Got a letter from "Royal Marketing Company" 5621 Vanderwood Way, Vancouver BC. Phone number was listed as 1-289-892-5713. Name to contact was Helen Greene, "signature" was Mitchell Keaton. Obviously a scam, I did not bother to call, but Googled the number and found this site. TANSTAAFL - "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch".

The check will bounce in about 6 days and you will be left with a deficit in your acct! I got a letter from the bank today saying the check was Altered or Fraudulent . The scammers called me yesterday and said that they were going to take me to court to get back THEIR 996.00 that bounced!!!! My bank told me to go to the police with my letter and all their numbers, then make a fraud claim at my bank. The comany letter head is TIme Tore Company from Vancouver, BC, the number is 289-892-5713 the "direct" line to the manager Lacy is 1-905-598-4651 and the fax is 647-281-4817. Martha Norris was the first woman I talked to .

this is a scam they are stealing money they stole 996.65 from me I have lawyers involved contact IC3.GOV

Did they ever FedEx the rest of your winnings?  Because I have heard that this is a scam!

got the same letter called all the numbers post and asked for corresponding name. finnally called phone number on my letter and asked for nancy franks, same lady introduced herself as her and when i asked her if she remembered me from the other 3 phone calls she hung up on me. lol! called local police who directed me to the FBI. have called her again and wouldnt answer so my nieghbors are all calling and asking her the same things. last time i called from my disposable cell phone and she still tried to tell me it was a legit check. when i told her my name again she started crying and told me to stop calling her! shes in for a very long nite.

I also received a check and my bank told me they would find out if it was legit.  But they did say its possibly a scam.  The bank took a copy of the check and said they would get back to me.  Has anyone received the $8700.00 that Time Tore promised after you cash check?????

Thanks guys! I too received a check. Googled Time Tore and founds these posts. I had a phone call the other day but ignored it b/c I didn't recognize the number. Guess who it was? I'm going to call Jordan Miller from a blocked number just to mess with him, then tear up my check & report the company. Thank you all for posting about this scam!

what i meant was when they went to get the money it was not there . they called back and was they pissed . the got mad hung up and then called back got mad some more and told me they were going to cancel the registered check on me !!

i got the same thing but i did a little different then they wanted i cashed it put it on there card they had in mind and turned and put it on a hr block card so if they took the activation number and tried to take the money !!! o well not there

Ok, so I got this letter & check, went to my credit union, they were reluctant to cash it so I took it to a check cashing place, they tried to cash it however when given the number to call the company there was no answer..... I called Nancy and explained that they couldn't reach anyone in order to cash the check. She asked me if I had a bank account, I do but told her that I didn't. Then I asked her if she could explain this prixe & how it worked, she told me to hold then hung up on me..... I attempted to call that number back several times from different numbers but can not get an answer now....

Neil.... OMG!!!! The FBI thing...that is brilliant!!!!!  honestly,,,I was thinking of doing the same thing.  Please keep us posted as to what her reaction was.   I hope these awful people get caught by the authorities and no one else is a victim to these scumbags.

I received one of these checks today for $996.65 You know the old saying, "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is..."? I was hopeful, but cautious. Googled "Time Tore Company" and got nothing. Looked up Freeborn, MN...not much there. No such address as 7129 Minton Way in Vancouver, BC. I went ahead and called the number to see exactly what the scam was, out of curiosity. Didn't quite smell right, so I took the check to my bank to get them to check it out...bogus, counterfeit were the findings. I'm going to call the woman back, as I was instructed, and see what they want me to do next..."to get the rest of my winnings." I'll then inform her that I'm a field agent for the FBI. Should be fun!

I had my bank in Oklahoma call US Bank and they verified that this is a fraudulent check.  Time Tore has account but not with the same checks. I would notify BBB of your checks in order to stop this scam.

Unfortunately, it's a scam!!!!!! :( don't fall for it.

Well nothing really is in it for them.  They don't gain anything from the people who figure out it's a scam.  However the bad thing is for us.  Because we cashed the $996.00 check already.  Even though the check was cashed,,it still needs to clear which usually takes about 4-5 days for out of state checks.  Once the bank realizes the check is fraudulent,,,then they bounce it and the $ is deducted from your checking or savings...my bank is going to want that money back.  So we now have to redeposit that $$ into my checking.  When Martha Norris told me to go to Walmart to purchase the Money Pak and put $941.00 on it...that's when I figured it out.  Unfortunately, they're alot of people out there that don't realize it's a scam and they're out $1,000. :(

But what's in it for them if you don't do the Walmart thing and just cash the check?

Martha Norris doesn't exist!!!!! IT'S A SCAM....DO NOT DO ANYTHING SHE TELLS YOU TO DO!!!! SHE'S A LIAR AND A B***S***TER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE ALMOST FELL FOR IT.  BUT WE'RE SMARTER AND CAUGHT IT BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE.

Mary,,,,,the check is fraudulent.  Even though your bank might have cashed it, it takes a few days for it to clear.  Then, when it doesn't clear, the bank is going to deduct it out of your account and charge you fees.  DON'T FALL FOR IT!!!

I just got the same letter and a check for $996.65. I'm supposed to call a Martha Norris at 289-892-5713.  I am SOOO leary of this but all my co-workers are urging me to try it out.  Do you think they are trying to obtain my bank acct# by depositing it? Has anyone on here had anything bad happen after cashing the check.  So far, all I have read is that the money went through fine.

THIS IS A SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DON'T DO IT...THEY'RE REQUESTING WE PURCHASE A MONEY PAK FROM WALMART FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF THE CHECK THEY ISSUED US.  AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE MONEY PAK RECEIPT # SO THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO WITHDRAW THE FUNDS FROM THE MONEY PAK!!  THEIR VERY SMART SCAM ARTISTS!!! DO NOT CALL THEM WITH THE RECEIPT #.  THE CHECKS ARE BAD AND THEN YOU WILL GET THE MONEY DEDUCTED FROM YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT!!!!  MY HUSBAND IS VERY SMART AND HE'S AN ACCOUNTANT.  THIS IS B***S***!!!!!!!

So, have you heard anything since? I received this a few days ago & am not sure what to do.

Sooo, how do we deal with this then? Report it to who?

apparently they got personal info somewhere!!! What are they gaining by doing this? Bank account info??

I am a banking officer in Texas and those checks are fraudulent!

I received the same letter, but could notreach the contact number in Canada.  I don't trust them. Why would so many people receive the same thing.

Got check  today, and called East Forks Bank in MN.  Bank said check is a scam. Call for yourself.  Always perform due diligence.

I got the same letter.....   sounds like a scam to me!

Got a letter with a check for $ 998.88.

Some things that are a little fishy:  Minton Way - no such street in Vancouver, BC; zip code for bank in East Grand Forks, MN is wrong, according to usps.com the zip code s/b 56721 and US Bank website does not list a branch in that town; the population of Freeborn, MN is just over 200; NOTHING comes up for Time Tore Company.

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