I received two calls from a man who claimed to be from the Federal Trade Commission. During the first call he said that I had been chosen as the winner of a sweepstakes prize of $250,000.00 from MGM Grand. I had just come home from the hospital after having a fourth open heart surgery and told the caller that I was not coherent enough to deal with the matter but that I was a sceptic about such things. He ended the call. About two weeks later I got another call from the same man and he said that I had won this sweepstakes and that he would have to fax me some documents, I never recieved said fax nor have I heard from this caller again. Out of curiosity, I went on the internet and found that I was not the only one who had received such a call. I feel maybe the scammer felt bad enough about my condition and did not follow through on his attempt at scamming me. Lucky Me...!
The idiots called me and tried to get me to post a 48 hour insurance bond. I immediately reported "Charles Clark" of the FTC Consumer Response Center to the REAL Federal Trade Commission. DO NOT GET SCAMMED!
I got the same call. He gave me the name Charles Clark claiming I had won money from Publishers Clearinghouse. He said he was from the Federal Trade Commission and they were making sure I was given the money. He gave me a phone number to Bank Of America who then gave me a phone number to the IRS. These numbers were fake. They had messages as if they were the real thing and people pretending to be at these businesses. I called the real IRS myself and they laughed. DO NOT FALL FOR THIS SCHEME!!. They try to convince you to post an insurance bond as the other person posted. What a scam!!!
the very same experience happened to my father - they gave him numbers of IRS - BBB - all numbers made up by them -- we checked with our BBB local office and were explained that it is a scam.
he was supposed to dial a certain extension of the IRS number and everytime he would dial it, the
line would be cut .
thank you for posting this - it was useful to understand that we were not the only victims.
Got a call from the FTC -- Jim Wright. He wanted me to get an insurance bond through Lloyds of London in order to collect a $350,000.00 "prize" I had one...I never entered any7 sweepstakes. SCAM!