I just received a letter saying I have won $68,000.00 and along with it a check for taxes in the amount of $2,700.00. It is issued by UMB Bank and the maker is AG Edwards, which is a ligitimate company and we have an office here in Visalia. Is this a scam also? I never received any email on this. It has a reference # and a winning # on the letter. The check certainly has lots of security feaatures on it. I am taking it to AG Edwards on Monday to have them check it out.
2007-05-04 14:33:00 · 1 answers · asked by linda-good@sbcglobal.net 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
It's a good think you're checking it out.
It has all indications of being a scam.
1 - You did not win a lottery if you didn't enter a lottery. Did you enter the Italian lottery? If not, how did you possibly win?
2 - International lotteries are illiegal in most (if not all) countries. Unless you purchased the ticket in italy, you didn't win.
3 - Advance fee fraud and other scams have existed way before the internet and email. Just because you got it in the mail does not make it legitimate.
While you are waiting to go to the office on Monday, do a little internet research on "lottery fraud" "lottery scams" and ever "superenalotto' and see what comes up.
2007-05-04 17:51:21 · answer #1 · answered by Piggiepants 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋