Chemstar Financial sent me a check and said it was to cover administrative and processing fees for my winnings. Is this a scam? They want me to send them the money from the original check first and insure it at Walmart and mail it to someone in Canada and then they will send me a $250K check. Anyone heard of this?
2007-03-08 13:26:06 · 11 answers · asked by Grandma sheila45 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ Canada
I work for a financial institution and just today a couple came in and needed a loan to cover a scam check they had received from somewhere in Canada. It overdrew their account ALOT and now they are trying to fix the problem. Please don't believe that you won money. Never send money to someone you don't know. You'll be looking for a way to fix the problem too. In my humble opinion, it's a scam. Stay away. Beware. Throw away the stuff and ignore the emails. Be careful.
2007-03-08 13:32:33 · answer #1 · answered by Sabina 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's a scam, and a very old one indead. Never send money to anyone you don't know. You cask the check and send them the money, it is charged to your account, your out the money and they laugh all the way to the bank with your money
2007-03-08 21:53:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If anyone sends you something for free, chances are 99.9999% it's a scam. Think about it - what do they gain (or anyone else who sends the "free cruise" or "free $$" letters) from sending you a $250K check? Don't do it!!!
2007-03-08 21:38:19 · answer #3 · answered by CJ E 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you haven't entered any contests, then you couldn't have won any money. Besides, it doesn't make sense to have to send money to get money. Definitely a scam.
2007-03-08 21:33:09 · answer #4 · answered by lilcurious 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Big scam.
Never pay money to collect lottery winnings.
http://www.rcmp.ca/scams/index_e.htm
2007-03-09 07:55:02 · answer #5 · answered by CanadianBlondie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scam - If you win something you should never have to pay for it.
2007-03-08 21:34:10 · answer #6 · answered by lyllyan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Recently i watched a program with these exact details. THIS IS A SCAM!!!!!!!!. DO NOT RESPOND- DO NOT SEND MONEY- CALL YOUR LOCAL POLICE DEPT.
2007-03-09 11:02:30 · answer #7 · answered by sylviavnpttn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this a scam : if you cash the check it will be nsf and you loose
2007-03-08 21:30:25 · answer #8 · answered by Grand pa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a scam, pure and simple...file it under G for GARBAGE
2007-03-09 23:15:25 · answer #9 · answered by wolffen5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SCAM!
2007-03-08 21:29:29 · answer #10 · answered by srena 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋