Victim Location 56201
Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes
Call from Shirley Davis of Consumer Clearinghouse Sweepstakes on Monday, stating I won 2nd prize of ("I advise you to sit down") $500,000, to be delivered as a certified cashier’s check on Wednesday between 9-11:00 a.m. Then transferred me to the "lawyer", Kristin Milbank, who stated that I needed to provide $1500 to get the prize through U.S. customs. Gave me a claim number and phone # of Fed. Gaming Authority (202-894-7201) to verify. I called and they said they’d call me back, but I hung up. I asked for her number and she said her secretarty’s number is 404-592-4313. I googled these names and numbers and I think they are a scam.
Victim Location 45150
Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes
I received call around 2:45-2:50pm on 8-4-17 saying I was second place in some contest and I would win $800,000 and I asked what’s the catch. He just got of sluffed it off and asked me will you be there Tuesday between 10 and 2 and he seemed to know that I was in Milford, OH. He said something about attorney giving me the check (Falco Bertowitz and Associates). I asked him where he was located and he said Austin, TX. He had a foreign accent. He asked me my age, I wouldn’t tell him and I said a lady doesnt tell her age. I said whats the scam whats the trick, will I owe you money, how much will I need to pay to get $800,000 and he didn’t answer that. They were supposed to bring the check in person. I don’t remember entering into Consumer Clearing House Sweepstakes.