My mother received a letter from this company stating that she was the lucky winner of their sweepstakes bonanza give-away held on August 23, 2007. The letter contained two checks ($985.12 & $27, 316.61) printed through ADP. There was a phone number for Chase Bank, & an account number. The letter instructed her to contact Dave Bradley at Secured Bond Bureau for further instructions, clarification, and for deactivating the financial block on the enclosed winning. The smaller check would be used to cover the issuance cost of the surety bond certificate.
I called the phone number for Chase Bank on the check. A woman there told me that the check was good, and that a lot of people have called about the sweepstakes. She even named the sweepstakes. I did not think to possibly call a local Chase bank here in Indianapolis. I may have found out different.
Later, my mother mentioned this to my father who informed her that he remembered hearing about this on the news as being a fraud. However, he could not remember who they advised you to contact if you received one of these letters.
She called the phone number on Friday and was told that they were not taking anymore calls, becuase they have been busy due to the high call number and to call back on Saturday. She called back on Saturday and was asked a list of questions and told to cash the check, and she would be contacted back in an hour with the number for the bond. This is when I looked on this site and discovered that this was a fraud! The man had a heavy accent, and all people involved appeared to be true.
Please, do not fall for this scam!! We are not going to cash the check/or return any more calls. When the man calls back we will advise that we discoved that this is a fraud. If you have really won money through a sweepstakes, you should not have to cash a check to get you winnings. They should send you your money free and clear.
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