http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0076-telemarketing-scams
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
I let this call roll to voice mail. They had the right name and tried to make it legitimate by using the address, but no message beyond that. No callback number was left either, so they must be relying on caller ID for return calls. Not going to waste my time based on the above responses.
A man told me I had entered a contest to win a Ford Explorer and asked if I was familiar with that. I said I was not. He started to verify information with the name of my ex-husband who never lived at my current address. This is a scam. I never enter contests as I try to keep my information private. I don't know where they are getting their information.
Call identifying herself as Christina Lee states your name and address and informs you that you have won a $ 47,000 2013 Ford explorer. Claims you have entered a sweepstakes in a local shopping mall or online. wants you to call the number: 1-866-288-2780. If you call this number back your call will be charged to a "900" number fee. Also they will try to get you to send them a check for $3500 sales tax needed to be payed on the vehicle as the Illinois State Tax Commission must be paid before you can claim the prize. They tell you to send them the check addressed to them and they will do the leg work getting your sales tax paid.
These criminals are trying to pray upon the elderly.