A letter was received in the mail on July 21, 2007 stating that they were pleased to inform me of the results of NORTH AMERICAN HOLIDAY TRAVEL REWARD PROMOTIONS held on July 9, 2007.
The letter went on to state I had drew the lucky numbers and consequently won the prize. It stated that I would receive the lump sum of US$45, 000.00 in cash and a holiday sea cruise.
To make sure that I really believed them they sent me a cashiers' check in the amount of $2, 815.25 which was sent to me to help me pay the service and insurance fees. This amount would be deducted leaving me a balance of $42, 184.75 to be paid to me upon my cashing this check.
Well low and behold I decided to GOOGLE this company and nothing but hits of fraud. The letter was signed by a Irene Katz. I was told to contact Joseph Johnson or Janet Simmons at 1-902-412-2269 in order to active my claim.
The check looks like a sincere cashiers check and it is signed by a Vernon K. Charles. The check is supposedly from Commerce Bank in Harrisburg, PA.
I then called Commerce Bank and was informed that the check is fraudulent, but the bank got caught out there also, because at one point they were honoring the checks and found out at a later date that the checks were no good. So please beware. People are out there doing a lot of crazy things and this is definetly one of them.
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