Victim Location 43830
Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes
Received a check with Aetna Life Insurance Company on the check from Shaw Financial Inc. for a lottery in South Africa. The check was to pay for the processing fees in the amount of $3650.00 and the check was for $3950.00. I was wondering why they would have to send me a check to pay the fees when they could have done so as well as what does Aetna Life Insurance have to do with this lottery? The letter states I was not to contact anyone other than the agent they provided to me via phone. There is also misspelled words in the letter. I wanted to warn others about this scam if they receive a similar check to pay for a lottery winnings especially out of the country.
Victim Location 84119
Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes
Claim received via USPS indicates sweepstakes winner of US$3000,000. Check included for $3,950.00 provided to help pay processing fee of $3,650.00. Contact is requested to start claim processing and "activate" the check.
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(Contact information included below. African, Ireland & England contact information on attached documents)
Victim Location 23150
Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes
A letter arrived in the mail on June 1, 2015 advising me that I was one of the 2nd prize winner in the second category of the EUROPEAN, AFRICAN, and USA Consumer Sweepstake, in conjunction with the USA De(Not readable). A check in the amount of $3950.00 was included to cover the $3650 Processing Fee.