,New York,
U.S.A.
Not The Legitimate Publishers Clearing House
#2UPDATE Employee
Mon, February 26, 2007
Please understand that these reports are not regarding the real Publishers Clearing House based out of Port Washington, New York. The real Publishers Clearing House wants to warn you about scam artists sending out real looking checks in an attempt to get you to send money! Here's how the ?Fake Check? scam works. Scam artists send you an official looking letter claiming to be from a legitimate sweepstakes. The letter may illegally use the name of a well known company like Publishers Clearing House or a sound alike name in an attempt to build trust. The letter encloses a real looking check that may appear legitimate. Even your bank may be fooled. What's the catch? Even though the check is bogus, if you deposit the check the money may be available to you for a short time. Under federal law, banks make the funds you deposit available quickly ? usually within one to five days, depending on the type of check. But just because you can withdraw the money doesn't mean the check is good. It can take weeks for the forgery to be discovered and the check to bounce. And that's what the scam artists are counting on. They hope that if you believe the check is real you'll be willing to send them money back. The scammers may tell you that you were given an advance on a sweepstakes prize and that some fee, tax or additional payment is necessary. You may be told you are being paid the first installment on millions and that you will receive more after wiring a portion back. Whatever the set-up, the results are the same. If you send money back you'll be out twice. YOU are responsible for checks or monies deposited into your account. When a check or money order bounces YOU will owe the bank the money you withdrew and the scammer will have the additional money sent in his/her pocket! A legitimate sweepstakes will NEVER ask you to send money to enter a sweepstakes, claim a prize, or to pay a fee, tax or deposit. If you are asked to send money to claim a sweepstakes prize for any reason you are being scammed. There is no legitimate reason for someone who is giving you money to ask you to wire money back. If you believe you are the victim of a ?Fake Check Scam? using the Publishers Clearing House name or logo, please contact us immediately by calling our toll free number at 1-800-645-9242. Consumers are also advised to contact the National Fraud Hotline at 1-800-876-7060.
