I recieved a letter dated 11/03/2006 from Consolidated Gaming Services that I had been declared one of the winners of the North-American Sweepstakes Lottery held on Sept 30th 2006 in the 2nd category. The letter detailed the ticket number and winning numbers. It indicated that they had made numerous attempts to notify me and that I was entitled to $78, 540.00 US dollars. That this was my portion of a $2, 827, 440.00 US dollars that was shared among 36 declared winners.
It told me that this sweepstakes was played without my knowledge or consent. And that the participants were selected randomly from a pool of 5, 000, 000 names of credit card holders, online shoppers, email address owners and website registrants.
Enclosed was a check in the amount of $2, 355.00. This was to cover the applicible under-writer charges (taxes) on the winnings. I was given a claim number and the number of a claim agent. Leslie Johnson 1 (604)-755-4677 ext 81. The letter further stated that I must contact this person before attempting to cash the check. And that if they did not hear from me in 14 days that they would consider the mail lost or stolen and the check would be cancelled. The check was drawn on Hibernia National Bank out of New Orleans, LA and the address of Consolidated listed on the check was also in New Orleans. I was further warned not to disclose any information to a third party for fear of a double claim. The letter was signed Carl Mullins Promotion Manager.
I contacted Leslie Johnson and was given instructions on how to deposit the check and wire the money to a Mr. David Edwards in NYC, NY. I then looked up the bank on the internet and contacted them, they let me know that the check was a fake and I forwarded all the information I had to them so that they could start to take action against these SCAMMERS!!!
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