I just received a letter on 3/27/09. It came in a plain white envelope and the postmark was Canada - no return address. I knew it had to be a scam, but my son wanted me to check it out, so we called 647-428-6934. We spoke to a lady that just kept telling me to deposit the check and then fax her a copy of my deposit slip. She said they would send me a package telling me where I could go to get my winnings ($34,263.30). I told her I didn't believe this could be for real and she got ugly with me. She would not tell me where the local office was for Roberts Personnel Services. She said the packet would explain how I could get my money. She talked in circles and made no sense. She took my number and told me she would have her supervisor call me back. I'd love for somebody to catch these people! Like all of you - I did some research and couldn't find anything that added up except that Peoples Federal Credit Union did exist. Thanks!
I received the same letter on a Sat.3/28/2009 with the same check for the amount of $3,985.00 . Called the number and the man on the line said take the check to the bank immediately and call me back. I told him the Banks were closed and he then suggested that I pay the taxes of 1700.00 dollars and they would fed ex me a check for 100,000.00 dollars. This sounded good but to good to be true so I checked around asked a friend who works for IRS
they advised me it was a scam so did my father. so please don't fall for it like I almost did.
wow, i can't believe it. i also received the same letter from ontario canada with the businees based in ohio. when i called the number, some no name answered and said that i should deposit the check tomorrow 3/30/09 and then call him back to get further instructions on how to receive the rest of the $100,000. i have received these types of checks in the past and of course, they, too were also fake. i hope this person gets caught. also when i did a reverse look up of the phone number, it was coming from some university in ontario. probably some students trying to get extra money. so sad.......
WOW!! 3/30/09 I received the SAME letter!! I got a letter telling me I won 100,000.00. With this letter, I also received a check for 3,985.00. When I called the number, which went to some guy in Toronto, Canada, he said all I had to do is deposit the check into my account and that they would take out 1,700.00 for taxes on my 100,000.00. The check was supposedly from DPI Energy, LLC, 2997 LBJ Freeway, Suite 225, Dallas Texas and drawn on the Bank of Texas. I called my personal bank and discovered that this was a scam. I then called the Bank of Texas, also to find this was fraud. I then called DPI Energy and they knew nothing about the check!! The letter came from Mills Consumer Solutions Inc. After making all of these calls, we decided to call this guy back. He said that it was free money and that if I didn't want it, he would just cancel my check and give it to someone who did want it. I got to looking at the check and noticed that there are 4 different font styles on the check. Although authentic looking, including the watermarks, it's totally bogus!! Someone help! Who all do I report this to?? I was planning on contacting the Attorney General office of both WV (where I am) and Texas (where DPI Energy is), the BBB, the State Police, FBI.....whoever I can.