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Thanks to Joyce Flick of Broomfield, Colorado for passing along yet another bogus-yet-authentic-looking award notification letter. This one from International Award Advisors out of Huntington Station, New York looks soooo real. It comes with a letter entitled, "Award Account Notification" and a certificate with a nifty "official record" seal. It asks you to send $20 to find out if you've won a sweepstakes or lottery. Don't waste your time... don't waste your money... and don't waste the stamp. The answer is NO. If you won a legitimate contest... you would be notified. You wouldn't be asked to pay any fees or taxes upfront. Uncle Sam would hit you up later for that. So no matter how much you want the cash... $2,500,00.00... don't fall for it. You worked too hard for that $20... hang onto it!
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Posted by: travis Location: aurora,il
I was sent a piece of mail saying i won 2.5 million dollars and to sent back part of the certificeit with 20 dollars i dont beleive it after i saw the letters people left online this is a bunch of junk mail they dont have phone number or email address it cant be real Posted by: Mary Location: Colorado Springs A guy wanted to buy a pool table I have on Craig's list for my asking price. He's out of the country, so had his "assistant" send me a money order. The "assistant made a mistake" and sent the money order for $2,400 dollars more than the table cost. I am supposed to wire him the change! The money order is fake, I'm not wiring anybody any "change" and I am hanging on to all the physical evidence. I have filed a report, but all entities I have checked with lack adequate man power to follow up... so we're on our own out there in cyber space! Be careful! Too good to be true means it's NOT true! Posted by: Robert Location: Bellwood IL I keep getting these notification from these people. How can I stop them from sending me this Posted by: Ilka Location: New York I checked it out with the Better Business Bureau), and they, The International Award Advisors are not accredited with the BBB! Posted by: Coz Location: CO I've seen people fall for these kinds of scams, and it all has to do with greed. There is no such thing as money for nothing. Heck, you still have to pay a buck to play lotto. Be smart folks! Posted by: FarmerDan Location: Colorado Springs This is just a tip for anybody who uses craigs list. It falls under this same bogus crap. You will get somebody from another state who will buy your item whatever it maybe and say you sell it for $500 they will then send you a check for $5500 and then email you and tell you their secritary, wife, child, Etc... made it out for the wrong amount like $5500 then ask you to cash this check and send them back the rest. Well the check that they have sent you is not a valid one and will not go through the bank but it does take time for the bank to find that out. In the mean time they give you the $5500 in cash and you send them back $5000 then the bank turns around and says that check was bad and you owe them $5500 now but you have already given back $5000 so now you are stuck with a bill for $5500 and have nothing to show for it. So my advise is to not sell stuff in another state or if you do only accept a check for the exact amount and wait for it to clear before sending the item. |
