Hello, My name is Nicole and I received a letter and check in the mail on December 3, 2007 from a company so called TriDelta Financial Partners... along with the letter I received a check in the amount of $4, 955.00... The letter stated "This is your notificiation of your Sweepstake winnings from the Drawing held on 17th of June 2007. Your Ticket Number 516-236-195 will be deemed null and void if it remains unclaimed after the 15th of December 2007"
You have been awarded the amount of $48, 000. This is the amount of the unclaimed winnings in cash credited to your ticket number 516-236-195 . Congratulations!
further down the letter it states:
Enclosed is a check for $4, 955.00 payable to you in order to facilitate the payment of international taxes and insurance fees, and is to be deposited into your bank immediately. these fees must be paid before the balance of your prize money is remitted to you. This amount has been deducted from your total winnings.
they also tell me to call a phone number to verifiy my winnings...
First of all, when i received this check in the mail it looked VERY REAL... the bank information was
NSWC Federa Credit Union - P.O. Box 519 Dahigren
my gutt instincts told me this is a fraud and Im glad i followed them... tooo good to be true... I have contacted the US Postal Service to report this Fraud...
I would like to thank all of the Commericals on TV and on Magazines warning us about Mail and Email Fraud... as soon as I received this letter and opened it the one commercial popped into my head with the older man saying its hard to do this in person so they do it by mail... I would also like to thank this Website for informing me of this Fraud!!!
What i really want to know is What do they get out of this Fraud... what is in it for them??? Other than the fact if and when they get caught that this is a federal crime???
I did not try to cash this check... nor did i call any of their phone numbers listed... US Postal Service (fraud unit) told me to throw away these items and tell family and friends of this fraud...
I feel sorry for the people who have been frauded by this mailing... I hope the people who have committed this Fraud and the People behind this Fraud are caught and prosecuted and spend alot of time that they deserve in Jail.
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