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Global Trust
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE SWEEPSTATKES, sic LOTTERY PROGRAM, Second Prize $90, 000.00

I received a letter saying I was a Winner! in some sweepstatkes (sic) lottery which was held on September 13, 2007. My name was attached to ticket # 4589 and won the lottery prize in the second category of "$90, 000.00 Dollars." Claim # GT/WNN/77488.

Enclosed was a check for $2, 870.00 payable to me. "[T]here are fees of a calculated amount of $2, 870.00. The name on the check is Greenwood-Heinemann Publishing Group, 88 Post Road West, P.O. Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881-5007 (a legitimate company). The name of the bank was Citibank Delaware, One Penn's Way, New Castle, Delaware 19720. Check #24100152. Vendor # 092784. I am to contact Mrs. Shelley Tillmon at 306-880-2641.

I'm game, so I call Mrs. Tillmon - correction - for days I try to reach Mrs. Tillmon. On Thursday I reach her; I am to deposit the check into my checking account and call her as soon as the check clears. Saturday, a day after the deposit, I call her telling her it cleared. I am now to go to the bank and withdraw that $2, 870.00 and call her back when I "have the cash in hand." OK, I call her and she now instructs me to go to a Western Union and send this money to Sharyn Prichett, 1750 Driftwood Dr., New Brunswick, Canada E3A 4Y8. I am to deduct the amount of this transfer from the $2, 870 I hold in my hand. Fine, the whole thing costs $2868.99. Sharyn only gets $2, 700.00 since the fee was $168.99. I pocket $1.01.

I am to call Mrs. Tillmon with the money transfer number as soon as it is sent. I do that and she has to check with Sharyn to be sure she got it. About an hour later she calls; all went well. Someone will be coming to my house on Monday, October 8, between 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Surprisingly, no body shows up!! I call and get a message saying everyone was busy and leave a detailed message. I hear another message saying there is no more room for any more messages.

Tuesday, October 9, I call again and get the same messages. I keep calling every half hour and finally get a man with a very thick accent. He transfers me to another woman who tells me Mrs. Tillman "is on vacation" and she will try to help me. She pulls my file and I tell her nobody showed up yesterday. She tells me she has my number and says she "will talk to my supervisor." and then the phone starts beeping and disconnects. I wait awhile and call the same number back and get this message "%% (cut off) is unavailable at the moment. Please, try again later." Wonderful.

I come online and check out the Greenwood-Heinemann website a little closer. Nothing looks suspicious. I Google Global Trust Inc. and come across this wonderful web site. I saw another person who must have received the same letter I did, except their contact person was different. I called that number: 403-397-9520. I get a man and I tell him I need to speak to Mrs. Shelley Tillmon. He connects me right to her!! I told her that I had called and "some woman told me you were on vacation." No comment. I tell her no one showed up yesterday. She says that she now sees where I have to send $1, 750.00 to another agent for state taxes, and wants to know when I can send it. HUH? I have 24 hours to send it the same way we did the other money.

Well, the other money was not mine, so I figured I won't lose anything by playing along. She swears the check is ready and waiting to be delivered, I just need to send this money. There is no way I can get that kind of money. I didn't tell her that. I told her I'ld let her know if I can pay it; she wants to know what time I'm going to call her back. I pick any number off the top of my head..."3 o'clock." She asks if I will be calling her back at this number (403-397-9520), and I say "Yeaaahhh." I plan on getting that other name and address from her and string her along as far as I can until I have to tell her to DIAF. This is making up for the wasted day yesterday!!

I am tempted to call Greenwood-Heinemann and ask them if they know about this scam involving their company. I wonder what they would say.

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Company: Global Trust

Country: Canada   Province: New Brunswick   City: St. John
Address: 200 Logy Bay
Phone: 3068802641

Category: Miscellaneous

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