So I was comin home from work n got my. Mail on the way in. When I saw got a letter from canada. It had a check for 4880 dollars. It looked real. So I was like oh ****. N that it was only the firt payment of 195000. But I knew it was too good to be true. Looked it up online n found out it was a scam. But then again they use the name paramount (like paramount pictures lol) claims inc. It even had the same logo.




Just thougt ide share that with you guys. So be careful

 

thanks for the headsup, they get sneakier every time

 

Yeah dont fall for these scams!! They tend to hit the elderly since they usually dont know better. If you ever get anything like this in the mail just ask yourself when was the last time you entered a Canadian lottery, let alone were in Canada??

 

i had one of those like over a month ago

 

i live 10 miles from canada...

 

I thougt it was funy. Cuz I mean come on canada! Lol I never had enything to do with canada

 

well probably your first tip off should have been that you are not canadian and have never bought a canadian lottery ticket?

Just saying...

 

I get them all the time, don't pay attention where they are from though... They make their way into the shredder ASAP

 

i still dont understand what the scam is if we were to fall for it? just giving them your SS and info?

 

probably if you cash the check they get your account number or something somehow.

 

I know before, the scam was that you have to cash the check and send in a certain amount of money to cover the taxes and fees and then you get the rest of your "lottery" winnings. What happens is that you deposit/cash the lottery check (which is a real check but is not from an existing bank), you take whatever amount of money the "lotto" place is asking for and keep the rest of the check. Now you've sent in the money required to cover fees/taxes which is your own actual money. As you wait for the check to clear, it never does and now your left responsible for the funds. Not a good time after that...

 

Yeah. The check is for 4880. N your sipose to send 3710 in "taxes"

 

Awwwwwwww weak ! i already had that check spent... son of a ... your telling me its fake !?

 

 

Just deposit the check like this guy did:

http://www.goodthink.com/writing/vie...d=11&page_id=2

Joe