Consumer Clearing House Fake Sweepstakes

Lauren –

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.

1 thought on “Consumer Clearing House Fake Sweepstakes”

  1. Got the same call today. Spoke with a lady and immediately said this looked like a scam call. She challenged me and asked why? I said simply because your phone number is “V12939499….” She tried to tell me that there must be a problem with my caller ID! Funny. I was bored and played along for a minute. When she asked if I had a wife I said “I do but she is terribly ill at the moment”. Covid. Still she persisted and wanted to know when she could get on the line. “maybe never?” but again pushed for an answer before trying to get her “attorney” on the line. Somehow I must have dropped the phone and lost the connection.

    At least this was a break from the normal, run-of-the mill scammer!

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