Victim Location 36048
Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes
Called and said I had won $500,000 by sweepstakes entered either online, tv purchase, or magazine subscriptions.
Was not aware I had entered anything. They said I was suppose to have been notified about winning before I got their call. Call consisted of secretary asking a few questions and went on to an international attorney hired by the
sweepstakes company. His job was to help with the tax owed on this money. He said the money was in Buffalo in the customs office waiting to be sent. Taxes had to be paid before or when I received the check. I told him I would pay the taxes when I got the check. He hung up on me at that point. Very smooth in how this was handled by them. The problem was this sweepstakes money was coming from overseas thus the reason for customs in NY.