I fell for it, now our bank account is closed and we cant even get a loan to pay the money back. You would think that the bank would at least like to get interest from the loan but we've been turned down by everyone. So now we're stuck. Wish we could sue someone,but I guess not.
REceived letter from UBS Wealth Managment letter head, with a check for $4880.00, stating a sweepstake win of $355,000.000.
They ask you to call a number to activate the claim before depositing the check, and that they check is for an initial payment on the winnings, but that the recieving person needs to use to pay "non-resident tax", with another contact number for a "tax agent" to pay the money to.
This all nedds to be done(of course) before recieving your final award.
The check is drawn on a real bank, and the company on the check is a real company, all the info on the check is real, but the UBS info on the letter head is not, so as not to give heads up to UBS, not to mention the comapany they use on the check drawn on is a lumber company, and since when would a lumber company be paying out sweepstakes money through a huge financial management corporation?
Gee, can you spell scam.
The number that all begin with the prefix 778 are pretty all linked to fraudualent scams, and the scam are mostly out of Nigeria, and a few other third world countries.
The check can be real, but are fraudulent and if you deposit the money, when it hits the bank drawn on ,your bank will reverse the check, and you are held accountable if you have spent it, because it is the same as bouncing a check, the bank doesn't care that you didn't know they are not the party who takes the loss, you are, since the check is made out to you,not the bank!!!
Bottom line, anyone or business approaching you to ask for money to give you money, is running a scam, legit money doesn't require you to give to get!
This scams can be turned over to the Federal Trade Commision.
I fell for it, now our bank account is closed and we cant even get a loan to pay the money back. You would think that the bank would at least like to get interest from the loan but we've been turned down by everyone. So now we're stuck. Wish we could sue someone,but I guess not.