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.
I have just gotten one of the letters today. It looked really fishy, so I got on the Internet to do some research on the company, but found you guys receiving all these letters. I am really glad that I had seen your postings, but you know I am not "stupid" or born yesterday. They allways say do your research first!!!
I WISH I HAD DONE MY RESEARCH FIRST. I TO RECIEVED A LETTER IN THE MAIL SAYING THAT I HAD WON 150,000 DOLLARS. THEY SENT ME A SMALL CHECK FOR 3,990 AND TOLD ME TO DEPOSIT IN AND SEND THEM BACK 2,990 FOR THE TAXES. I SPOKE TO A WOMEN BY THE NAME OF NICOLE HAMILTON. SHE SAID TO SEND THE MONEY TO BARBARA CRAMTON THROUGH WESTERN UNION. THEN CALL HER BACK AND GIVE HER THE TRACKING #. THEN SHE WILL SEND ME THE 150,000 DOLLAR CHECK THROUGH FED EX IN 24 HOURS. I DID DEPOSIT THE 1ST CHECK BUT DID NOT DO THE WITHDRAWL AND SEND ANYTHING BACK. I CONTACTED MY TAX LADY WHO INFORMED ME OF THIS SCAM. SHE TOLD ME NOT TO WITHDRAWL ANYTHING FROM MY ACCOUNT. SHE EXPLAINED THAT IT HAS BEEN ALL ON THE NEWS. SHE TOLD ME THAT THE BANK WILL BOUNCE THE CHECK AND IF I HAVE SPENT THE MONEY THAT I WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING IT BACK PLUS WHAT EVER FEES THAT THE BANK CHARGES FOR BOUNCE CHECKS. I'M SO GLAD I CALLED HER FIRST......
NISHA, I received the EXACT same thing yesterday. Same amount of 150,000 dollars; same "check" amount of 3,990.00; same "Claim Agent", Nicole Hamilton (though I did not go so far as to contact her as you did). And of course, Ms. Hamilton's contact # was a 905 Ontario area code.
The letter and check came from:
SERC.RELIABILITY.CORP.
2815 COLLISIUM CNTR DR
CHARLOTTE, NC 28217
Signed by Brian Gledale, CFO (not sure what that stands for, but in this case I'll bet on CHIEF FRAUD OFFICER)
Ultimately, there will be people who will fall for this scam. It's up to each individual to be smart enough to know that this kind of money doesn't just magically appear in their mailbox. There has to be a way to give these people a taste of their own medicine...