I RECIEVED A LETTER IN THE MAIL SAYING I WAS ONE OF EIGHT WINNERS. I CALLLED THE NUMBER ON THE LETTER AND THEY SAID I WOULD HAVE MY FIRST CHECK IN 5-7 DAYS. WHEN I LOOK UP THESE PPL I CAME ACROSS SOME PPL THAT SAID THE HAD GOTTEN A CHECK BUT DIDN'T SAY IF IT WAS A LEGIT CHECK.
2006-09-13 01:37:15 · 4 answers · asked by RAVEEN 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
If you didn't enter a lottery with them, it's not legit. We have had a terrible time convincing my 88 year old mother-in-law of this. She spends her entire Social Security check on supposed lotteries. We have told her over and over again that they are a form of fraud, but she thinks they're such nice people that they wouldn't do it. I called the Secretary of State here in Indiana, they agreed with us, and sent out pamphlets explaining just how the scam works, but we still can't get through to her.
2006-09-13 01:43:42 · answer #1 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lottery scam letters are sent by email, regular post, Federal Express, DHL, UPS, etc. All available deliveries methods are used. In the US, the letters - along with the envelope they came in, regardless of the delivery method - are to be taken to the nearest Post Office, ATTN: US Postal Inspector. Any fraud delivered within the contiguous United States of America using any official delivery system comes under the offices of the US Postal Inspector General's Fraud Investigation Unit.
As for the documents looking oh-so-real, they're not. Using a computer graphics program, a person can create any kind of document whatsoever. Please remember that unless you can DIRECTLY contact the registered lottery company itself, not some agent, not some fellow on a cell phone, not some person in a country where the lottery is not registered with the gaming board, watch out!
Lastly, always remember - it's not who wrote the letter that makes it a scam, it's what the letter SAYS that makes it a scam.
2006-09-13 09:05:41 · answer #2 · answered by cytopia1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you actually enter the sweepstakes? If you didn't, it's probably not legit. This sounds a lot like a "something for nothing" scam. Try contacting the Attorney General's office in your state and ask if they've heard of Liberty Sweepstakes. Don't get burned!
2006-09-13 08:44:07 · answer #3 · answered by Fully armed in the battle of wits 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I GOT A CHECK FROM THEM FOR $581,000.00 AND CASHED IT AND IT WENT THROUGH LIKE A CHARM . i BOUGHT SOME GREAT OCEANFRONT PROPERTY IN PHOENIX AND AM NEGOITATING TO BUY THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE ALSO .
2006-09-13 15:59:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋