Now Oprah is talking about Lottery Scams which is another one that is already heavily discussed. However, I really like the man she has on as the scam expert who wrote the book Scam-Proof Your Life: 377 Smart Ways to Protect You & Your Family from Ripoffs, Bogus Deals & Other Consumer Headaches .
Based on just hearing him talk, I’m suspecting his book is going to be very good. He’s going into some nice details about this particular scam and what this particular woman who got scammed should have looked out for.
Next up was a scam involving use of Oprah and herself explaining that any Oprah sweepstakes would be mentioned ON the show so to always check the show’s site.
Now onto the Secret Service coming to talk about a reshipping scam with a woman who thought she was doing a “work at home job”.
I just received a check for $4500.00 along with a letter saying I won $450,000.00. & a phone number ot call in Canada. The check was from Citi Financial. I called the # and a woman
I just receive a check for $4500.00 from Citi Financial along with a letter stateing I won $450,000.00, also to call the phone number (Onterio,Canada). The woman told me to deposite the check & when it clears send a money gram for $2,980.00 to pay the non resident gov.service tax. Then ups will deliver the remainder of the sweepstake money & all I need to show is two forms of ID. Do you think this is a scam?
Yes. I think it’s a scam. The way it typically works is:
1) The Check amount shows up in your account initially.
2) You send the money to the scammer.
3) Ultimately the check does NOT clear.
4) You owe the bank for the amount of money you sent the scammer.
In this case it sounds like you could end up owing $2,980.00 to your bank.
I encourage you to watch the following two videos:
The first is about Fake Check scams and the second is about OverPayment scams:
Fake Check Scam video:
Overpayment Scam video:
Click here for more videos about scams from National Consumers League
yes it is a scam!!! my grandma got a letter in the mail saying she won 250,000 and they sent her a check for 4,500 and once she cashed it to send 3,000 through money gram.she took it to the bank and asked was it real and they said no its a scam, lady name maria hernadez