I just received a $3,500 check from "Customers Compensation Lottery".  Exact same scam.  I knew it was too good to be true!

I recieved a letter telling that I had won 50,000 in a sweepstakes drawing that I do Not recall doing. I go ta check for 3,750.00. and was instructed to cash the check and hold 2,500.00 to send for taxes. and I'll recieve the rest within 3-5 days of 46,250.00 dollars this check is from PNC wEALTH MANAGEMENT Philidelphia,PA. company name is customers compensation lottery 50 central ave.Tappan,ny 10990 Tel: 1-647-829-7556 Date 10/11/2011 Name is Mr. Ray (claims/disbursment agent) Brandy Ferguson (promotion Manager) the serical number of the winning ticket is FS 00945610987 and my luckey numbers were 3-9-14-17-29-37-48.



                                    From the byrd women,ohio 10/17/2011 posted

got a letter from Uxbridge Security Services, 500 Park Ave., New York, NY

Mr. Davis; and you Charles Housil @ ph.# 1-647-894-3816 I would like to inform you both of a lottery draw in which your names were selected out of 50,000 entrants to recieve. A lifetime of BAD KARMA to be issued in massive doses every other day. Please call 1-800-EAT-POOP to recieve your first installment.

Mr. Davis; and you Charles Housil @ ph.# 1-647-3816 I would like to inform you both of a lottery draw in which your names were selected out of 50,000 entrants to recieve. A lifetime of BAD KARMA to be issued in massive doses every other day.b Please call 1-800EAT-POOP to recieve your first installment.

Got the same type letter and check.  It has far too many names attached to be real.  Mine is an actual bank, but I dont think anyone would need you to send money to collect taxes.  They would just take it from  your winnings.

Received a letter from Maple Securities Services stating that MEH had won $155,000.00 in US dollars. Had a check for $3,800.00 to cover the taxes. Letter stated it was for award claim FINAL notification for a 2010 promotional sweepstakes lottery from Consumer Evaluation.  Did a BBB search on BOTH companies found numbers for Consumer Evaluation of 905-609-8117 (disconnected) and 647-890-2395 (states no available agents to take your call at this time. Please call again later). BBB had no listings for Maple Security Services.  The check had a business address of Trends International 5188 W 74th Street, Indianapolis, IN.  BBB listed a phone number of 317-388-1212 for Trends.  When I called Trends International no one there knew anything about a check or why one would be sent to MEH.  The letter went on to state that the check should not be cashed before calling a Claims/Disbursement Agent: Mr. Joe Bullock at 647-831-1424.  I GOOGLED the Maple Securities Services address and the satalite map for the address on this letter was for the middle of a country road!  Stumbled onto this website to report this scam from my GOOGLE search.

thanks for your posting . i have a check same amount same tax base. thaks again.

I received a check today. Knew right away it was scam. Grandson called them and told them his dad was chief of police here and they hung up on him.There was no return address on the envelope/

I got a similar letter yesterday, dated 5 months ago, with letterhead of Uxbridge Security Services in New York, envelope postmarked in Canada with no return address.  It contained a check drawn on High Point Bank in North Carolina and that letter.  

I called the bank to verify funds.  They said it was a cashier's check.  I spoke with their security personnel who confirmed the scam.  She said I could deposit it, but it would go on hold, and sure to come back upaid.  She said I could report it, but they're already aware of it, and almost impossible to trace it back to the scammers, they could be anywhere, having someone mail these letters from anywhere.  

She also recommended not to respond, even for fun, or to check it out, because that would identify me as someone real and would bring more scams my way.

But it was fun for a moment!!

I received this same letter today, exactly the same! Two weeks ago we received one drawn on JP Morgan Bank, which I trashed as I will do with this one. We were constantly receiving phone calls daily, sometimes several times a day. They'd ask for different people (I never gave information just took information) saying they're calling from UPS & have a package that needs to be delivered that day, they'd leave a phone number which I've researched, it's a Jamaica exchange & the man had a Jamaican accent. The last time they called I told him I know you're a fraud & to stop calling, wow, did he get angry, but they haven't called in about week.

DO NOT CASH THE CHECK-- READ BELOW POST!!!!

DO NOT LET GREED GET THE BEST OF YOU. IT IS 110% FAKE AND A FRAUD! DO NOT N-O-T CASH THE CHECK, IT IS FAKE AND HAS THE NAMES OF LEGITIMATE BANKS/BUSINESSES BUT IT IS A SCAM! YOU WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE CASHING THE CHECK AGAINST YOUR ACCOUNT WITH YOUR BANK!!!!!

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CONTACT LOCAL AUTHORITIES!

There is a lottery scam going around with the following names contact to claim your prize -- Mrs. Cindy Nowell and is signed by "Promotion Manager" David Lemoin. These are absolute scams. DO NOT cash the check they send, it is fake and you will be responsible with the bank. They attach fake checks [although they look real, no watermarks] from the accounts of real and legitimate businesses such as a legitimate fish market based out of San Pedro, CA. THEY ARE NOT affiliated with the fraud. The lottery is 100% a fraud/scam. These scams are most likely originating from Canada/Nigeria. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A REAL FOREIGN LOTTERY IN THE UNITED STATES. YOU ARE NEVER ENTITLED TO FOREIGN LOTTERIES AT ANY TIME! The only legal lottery is a state run lottery. Attached is the contents of the letter received.


CUSTOMER'S COMPENSATION DRAW

DATE: 11/19/2010
CLAIM #: CN/JPO-8**

ATTN: **Your Name Here**
200 PARK AVE
NEW YORK, NY 10035
TEL: 1-647-219-6269
E-MAIL: ccomp@post.com

AWARD CLAIM FINAL NOTIFICATION

This is to inform you of the official release of the 2010 CUSTOMER'S COMPENSATION LOTTERY DRAW, organized for all customers of major stores in USA, Canada, Mexico and United Kingdom namely:- (BEST BUY, WAL MART, SEARS, LOWES HOME-DEPOT. ZELLERS, STAPLES, IKEA, MASTERCARD, VISA,AMEX, CVS, JC PENNY, WALGREENS, K-MART) In conjuction with NORTH AMERICAN SWEEPSTAKES ASSOCIATION.

A ticket with serial numbers BSC 044065566 attached to your name drew the lucky winning numbers

4-9-16-19-28-33-45.

We have made many unsuccessful attempts to contact you regarding this winning. You are entitled to the sum of
$65,000.00 US dollars. This is from total prize money of $1,300,000.00 US dollars that was shared and presented among 20 declared winners. Please note that all the participants were selected through a random computer ballot system drawn from over 50,000 names.

Your claim number is CN/JPO-8** and in accordance with our disbursement policy your prize award money has been forwarded to our clearing / disbursement institution to release your funds to you either by certified check or money
order or wire transfer to your designated local bank account which you will provide.

To expedite the processing, enclosed is a check of $3,850 US dollars which has been deducted from your winning. You will be using some money on this first check to pay for the applicable TAXES on your total winning ($65,000.00.)

The tax amount is $2,850 (TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ONLY). PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU GET THE ADDRESS TO FORWARD THIS PAYMENT TO THE APPROPRIATE AGENT.

Please do not attempt to use this check until you call and speak with the claim agent MRS. CINDY NOWELL at
1- 647-219-6269 for further clarification and instructions on claiming your winning.

NOTE: If we do not hear from you within a specific period of time, we shall assume the enclosed check amount as lost and winning unclaimed. The check will be cancelled and declared null and void. .

(CLAIMS/DISBURSEMENT AGENT) MRS. CINDY NOWELL: 1-647-219-6269

Congratulations

Yours Truly
David Lemoin




(Promotion Manager). Original copy

I received one of these letters today.  Said I had won some lottery and have won 65,000.  My check isnt listed from anyone, but the bank is Bethpage Federal Credit Union.  Ive looked the bank up, they do exist.  I think I am going to call this bank in NY in the morning and match the account and routing numbers to see if this is a valid account as the check looks very real with watermarks and such.  Perhaps I could settle for the 3850.00 they have given me and they can keep the remainder of my 65,000 winnings that I wont be paying the taxes on!!

Ill keep you all posted.

I received a letter & check as well & pretty much knew from the get go that it was a scam, but just in case figured it would not hurt to check it out, so thank you all of you for helping me answer this scam question so quickly.
Will be tearing it into bits as soon as I show it to my friends & we get a good laugh.

I got the same letter went to the bank deposited waited for the next payment it came I paid the taxes this is real.,.

I just rec'd the letter from Maple Securities also. It just didn't sit right with me and I want to thank everyone for their posting. I did call Mr Joe Bullock and he too said it had something to do with Shopping at Kmart-Walmart-Best Buy, But my check came with my name but another persons address on it. When I mentioned it to him he said he would be sending me another check FEDEX. This should be interesting. I would love to know how this can be reported???

I also received the check and was told to deposit it and call them back. Thanks everyone for giving me the heads up. I would not have cashed it anyway I would have taken it to the back it is supposedly drawn on.

I received a letter on 11/27/10 from UXBRIDGE SECURITY SERVICE  with a address of 100 park ave new york  and a check $3850.00 for taxes in the amount of $2850.00 and a whole list of companies were this could have come from . I'm to contact Mr. fred Logan at 1-647-975-6009.  The envelope was plain with no return adress and a stamp from Canada..So sad one is honest anymore

If you cash the check it will bounce.  The bank will make you give back all the money plus a fee for cashing a bad check.

Toss the check in the trash. That will end the scam.

I would tear the check into at least 4 peices before throwing it out.  That way the folks who collect your trash won't try to cash it.

I agree thanks for getting this info out.  I received the letter and the check looks very real, it makes you wonder why you can't cash it.  I assume if you just toss all of this in the trash that is the end of it?

got  a letter from maple securities services and a check too from star fisheries inc.  Thanks to you all for posting all of your stuff so I could look up this scam.

It is a scam call star fisheries and they will tell you.

I can confirm that. Check for 3800 USD and a prize of 155,000 USD. The telephone number was 1-647-831-1424. And he forgot to tell us about K-mart, he just said Best Buy and Walmart. Thanks Mr. Joe Bullock for making the night entertaining.

I received a letter from Maple Securities Services also enclosing a check for $3,800.00.  The check looks as if it is drawn on JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Columbus, Ohio  It also states.  I called the guy and he stated it had to do with Walmart, K-Mart and Best Buy.  Telephone number 1-647-831-1424.  He said to depos the check and he will let me know what address to send thhe taxes on the total winnings of $155,000.  I told him that that the taxes would be paid to the Federal Government.  He said he would send me an address to mail it to.  Ha!  How do I report this to the FTC?

I RECIEVED  A  CHECK  FOR  3700.00  FROM  UXBRIDGE  SECURITY  SERVICES  , THE CHECK  IS  FROM  STAR  FISHERIES,  THE CHECK  LOOKS  REAL  BUT I THINK  ITS  A SCAM

Today  we received the $3600 check, the first of winning $65000 from  Real Mex Restaurants. The phone number we are to respond to is also a 647, but 890-1311. Nothing for 2010 Customer's Compensation Lottery Draw on Google and nothing for the security company, Dayton Security Services, also in New York, NY at 400 7th Ave.The check looks unbelievably real. Our contact is a Mr. Steven McMillan at the above number - before "we attempt to use this check". We need further clarification and instructions to claim our winning.I'm sure it is a scam. Fun thinking it is real, though. We are going to check it out at the bank to see if the check is real.

This is a version of fake-check-for-Western-Union-money scam. The check they send you is fake but it takes a few days after depositing it to find out it's fake. The money you wire them via Western Union (Moneygram, etc.) is real and the wiring process only takes short hours. Typically what happens is the scammers will have your real money in hand before you ever find out their check is bad. You'll lose the money you send them and may be prosecuted for passing a bad check. You are effectively acting in the capacity of a bank for the scammer in cashing his (bad) check for him. It's a scam. Take the check to the police.

My wife got a very similar letter, but from a "Maple Securities Systems", which does not exist. It came with a check from Real Mex Restaurants. The letter is obviously a scam, but the check seems very real... I don't get it.