claims I won over 2 mil. for using my visa card. had me call a lawyer in Miami, Fl named Alex King. Alex King is a lawyer in FL, but practices out of Jacksonville. Alex King said the money is in an offshore account in Costa Rica,but in order to get it, I had to pay for insurance to bring the money into the US (due to a law in the Patriot Act). The amount to be paid is $5,000. Supposedly they sent notifications to my old address. My sister reports not receiving anything there that she can remember. The money and power of attorney will revert back to American Dream Corporation unless I act now.
Scam similar to SallyMae's situation in that the caller claimed to be "Paul Henry", a Federal Trade Commission employee calling from (202) 580-8159 to advise me of being a 2nd place winner in an American Dreams Corp. sweepstakes. The FTC website lists its main contact number as (202) 326-2222 and its White Pages lists two Henry's at (202) 326.... numbers but neither is Paul Henry. The "$685,000" winnings required $1295 insurance for FedEx delivery of an amount above $100,000, to be transmitted to "Laura Rojas Carmona" in Costa Rica. Caller claimed the FTC had "verified" the ADC sweepstakes and provided an ADC number in Las Vegas, Nevada which I did not bother to check out. Googling "American Dreams Corp." yielded many American Dream... result, mostly real estate from all over the US, but nothing in Las Vegas.
SCAM!! Scam similar to Tedd's situation. caller contacted my father, claimed to be "Paul Henry", a Federal Trade Commission employee calling from (202) 370-7637 to advise my dad that he had won $2.1 mil (a 2nd place winner in an American Dreams Corp. sweepstakes)... Dad hung up and "Paul" called back and left a vm. I called him back and he said our entry was from when my father tried to sell his timeshare in Hawaii - then proceeded to tell me address and information from that (all public record). The "winnings" required $925 insurance for FedEx delivery plus...... Caller claimed the FTC had "verified" the ADC sweepstakes. I told him to take my father's phone# off his call list!!
I RECEIVED A CALL JUST YESTURDAY TELLING ME THAT I WAS THE WINNER OF THE SECOND PLACE SWEEPSTAKES OF PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE. THE WOMAN SPEAKING CALLING HERSELF REBECCA JOHNSON SOUNDED REAL CONVINCING AND THE ACT OF HAVING TO PAY 1% OF THE TOTAL WINNINGS $4870.00 USD WAS CAMOFLAGED BY MY NEED TO GO TO LAS VEGAS NEVADA TO PICK UP THE CHECK FOR $487,000. BEING CONFUSED BY THE HOLIDAY BEING ON MONDAY MY DUE DATE TO BE THERE I CALLED REBECCA BACK AT THE NUMBER LISTED FROM NEW YORK CITY 718-213-4428 ONLY TO BE INTRODUCED TO A GENTLEMAN WHO TOLD A DIFFERENT VERSION OF THE PROCEDURE THAT WOULD STILL REQUIRE ME TO PAY THE FEES OF ALMOST $5000.00 USD. UMM, THIS SURELY GOT ME TO THINKING AS THE GUY CHANGED HIS STORY TWENTY TIMES ON THE PHONE WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO HIM THE FIRST TIME. IN THE END I WAS LED TO BELIEVE THESE PEOPLE ARE SCAM ARTIST AND THEY ARE NOT THAT GOOD AT IT. TO INCONSTENT IN THE VARIATION OF THE STORY THEY TELL. ANYWAY, I AM A LONG TIME VETRAN OF SCAMS AND I THINK I FOUND A GREAT WAY TO GET AT THESE GUYS AND GALS IN THE WORLD OF SCAMMING. I ASK TO PUT IN A DEMAND FOR THE MONEY THEY SAID THEY HAVE AND I BELIEVE WITH THE HELP OF THE POLICE ME BEING OWNER OF THE FUNDS WHOM HAS MADE A DEMAND THAT THEY OBVIOUSLY CAN NOT MEET BECAUSE THEY WERE LYING; I WANT TO HAVE THEM BROUGHT UP OF THEFT CHARGES OF FUNDS THEY MOST CERTAINLY SAID WAS IN THEIR POSSESSION AT THE TIME THEY GOT ON MY PHONE. IMAGINE ME GOING ALL THE WAY FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO LAS VAGAS NEVADA ON A HOAX. WHAT IF THE HOAX WAS ON THEM FOR THE IGNORANCE OF THE LAW AND HOW IT REALLY DOES WORK. IF ANY OTHER PERSON STOLE MONEY BELONGING TO US, DO WE NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO PRESS A CHARGE FOR THE THEFT OF THE ITEM? WITH THAT IN MIND, WHY CAN WE NOT ALL WHOM HAVE BECOME SUBJECT OF SUCH PLACE THE PARTY WHOM IS CHOOSING TO TARGET YOU UNDER NOTICE OF "THE INTENT TO PURSUE" FOR THE FAILURE TO PRODUCE GOODS THEY THEMSELVES STATED THEY HAD. I HAVE APPROACHED THE FBI WITH MY IDEA, BUT I THINK THEY ARE SO OVERWHELMED WITH THE PROBLEM AND MANY TIMES THE PARTIES ARE NOT IN THE SAME COUNTRY SO THE EXAUST THEIR EFFORTS, BUT I TELL YOU WITH A SLY APPROACH HOLDING THEM EQUALLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR OWN STATEMENT ALONE WILL DO THE TRICK. DOES IT MATTER THAT YOU ACTUALLY WORKED FOR THE ABC COMPANIES WHEN NO ONE IS ASKING SUCH QUESTIONS IN THE AMERICAN COURT ROOMS? YOU SAID AND WE BELIEVE IT AND BECAUSE YOU MUST HAVE TAKEN IT, YOU NOW GO TO JAIL. STAY OFF THE PHONES AND BEWARE OF THE WORDS YOU SPEAK FOR WE ARE TIRED AND WE WILL TAKE ACTION AGAINST THOSE COMING ALONG TO DO US IN!!!! WE ARE AMERICANS AND WE HAVE NEVER HAD A STUMBLING BLOCK WE ARE NOT PREPARED TO OVERCOME.