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North American Lottery Game Fake Check Scam


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Chris Chambers & John Thomas (likely pseudo names); Greenwood Mgmt Inc; 330 King Street, Kingston, Ontario – M1K 3A5 Canada; Tel: +1(416) 836-8765 is transmitting fraudulent ‘Winning Notification’ of $40,000. ‘North American Lottery Game’. This criminal enterprise is forwarding fraudulent varying $ checks approximating $4,000. for ‘Applicable Surcharges / Govt Tax’ which the recipient is asked to RETURN $2,950. to Greenwood to receive the balance of your ‘winnings’…RIGHT! Problem is the preliminary (and only check you will ever see) is a forged check to our subsidiary; TCS Mgmt. We have alerted the authorities and the criminals will be apprehended. The checks sent to victims are forgeries, but they’re so realistic that even bank tellers may be fooled. By the time the checks bounce, the victims have already wired the money to the crooks. Because bank customers are responsible for the checks they deposit, the victims of these scams are left to repay the bank the money they withdrew against the bad check.

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2 Comments For This Post

  1. Highena Says:

    A bit old this scam now, but still works on some folks it would seem. It used to be UK and Netherlands Lottery scams I used to get in my email. Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of Australian ones.

  2. admin Says:

    Yeah, to my knowledge it “originated” somewhere in the 2004. Oldie but goodie as it appears.

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