Received the same letter today 5/5/09 with the exact same information - by the way I am in Austin and the calling # is 512-651-4536. Signed by the famous Jackie Weber. Wow, he or she gets around huh. Always, always, do you research or at least keep you radar up in these situations.
My husband received one of these scam letters as well. It was exactly the same as John's above. If you are contacting the news station, please keep us posted, I will contact the authorities as well. This was obviously a scam, I feel sorry for the people that actually fall for this stuff...
I just recived a Hammond Reed letter saying I had won $1400.00 in free air plane tickets # to call is 973-310-9092. Since I live in NJ I thought it might be honest but like any smart person I checked before calling and am grateful I did. I really think this should be outlawed. What happens to all the poor souls they do con.
I'm in the Dallas area and today received one of the letters from Hammond Reed, signed by Jackie Weber (with a 214 area code). Checked out the web site - looks like a teenager put it together (probably the same one that addressed the letter). Did a web search and found this page with everyone's comments about these letters. Mine arrived on May 8th, with a meter date of May 5th from Phoenix, the letter was dated April 27th, and it says I needed to respond no later than May 6th. Whoops, I'm sorry Jackie but the time machine happens to be on the blink right now, so I cannot take you up on your wonderful fraudulent offer.
It's great that everyone is reporting what they are finding, so that people can see this for what it is - another fraudulent attempt to separate someone from their money. By posting this kind of information, you make it easier for people to avoid getting taken by these scam artists. Keep it up!
I also live in the Dallas area and just got a letter postmarked May 5,2009 from Phoenix, AZ. The letter was dated April 30, and said to reply by May 6. Sorry that was 2 days ago. The phone # they used for our letter was a local area code (214). Checked the website and it is very juvenille. I was just unnerved by the handwritten letter with no return address. Trying to find out who it was brought me here. Love all the comments. Hate for people to fall for this scam.