Lottery Scams
Friday November 24, 2006
We can all use a little extra cash for the holidays, and fraudsters know it. So this time of year, you can expect to see even more of the usual lottery scams promising big winnings - for lotteries you didn't even know existed and never even entered! Sound too good to be true? It is! >> Full Article
I posted the following on http://www.scamclub.com/reports/Liberty%20Group%20INC-758.html
This scam happened to me:
I recieved a letter from Liberty Group, INC. with a check for $4,900.61 that stated that I had won a lottery contest. The address on the letter differs from the address on the check and the postmark is from Canada. The letter states that I am to cash the check and send them $3,100 to cover the fees involved in winning $94,900.
I tried to cash the check and if the lady at the check cashing place was not such a nice person I would be in jail right now. Upon her request I left the check with her. She said this particular check was a new one that she hadn’t seen before.
The name on the top of the letter is Liberty Group, INC. The company name on the check is Laidlaw II Stockholders Litigation c/o Berdon Claims Administration, LLC. The name of the bank on the check was Chase, but it wasn’t really from Chase Bank.
I have spoken with the lady at the check cashing place and she said they are doing everything they can to stop these people and they don’t know where these letters are actually coming from.
I am very thankful that I didn’t go to jail over this because I didn’t know it was a scam. I agree with the check cashing lady that it isn’t fair or right for the person trying to cash these checks to go to jail because most of us don’t know that it is a scam.