I received a letter in the mail on March 27, 2008 with my correct name and address on a normal letter envelope with no return address and a Canada stamp. Enclosed was a letter on a basic piece of paper with GLOBAL PRIME FINANCIAL SERVICES and two addresses under it 11-309 South Telegraph Road, Detroit MI 48201 and 1534 Main St Ottawa ON N6L 3W6 Tel: 1-613-261-1820. The subject line read: AWARD CLAIM NOTIFICATION. This is how the letter read:
Dear LACY ****,
This is to inform you of the release of the annual Integrated Consumer's Clearing Awards held on March 10th, 2008. We are pleased to inform you that after a computerized drawing process of all entries and detailed analysis, your name came out as one of the names accrded a WINNER STATUS in the 3rd category. CONGRATULATIONS!
Your name attached to ticket number 728227-0-111 with the serial number 3009-90 drew the lucky numbers to win in the 3rd group. Consequently you have been approved for the lump sum payout of $45000.00 USD (FOURTY-FIVE THOUSAND) in cash credited to fule with Ref. # 3726-TF214 and Batch# 009SA-742-03.
All participants were selected through a computerized ballot system drawn from the reader's digest, publisher's clearing house's, computer games, and sweepstakes with databases in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North and South America, South Africa, and Asia as part of our International Promotions Program (IPP), which is conducted annually. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your funds have now been deposited with us and insured in your name. Inaccordance with established regulatory policies, htere is a required processing and administration fees on your winnings. We have enclosed a check in the amount of ($3, 960) to enable you to pay for the processing/administration fees without undue financial difficulties. Your balance of $41, 040 will be sent via a special delivery by courier within two business days upon payment confirmation.
To ensure that the enclosed check gets to the designated winner, the funds will be on hold until authorized. For authorization, verification, processing and payments, please contact your claim agent: Mr. Robert PATEL, at 1-613-261-1820. To ensure that your claim is promptly processed, please quote your Reference and Batch numbers with us all the time. All prize money must be claimed not later than April 20th, 2008.
IMPORTANT: PLEASE VERIFY YOUR ADDRESS, NAMES AND INITIALS AS GIVEN AND ADVISE YOUR AGENT OF ANY CHANGES.
The company is not responsible for lost, misdirected mail or late claims, we therefore urge you to please protect your Reference and Batch numbers at all time to avoid double and unscrupulous claims.
On behalf of our staff and sponsors, I wish you all the best and once again, Congratulations!
Best Regards,
(her signature)
Karin Kovasec
Director, Claims, and Accounting
Sponsor: Lotto, Reader's Digest, Publisher's Clearing House, Sweepstakes
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That's the whole letter. I posted the whole thing so that others can read and compare their letters. This is a cruel and unusual rip off. I am an optimist and was thanking God and crying at work when my husband called me. He called the number listed and "Mr. Patel" was not in the office. I am investigating further into this scam and reporting it to the BBB, local police, etc.
I also received in the letter a check that looked authentic. It had written at the top: THIS CHEQUE IS WITH A COLORED BACKGROUND AND AN ARTIFICIAL WATERMARK CERTIFICATION SEAL ON THE BACK-HOLD AT ANGLE TO VIEW SEAL.
The name on the check is AMERICA CHUNG NAM, INC. addressed 1163 FAIRWAY DRIVE City of Industry, CA 91789 in the amount of 3960.00 and I do not know the name signed on the check. The bank is comerica bank of CA but it is also mispelled once on the check.
I hope that someone who is a victim of this same scam can read this before giving any information to whomever is responsible for this. I am going to continue to take action until justice is served to the fullest extent.
Lacy
Scottsboro, Alabama
U.S.A.
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