MAIL ALERT ANOTHER SCAM
To any one out there that thinks that there may be good fortune in the mail. LOL, beware. After opening this afternoons mail. I was intrigued by a cashiers check I recieved. Now this one was accompanied by a letter titled CONSUMER'S REWARD PROGRAM.
Letter head of a Welch Finacial Group, 231 Denver River Drive, Buffalo 40214.
Being the pessimist that I am I thought wait a minute. I do my shopping at Wal Mart and since when does Wal Mart do lotteries for customers?
The letter went on to say that I had won a share of $480,000, my cut $39,000. That is of the North American Winners. All participants were selected randomly by computer from consumer data bases. Now this ran a huge red flag up the pole. One I do a cash business. Having learned the hard way the sins of credit and credit debt. So my name is not on a consumer data base. I do not even have a King Soopers or Safeway card. I let the cashier use her key to get me the discounts.
I take economics at its very basic now. If you have it then fine, if you don't? THEN DO NOT SPEND IT.
Any ways the letter continued to go on and say contact either a Louis Bailey or Angela West at 1-905-598-3654. Now i am curious so I called. No answer. I called again thinking maybe a misdial. Nope a recording that said there is no more room for recorded messages.. Another red flag. Why would a couple of assumed lawyers not have a secretary answering the phones , especially if it is a finacial group. Why is the number for California and not Buffalo NY?
Ok one last thiong to do before throwing this letter in the circular file after shredding it. Call the bank who issued the check.
The bank is Santa Barbara Bank and Trust out od Solana Beach California. I googled them and then called. My first questoin to the nice lady is why the address on the check did not match the address on the web site? She laughed.
Second question was who is the Welch Finacial Group? Again she laughed.
Before I could inquire any more she described the cashier check I was holding down to the routing numbers. (MAJOR RED FLAG)
Then telling me exactly word for word what my letter said she nicely asked that this check not be cashed and that I notify my personal bank that this was a scam and now in Colorado. A new state to her but the same old scam.
I thought the letter was rather peculiar when it asked me to mail back the exact amount of the check to cover a "luxery tax". But seeing how I do not recieve cashier checks everyday. I had to investigate a little.
Another google search does respond with several others on the consumers for consumers webpage talking about this scam. However their banks seem to be from Texas not California.
So should you receive a cashiers check in the mail please be warned. Do not cash it or take it to seriously. It is a scam if they ask for money. No lottery will do this. It is the winners responsibbility to make sure that they pay all taxes associated with a monitary prise.
Also there is no Laura Clawson listed as a vice president at the Welch Finacial Group.
Letter head of a Welch Finacial Group, 231 Denver River Drive, Buffalo 40214.
Being the pessimist that I am I thought wait a minute. I do my shopping at Wal Mart and since when does Wal Mart do lotteries for customers?
The letter went on to say that I had won a share of $480,000, my cut $39,000. That is of the North American Winners. All participants were selected randomly by computer from consumer data bases. Now this ran a huge red flag up the pole. One I do a cash business. Having learned the hard way the sins of credit and credit debt. So my name is not on a consumer data base. I do not even have a King Soopers or Safeway card. I let the cashier use her key to get me the discounts.
I take economics at its very basic now. If you have it then fine, if you don't? THEN DO NOT SPEND IT.
Any ways the letter continued to go on and say contact either a Louis Bailey or Angela West at 1-905-598-3654. Now i am curious so I called. No answer. I called again thinking maybe a misdial. Nope a recording that said there is no more room for recorded messages.. Another red flag. Why would a couple of assumed lawyers not have a secretary answering the phones , especially if it is a finacial group. Why is the number for California and not Buffalo NY?
Ok one last thiong to do before throwing this letter in the circular file after shredding it. Call the bank who issued the check.
The bank is Santa Barbara Bank and Trust out od Solana Beach California. I googled them and then called. My first questoin to the nice lady is why the address on the check did not match the address on the web site? She laughed.
Second question was who is the Welch Finacial Group? Again she laughed.
Before I could inquire any more she described the cashier check I was holding down to the routing numbers. (MAJOR RED FLAG)
Then telling me exactly word for word what my letter said she nicely asked that this check not be cashed and that I notify my personal bank that this was a scam and now in Colorado. A new state to her but the same old scam.
I thought the letter was rather peculiar when it asked me to mail back the exact amount of the check to cover a "luxery tax". But seeing how I do not recieve cashier checks everyday. I had to investigate a little.
Another google search does respond with several others on the consumers for consumers webpage talking about this scam. However their banks seem to be from Texas not California.
So should you receive a cashiers check in the mail please be warned. Do not cash it or take it to seriously. It is a scam if they ask for money. No lottery will do this. It is the winners responsibbility to make sure that they pay all taxes associated with a monitary prise.
Also there is no Laura Clawson listed as a vice president at the Welch Finacial Group.
