received letter with check enclosed for $3,500,000.00
Complaint
Ruth Horton
Country: United States
How I was entered: Any eigible individual, who Pay Utility Bills on time,purchase any qualifyng branded product affiliated with Te Consortium of Manfacturers using their credit card debit card ATM card or check book as a medim payment, it automatically qualified to be randomaly seected to enter our monthly raffle for a chance to win one of the following prizes:
PLATINUM- 3,500,00.00
GOLD- 2,500,000.00
SILVER- 1,50,000.00
I received phone calls from a woman named Shella Nova (Sheila Nove) prior to receiving check and telling me I did not have to pay anything then received check with letter of authenticity took check and letter to bank to see if it is a real check they verified it looks real but said it is a scam. Shella gave me phone numbers Federal Claims Dept. (Office) 887-406-4368 , (Personnal) 702-996-6559 , Shella Nova phone number on letter was (702-996-6557) I have 80 days now before check is void
PLATINUM- 3,500,00.00
GOLD- 2,500,000.00
SILVER- 1,50,000.00
I received phone calls from a woman named Shella Nova (Sheila Nove) prior to receiving check and telling me I did not have to pay anything then received check with letter of authenticity took check and letter to bank to see if it is a real check they verified it looks real but said it is a scam. Shella gave me phone numbers Federal Claims Dept. (Office) 887-406-4368 , (Personnal) 702-996-6559 , Shella Nova phone number on letter was (702-996-6557) I have 80 days now before check is void
Comments
Typically, these scams are some variation of a "Nigerian check" scam, where they string you along with lots of promises about how much you've "won" and somewhere in there they want you to pay them money for "taxes" or "fees". If you got a check, it's either on a fake account, or uses a stolen account number.
In any case, no such check is actually going to do anything but bounce., which is good, because the really dangerous ones are the small checks for a "few thousand" where they "overpay", and want money back. You only find out when the account's real owner notices it a month later and reverses it due to forgery, sticking you with reimbursing your bank even though it "cleared".
It's a scam and a fraud..