I recieved a letter from the mail, opened and read and found out that i had won a lottery of 125000.00 us dollars. It sounded all too good to be true because i have had similar mailings from the past, yet i forced myself to try it out. 'There is nothing to lose' was what i told myself. There was a check within the letter which i was to deposit into my account only after i had called 'Mike' or 'Sandra'. I called and talked to Mike (who was the only one i ever talked to). He asked for my ref.# which i quickly gave. Then he gave me the green light to execute the deposite just like the script said.
Mike sounded like a nice guy and had this smooth accent thing going on. He told me to give him a call as soon as the money is made available so that he could deduct the administrative costs and taxes from my account. Unfortunately this never happened because my bank had problems with this 'check' which they eventually sent back to the source.
At this point i was giving Mike frequent calls hoping he was going to fix the problem, which he did not. The annoying thing is each time i was getting ready to address a problem, he talked like he was aware of it and said the situation was under investigation. The man becomes very impatient and tries to talk you out of further questioning. Boy, you have no idea how that makes me mad. If it was'nt for self control and civility, i should have cursed him a whole lot of time
My account has been charged an item handling fee of 10.00 usd. Believe me when i say that means alot to me. I hope Mike is happy for that charge other wise, i don't see what's in there for him, or the company he is representing.
To all the people who have been rippedoff, to all the victims of this situations, if you are reading this article, my advise is, post your report. You know what am saying, just type down a few lines and tell what really went down and what went wrong.
I learned my lesson. Nothing is free. I guess i just have to work my way out like every body else and stop putting hopes in sweepstakes. I know they may be persuasive at times but it is all business. And one thing i learned about business is, the other side does not play for you, they play for them. So don't be supprised if you are rippedoff again in the future. But you will be a foul if you go any where near them. thanks.
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