I'd like to share with everyone in the U.S. information I've just discovered about a new scam targeted toward the American public. It is known by different names but the gist is the same. Gateway financial management sends out checks containing large dollar amounts to trick people into cashing them in hopes of attaining yet an even greater sum.
I received one of these mailings today. Let me tell you about my experience. First, I was overjoyed. I thought that my money problems had been solved. The envelope contained a check in the amount of $3, 654.80, dated 11/01/07, #149480. As I read on, I was informed that I had won this through a computer reward program because I have a bank card in North America. The top of the home computer printed letterhead read ATM Mega Promotion ref. # 2007-08-9892. It went further to read that I would receive a total of $113, 400.00 after the $6, 600.00 Sponsor's Comm. was deducted.
I called the # on the mailing only to be asked by a woman with a spanish accent if I had gotten the mailing today and then, to call back in exactly 10 mins. I made call #2, greeted by the answering machine of "claim agent" Melissa Jacobs that said she was out of her office at the moment and to "please leave a message". The "prize co-ordinator" Dennis Rogers, of "interac universal" signed the promotion letter. Don't Be Fooled!!!
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