I received a letter telling me I hit 500,000 and a check for 6,995.00 today. I have been getting these for some time now. I am 74 and a ex Vietnam special forces I have decided to start working out and go and get this fool and test him a lesson. The post office and the government are not doing a thing to help Americans from being ripped off.
This # is in direct relation to 905-782-9977, and I urge anyone who got a check from Advantage Mkg, LLC to bombard the number; if a man claiming to be a Jon Bill (actually J. Parham in Ontario, Canada) answers, remind him to turn himself in... This latest scam involves a check supposed to be used to cover fees associated with Lottery or Mystery Shopping. They are bogus and if you deposit them, be prepared to pay that amount to the bank!!!
We got the same deal...except it was from "NOVASTAR INC & NORTHERN TRUST" with a 416 area code (also Canada). The address used in Kansas City didn't come up on Google or using Google Maps. Number is 4168764165.
I found this page by searching for "NORTH AMERICAN RETAILERS GUILD", which is mentioned in the letter. Funny thing is "Major Sponsors" include Network Funding LP, McDonalds, JCPenney, Target, WalMart Walgreens, Kroger, Safeway, KMart, Albertsons and CostCo.
I received a check in the mail from Advantage Mkg services LLC in the amount of 4875.00 today. I figured it was a scam and found this sight. I hope no one gets taken with this scam.
I'll have to go back and check my caller ID because I never answer calls I don't recognize anyway; however, I did receive a letter from Jon Bill dated November 6, 2008. It also came from Northern Trust LLC.. but was said to be located in Las Vegas, Nevada. It also said I had won $4875.00 as partial payment of $125,000 for having a winning entry number 000183947 in category "A" of the North American Retailers Guild promotional program and listed some very familiar retailers with whom I often do business. I was ill that day because I have heart problems when my husband showed me the letter and the check which I figured was some sort of scam, but my husband wanted to check it out. I told him to research it on the computer, but he called the number and said they wanted to talk to me. I guess maybe they asked him some questions he couldn't answer. They told him to have me call back which I haven't done. He went ahead and deposited it into my account but told them to put an 11 day hold on the check. I'm feeling better now and decided to do my own research. I'm glad I did. I don't really know why anyone would want to steal my identity because I have crappy credit and live on my disability check. I just opened the bank account and have not had direct deposit done as of yet. He's welcome to my $14.95 I had left in my account, and I have no overdraft protection since I don't have direct deposit set up so I guess I'll call my friend at the bank tomorrow and see what I should do. I'll probably have to start a new bank account all over again before I deposit my check which will be here in a few days. My husband needs to be less gullible. This isn't the first time he's gotten us into a pickle. Why hasn't anyone arrested this man if they know who he is?
I have received the sweepstakes letter as well as 2 of the secret shopper letters with the moneygram info. The first thing that tipped me off other than all the grammatical errors was the Canadian stamp. Who can we report this to?