Tell them to take a long walk off a short pier or go play in the middle of the freeway at rush hour! They are scammers, nothing more!
Its ILLEGAL to ask for money to receive it:
Prize Offers: You Don’t Have to Pay to Play!
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/telemarketing/tel17.shtm
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/scam-alerts
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0076-telemarketing-scams
CANADA
RCMP Phone busters
Telephone toll free: 1-888-495-8501
Mon-Fri 8:30-5:20 pm (Eastern Time)
E-mail:
[email protected]
RCMP Website is at: http://www.phonebusters.com
File complaint online: https://www.recol.ca/intro.aspx?lang=en
(Register with a password and then can continually file complaints)
Canada National Do Not Call Registry:
Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Telephone toll free to File A Complaint: 1-866-580-3625
(to withdraw a complaint is 877-249-2782)
CRTC online complaints form: https://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/pfplin-fccoin-eng
that is at www.crtc.gc.ca
America:
Federal:
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/#&panel1-1
https://esupport.fcc.gov/ccmsforms/form1088.action
https://complaints.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx?panel=2
http://www.stopfraud.gov/report.html
http://www.fraud.org/