I recieved a phone call from my mother, She was so excited to tell me she had won a random lottery from walmat, kmart or sears. I asked her how much and when she told me she had recieved a check from staples corporate finance for $4700.00 and all she had to do was cash the check and send them $2980.00 for government/bonds, instant red flags went off.
I told her not to do anything until the next day and I would call the consumer protection to see if it was a scam.
When I called the lady i talked to informed me that they are always scams when the company tells you to send them money to collect your winnings, which made perfect scence to me. So I called the man back at the number on the bottom of the letter that came with the check that my mother had talked to the night before.
I told him I had contacted consumer protection and that they had informed me this was a scam just to see if he would try to cover it up, but nothing. He took a deep breath and hung up on me. I called back a couple times with no answer. I called from another phone and he picked up again I said " why did you hang up on me sir!! " and he just hung up again.
That goes to show you... total scam... Please be smart and do all your research before falling for a rediculous scam like this.
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