Lottery Scam from North American Prize Pool. I saw a few of these very similar letters posted here... just thought I would post mine!
B&S Hosiery
583 7th Ave
Calgary, AB T2C 3A2
Tel: 1-403-399-6427
John Doe
Address
State & Zip
ATTENTION: Ref # 704-EMG-40 0027-06
Dear John Doe,
This is to informyou of the release of the North American Prize Pool held on Friday October 20, 2006 in which your name was drawn randomly. You have been accorded 2nd TIER WINNER STATUS.
All participants were selected with a computerized ballot system from a database of 25, 000 names from Asia, Europe and North America. Due to enormous participation, ;highly advanced security measures are in place to maintain the lottery's integrity as well as to avoid unscrupulous claims. For this reason, please keep your ticket and Serial numbers confidential and do not share them until your calim is processed and your prize delivered. Your name is attached to:
Ticket: #057-8647-951
Serial #7834-13
With lucky numbers 48-23-26-15-17-03, you have been awarded a lump sum payout of $182, 610.00 USD. This is from a total pool of $6, 487, 800 USD shared between the winners in this category. Congratulations!
Enclosed, please find a check of $2980.65 which covers both the administrative payment and clearance fees of your winnings. For authorization and processing of your prize please contact: David McDonald at 1-403-399-6427. Your winnings must be claimed no later than Wednesday November 15, 2006 by 5PM ET. Please remember to quote your ticket and serial numbers in all correspondence with us in order to avoid unnecessary delays. (Important: Your next check will be made out to the name and address listed above. Please verify your name and advise your agent of any needed corrections).
On behalf of our staff and sponsors, I wish you all the best. We look forward to hearing from you before Wednesday November 15, 2006. Once again, congratulations!
Sincerely,
Sandra Eickel
Finance Director, B&S Hosiery
My husband and I seem to receive a lot of these... at least once a month from various places... Mostly Africa!!!..I don't know why we get them, but we do. Anyway, I'm really fed up with them, and I know that somewhere someone is actually believing this crap. SO!!! For this particular one that I received today, I looked up the company... B&S Hosiery... no such place that I could find. On the check, which like everyone elses, looks real... the company name was stated as Hosiery Plus (This is a real establishment). OK... so my next trick... to call the bank that is listed on the check. Apple Bank for Savings located in NY. I gave them a call to inform them that someone was writing fraudulent checks from this bank... the customer service rep. knew right away when I said B&S hosiery and said that there was no such company with an account there and that yes, the checks were forgeries. He thanked me for my concern and information on the use of his bank. NEXT..I made my husband call the number given to "CLAIM" the prize... he could hardly keep from laughing when the guy gave him the instructions..and when my husband asked if this was a scam... very enthusiastically the man said NO... NO... of course not... congratulations. This guys name was DAVID ADAMS and gave the address of Montreal, Quebec, Can. 1116 Sant Catherines East. Of course the phone number is traceable as a land line to Alberta Canada. However, the Alberta address could not even be found on mapquest much less any reputable business.
I'll be glad when someone can get these mails stopped... really takes up my time trying to kick 'em down!!!
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