Hi All,
This morning I received a phone call from a woman who informed me that DH had entered a contest in February and he won a million dollars. They asked if they could deliver the check to our house today and if they could bring news cameras and balloons. They even told me the name of the man who would deliver the check and what color car he would be driving. He would be carrying credentials they said. Always the skeptic, I asked for her number so I could call and verify. She didnt know it, she was new. Then she gave me the check number and told me to verify it when he came. I asked to speak to her manager. He wasnt available. Finally I asked what time she would be here and then she said," well all you have to do is go to Walmart and send a money gram to this name at this address to pay for the lawyer fees, etc and then when our guy comes to deliver your check show him your receipt and we will give you the million dollars." RIGHT! Well I told her I would have to talk to my husband. I would call her back. She made excuses as to why she couldnt giver me her number. So I said forget it then.
Well they called back three more times. I finally asked to talk to her manager again. He eventually called me and was very insistent. When I told him I was not going to wire him money. He got really mean and nasty and threatening. He said he had a guy in the area that was ready to come to my house and award the million if I could just get the money RIGHT NOW!!! I told him I had to run but that if he would give me his number I would call him back. Well he reluctantly gave me his number. It ended up being a number from Jamaica. Wikipedia said that the number he gave me was a popular number with scam artist that call and say if you send money to secure legal fees for a large sum of money that you won you will get a million to 10 million dollars.
Again they called me and got really mean on the phone. They told me their guy was parked outside my house and that he wanted to come in Right now. I called the police and they said if they come to the door call 911. So far no one has shown up.
So the purpose of this e-mail to warn everyone that these guys are in the area today. They are targeting people in our area for this scam. Do not give any personal information over the phone. THey will have your name and address, dont verify it! If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Stay safe,
That is scary, I'm glad you didn't fall for it, too many people do fall for those scams, which is why they keep trying to pull them on everyone.
ReplyDeleteI can't tell you how many emails I get from lawyers, bereaved widows/widowers, business partners who would like for me to collect money from an account that they can't seem to access (like they would let ME close out their bank account...), so and so died in a plane/car/bus crash, or dropped dead of a heart attack in another country, they left massive amounts of money in an overseas bank, but they can't seem to access it, oh and if I would just cash this check to close out this account, I can keep some for myself, I just need to send the rest via wire transfer... yeah right!
I wonder how these people got your phone number and information?
Wretha