got a call said they had a check for me in the amount of 450,million dollars on hold at a bank in washington the district of colomuba an that i need to insure the money in order for me to receive it in the amount of1,400.00. to get my money,is this a scam or not,if a person wins money,why do they need to payout money?
Had a call from a pretending to be a Law Firm Faulkner & Lunz. Explained that we won $500,000 and in order to me to receive it I need to pay $2000.00. To verify this I had to call the Federal Trade Commissioner on 202-380-9001. I called and a person by name Jason advised that I will get a call just now. And I did. Somebody called from the number 202-326-2222 and verified all of the above.
Is it fraud?
Wait, you called the FTC via 202-380-9001?
That IS NOT a valid phone number for the FTC:
http://www.ftc.gov/contact-federal-trade-commission
Federal Trade Commission
Headquarters
Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20580
Telephone: (202) 326-2222
If the original caller told you, call the FTC to verify it is not a scam at 202-380-9001, then you were scammed.
The return call from the scammer with a caller ID of 202-326-2222, that was done by faking their caller ID.