scam same as above...Officer Jesse Ferguson etc etc.

Hi Michelle--- I, too, am weighing this possible scam.  It irks me that there's no immediate way to determine the legitimacy, or not, of these "prize award" calls--especially when coming (supposedly) from the Consumer Protection Agency!   Did you have any luck with your State Attorney's office?   Any response will be merely academic because I only have 24-hours to make a determination!   Arrgh.

I, too, received a call--first from 718/285-8859 (John Hall) telling me they'd been trying to reach me with respect to some sort of prize contest I do not recall submitting.  He gave me a claim number and told me to phone 202-905-0680, ext. 102. I left a callback #, and I my message was quickly returned by an Officer Jesse Ferguson claiming to be an agent with the Federal Consumer Protection Agency in Wash. DC.  She stated there is a pending check, issued in my name, in the amount of $450K--a cash prize in New York for which I have been selected as a 2nd place winner.  AND...all I must do is deposit 10% ($4500) in a routing # made out to Louis Ortiz, then phone Ferguson again to confirm my deposit done...and, 24-hours later, a courier will deliver a winning check and a 1099 in order to track the various paper-trails.    I, too, intend to call our State's Attorney General and file a complaint.  Because, yes it DOES sounds like a scam!!  How else can one legitimize these "hooks?"

I received a call from #202-905-0680, ext. ?102. She stated she was calling from the Federal Consumer Protection Agency in Wash. DC. She stated her name was Officer Jesse D. Ferguson. She stated there is a pending check, issued in my name, and gave my full name on the message, for a cash prize in New York for which I have been selected as a 2nd place winner. She told me to return a call to this number. She also stated that they have already contacted me twice by mail and have not gotten a response from me. I chose to call our State's Attorney General and file a complaint.  Definitely sounds like a scam!!!!

A message was left on the answering machine.  You won  a Publisher Clearing House Sweepstakes.
Call 1-202-905-0680, xt 104.  Left the name of Eric Goldberg.  Returned the call the same day.  An answering machine responded with "Leave a message."   I'm sure Publisher Clearing House would be more professional than that.  Must be a scam.

I received a message saying to call that number as well. Same deal, that I had won a lottery, but I don't ever remembering entering into a contest. The guy's name was Eric Goldberg.

Someone named Kim Jones said she was callling from Consumer Protection telling me that I had been ignoring phone calls from 718-285-8859, which was a company trying to tell me I had won $475,000 in a sweepstakes or something.  She said that they had done a check on that company and on me and said I should call the 718 number, claim my prize, then call her back to let her know that the transaction was complete.