Victim Location 53597
Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes
I was contacted by a Mr. Brown as he called himself. I was very nice to him as he stated I had won the megamillions jackpot and that I was going to be very wealthy. However, I told him I was very leary about him as I had problems in the past and so I was able to receive the above information from him and that he was going to pay me a check when he showed up in the amount of $4000 to cover the taxes and $500 for me being so nice to him. However, as I spoke to him he wanted me to go to a Walmart store and put in the above name and address a money to money transfer in the amount of $497. To which I would have never saw again. I prolonged our meeting in person as I had other family obligations so that I could check that guy out and talk to our bank about this and Walmart and they both told me this was a scam. I was happy to know that Walmart already knew this as they would have been party to a crime if I would have supplied the money. That if this is not done publicly it is done in an office and the lawyers are asked to be present for legal issues. Money is taken out for taxes ahead of time and individuals are not liable for this. Please make people aware of this. I really let Mr. Brown have it with both barrels as he stated to me that I didn’t know what I was talking about and I was a gov’t employee for 30 years. I am reporting this to anyone I can so it doesn’t happen to anyone else as we all can use the money but not as the stake of our pride. I also received an e-mail of his winning promotion but it must have been recalled or something because my husband can’t find it. I gave my husband’s email address, not mine, my home phone number. I did not give out any of my personal information other than that. I refused. I didn’t think it was any of his business.