i was sent a letter from optimal group,7092 estate mafolie st thomas,u.s. virgin island,00802 along with a money order for 2950.00 ,i was informed that this was to be deposited into my bank account to use to pay a processer in tx. to process a prize fund claim due me thru publishers clearing house in the amount of 50,000 i am supposed to send 28,000 of that to this agent in tx. thru a western union money transfur and then call this claim agent in the virgin islands and give him the transfur info then he will send the remaining balance to me along with the 1099 form that i have to fill out to the irs. all will be shipped thru fed ex i was told i have to show my id and proof of address ie.. a bill showing my address. i called the bank and they told me the money order went thru and i will be able to draw on it tomorow so i will be able to pull it out to do this tomorow but i dont want to do that if its a scam!! the dead line to claim the funds are 10/6/06 so what should i do?
2006-10-04 14:09:17 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States