I had received several junk mail sweepstake offerings and might have replied to many, not expecting to win anything. Around the 15th of October somehow someone got my cell number and called me. i wasn't going to answer, but unfortnutaley did. The person (man) said that I had won a sweepstakes of some facietious name that I can't remember now nor can find if I wrote it down. eThey were to deliver it to me, but that I had to wait for further instructions. He said that would have to pay insurance, delivery fees and taxes. i figured it was legit and it sounded such so I agreed. but i was so stupid and naive in that they had me money gram it to canada to a Susan smith at 1175 Pearl rd in Montreal. iddi either theat day or in the next day or so.
It got worse in that they said I couldn't just pay everything at once, but in up to 2500 increments. It took a week or so to this, to the point that then after the money was sent, they said to change to another as western union and to use a different address of 12145 willow st. i had to exasust my savings, ira setc just to scrounge up the money and cash it through my bank which took weeks into months to send to them. before Thanks giving they said that they hit a glitch from the treasury dept saying that it was holding the winnings because I had won another 800, 000.00 besides the 500, 000.00 totalling 1.2 mil. and that I had to send more for insurance, taxes fees etc. This exhausted nearly all my assets.
I had to borrow 5k more according to a John Ingram who said the previous person David was so busy in their deliveries of winnings that he couldn't work with me anymore and referred me to John. Supposedly the last payment was done. He said I didn't have to send anymore and to wait tomorrow for the instructions for the delivery to meet me by 6pm to present me with the checks. David had mentioned before that I was to not tell anyone anything, but only say that the money was for a relative to help them pay for bills etc. I should have know better to go along with such. one thing he always closed with before saying goodbye over the phone was that to drive careful and safe. It sounded so convincing as if he really cared. Hoever the first person sounded a little like a gangster or thug loan shark type tone in his voice. David di give me a phone number, it seem to be from Canada, but whenever I called it wouldn't answer nor connect.
towrad th eend say December weeks, before the holidays, after a transfer via moneygram, one of the gram reps it seems called and questioned me as to what the money was for. I was to tell them it was for my daughter for her bills. If only I had know this was not legit. another call one day threatened that if I cashed the so called winnings and didn't pay the tax that I could go to jail and stand to loose everything. I was scared and was going to tell my story, but I had to get back to work momentarily, but when I returned, the line was dead; she didn't wait for me and there too I had no way of re contacting her.
The next day I rushed home and waited to no avail, the next morning I waited as maybe they were delayed and would deliver by 9am. No one showed up. John called again, and said he would call me back as if to look into what happened. I went to work, then a person from a brinks delivery said that they were to deliver the checks to me at 2pm, were verifying the address, but that I had to pay another 5k for insurance delivery fees. He said that I had to come up with the money or the couldn't deliver and would have to start the whole process of payments and fees all over again. I said I didn't have anymore money. They wouldn't agree to eat the fees nor take it afterwards from any winnings to be cashed. the last two time teh brinks? people called, i being scared to death that teh line was tapped and that I was caught between them and anyone listening in. I told them i didn't want anything bad to happen to me, didn't want to go to jail and to and that I had full intention to pay any necessary tax and they should just pay the tax. they didn't stay on the line both times but hung up. I was devastated. It was so difficult to keep my mind on work the rest of the day and week. I literally wanted to cry.
I remember the moneygram saying that if theis was not real that I would never get my money back. I'm still very scared and don't want to be in trouble or go to jail. I seem to be getting over the naiveness from believing them. I wanted to trust them, but how could they be so cruel and decietful to me. Who knows how many others they scammed. If only I could get my money back; nearly 50k. I'm terribly embarrassed to confront anyone on this, so I would request to be remained anominous. I still have all the reciepts from the transfers as record. It's a nighmare. I will never get over this. If only I wasn't so stupid and desparate. I don't humanely hate them only what they did.
If you can help me, great, but please I don't want to go to jail nor pay anymore for what I lossed.
regretfully
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