I'm a Long-Haul Truck Driver and listen to the radio a lot. When I got home yesterday after a month on the road, I went thru my mail and found this letter postmarked in Canada with no return address on the envelope. Imagine my surprise when I opened it and found a very legitimate check drawn on Washington Mutual Bank. The letter stated that I had won $52, 690 in a drawing in Dublin, Ireland, and the enclosed check for $2, 690 was to defray the cost of tax and administrative expenses (international clearance fees).
Fortunately, I remembered hearing a small story on the radio about some scams going around where one receives a very legitimate-looking check, deposits it in his own account, then sends the company a like amount in real money. Later, he discovers that the check is no good, so he's just lost a couple of thousand dollars. Being suspicious, I then Googled "Consumer Ripoffs" and found the canada-complaints.com site.
I didn't find International Processing Center on your site, but did find several other companies using the exact same scam. My suspicious nature saved me a lot of money thanks to Ripoff.
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