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FIDELITY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
I Want to report a Sweepstakes, Lottery winnings Fraud Scam through Fidelity Financial Services

I recieved a letter in the mail from a Fidelity Financial Services with a Wells Fargo Check inside that stated that I had won $250, 000.00 in a sweepstakes lottery. I was given the entry slip number, a claim number and the winning numbers from the drawing which showed how I had won.

I was instructed in the letter not to do anything with the check until I had spoken with my claims agent (Larry Smith). I called and asked the man a bunch of questions, he was very respectful and nice and everything for real seemed so legit. I was a little skeptical but I really needed this to be real to pay my bills so I listened to everything he had to say. I was told the wells fargo check I received ($4720.00) was deducted from my winnings to use to pay the GST, their non-resident government tax to receive my winnings, which totaled $4000.00. I was told to deposit the check into my account and wait for it to clear then call them back. I did then I was instructed to take out this money for the tax and money gram it to a Melinda Barn at 496 19th Ave in St John NF Canada and call and give them the reference number to the money gram once it went through.

I did all of this, at this point my money was ready to be sent to me via CanPar (Canada Parcels) to the US where it would be transferred to Fed Ex/UPS to ship the rest of the way. I waited to hear back from him to tell me the tracking number I'd need to keep track of the money til it got to me. When he did call back I was told that the size of the check was alot and Fed Ex/Canpar wouldn't mail it without insuring it first and was instructed to money gram $500.00 more to a Lee Cheng for this to go through. Now I'm really skeptical and ask more questions, he explained it so well I believed it and told him ok. Just to make sure, I then checked the website for Canada Parcels and called both them and Fed Ex and asked about the shipment of that amount of money and if it needed to be insured etc. how much it would be.

I was told by Fed Ex they didn't require insurance, but the Canpar people said that they would charge me about that much to send it. So I sent the money gram to cover the insurance for the money to be sent to me and gave Larry the reference number. Of course I waited for him to call back to give me a tracking number and he never did, I continued to call that day all the numbers I was giving to see what was going on but no one ever answered.

Now I know I've been scammed, so I googled them and found your website with other people in my same predicament with the same people. I definitely do not have the $4720 to pay the bank back and am in desperate need of anyone's help. I truly don't know who to ask for help if the district attorney can't do anything, so I'm coming to rip-off for your help. I'm hoping whoever reads this won't be scammed the way we were and someone out there will be able to help us get our money back and prosecute these people for fraud and theft and shut them down.

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Company: FIDELITY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC

Country: Canada   Province: New Foundland   City: Saint John
Address: 313 2nd Ave
Phone: 7783176378

Category: Miscellaneous

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