I received a letter in the mail from Interlink Services Inc, informing me that I was the winner in the second category of a Charitable Jackpot Draw and a Compensation Draw, aka the North Americna Direct Sweepstakes held on January 4, 2007. The letter indicates that I have won $270,000.00, and enclosed was a check for $4,150.00 drawn on a Wells Fargo Bank account. Curiously, the account holder listed on the check is Amazon, Inc., and the when I googled the account holder's address it comes up as the corporate address for Amazon.com. The letter states that the check is for the payment of government service tax and insurance, and that $3,150.00 is to be paid through Moneygram. I called my "claims agent" Chris Weeks (who had a Jamaican or islander accent) as directed in the letter, and when I told him that I was skeptical, he said, "Well you don't have to do this if you don't want to. It's your money." Then he told me that I should just deposit it in my checking account and call them back when I had done so, so that they could arrange how and when to pay my winnings and how I should pay my taxes. I don't think so! I will be turning this in to my state attorney general's office. A further note of caution: I called Wells Fargo Bank and they verified that the account number on the check is valid and active. If the check itself is fraudulent, then Amazon.com is also a victim of fraud.
para quien no hable ingles y no se vea involucrado en un caso de fraude,
hace unos dias recibi una carta que decia que habia ganado 250000 y adjuntaron un cheque de 4000 para taxes , este es un caso de fraude . pq si yo no jugue , como voy a ganar.averigue por la compania y la direccion no existe. no se dejen sorprender por estas personas
I received a letter in the mail from Interlink Services Inc, informing me that I was the winner in the second category of a Charitable Jackpot Draw and a Compensation Draw, aka the North Americna Direct Sweepstakes held on January 4, 2007. The letter indicates that I have won $270,000.00, and enclosed was a check for $4,150.00 drawn on a Wells Fargo Bank account. Curiously, the account holder listed on the check is Amazon, Inc., and the when I googled the account holder's address it comes up as the corporate address for Amazon.com. The letter states that the check is for the payment of government service tax and insurance, and that $3,150.00 is to be paid through Moneygram. I called my "claims agent" Chris Weeks (who had a Jamaican or islander accent) as directed in the letter, and when I told him that I was skeptical, he said, "Well you don't have to do this if you don't want to. It's your money." Then he told me that I should just deposit it in my checking account and call them back when I had done so, so that they could arrange how and when to pay my winnings and how I should pay my taxes. I don't think so! I will be turning this in to my state attorney general's office. A further note of caution: I called Wells Fargo Bank and they verified that the account number on the check is valid and active. If the check itself is fraudulent, then Amazon.com is also a victim of fraud.