Consumer Alert: Don't Be Fooled

There are fake checks circling u.s. mailboxes, my judgment is always right. My husband received a check for $3.723.00. Luckily I was smart enough not to bother I was instructed to call Mr. Murphy at 1-647-864-5216 he just kept on saying take the check to your bank. Guess he thought he had an idiot .

Well I am the latest. I know a SCAM when I see it! I am also happy to see this website. My letter was from Readers Digest Inc. 3647 Ash St., Palo, Alto, CA 94306 with at ph# of 647-219-3789. The letter was a final notice and states Readers Digest has been contacted by Publisher Clearing House to track down winners. I was to call a Mr. Murphy Will 1 at 647-994-3068. The check was for $3628 and I was to send $2996.10 via Western Union, and I keep $631.90 ( how gracious) sign by Vernon Kimberly.

My mother came home today all excited about winning $125,000 from a Readers Digest Sweepstakes. We then realized the letter came from "Mental Health Center" somewhere in Canada. They sent a check for $3,753 dollars and wanted us to send back $2,999.97 to cover taxes for our "grand prize." Luckily I did a little research and found this to be a hoax.

I, too, just today (10/30/9) received a 'Reader's Digest, Inc.,' check for $3,723.00 from a 'Publisher's Clearing House and Compensation Draw Sweepstakes' drawn on G & H Services', Inc., account in Mt. Pleasant, TN, and from Ridgeway Savings Bank of Ridgeway, NY. The telephone # (647-864-5105) says San Francisco, but the 647 Area Code is Ontario, Canada. The male who answers sounds to be from India. Ridgeway Bank says its a forgery. Oregon AG says its a scam and to "frame" it. Good luck!!!

I just receive a check for $3,500.00 from a insurance company telling me that I just won $255, 695.69. But I could not tell anyone until I called them at a number list on the letter. The number was to be in TX, but after looking up the area code it was for a phone in Canada. I was told the check was to cover my expenses before I received my big check. The insurance company had no idea when I called them. They also told me that they had no bank in PA where the check came from.

I recieved a check for $5,655 dated 10-23-2009 from Spikes Hydraulics drawn on Key Bank both of Shelton, WA indicating it was to cover outstanding fees not covered by Pepsi Co (c) directly. Supposedly I won Grand Prize in the Pepsi COla (c) One million Dollar Giveaway in sponsorship with Readers Digest.

I recieved a check from Greater Texas Electric Inc.d & woodforest National Bank , both of Houston Tx indicating it was for $5,655 to cover outstanding fees not covered by Pepsi Co (c) directly. Supposedly I won Grand Prize in the Pepsi COla (c) One million Dollar Giveaway in sponsorship with Readers Digest. Check dated 10-23-2009

I recieved a check from Porter Sand & Gravel on the Wilmington Trust co., both of Harringon DE, indicating it was for $5,833 to cover outstanding fees not covered by Pepsi Co (c) directly. Supposedly I won Grand Prize in the Pepsi COla (c) One million Dollar Giveaway in sponsorship with Readers Digest. Check dated 10-15-2009

I received a letter and check for $2,980.55 drawn on M.A. Bongivanni, Inc. The letter stated I won $57,000.00 in a sweepstakes all I had to do was deposit the check and after 24 hours I should call to find out where I should send the money for taxes. I would receive the $57K in 3 days. Of course it was to good to be true! I googled Bongiovanni scams and got here. Its a shame that Boniovanni's name is involved in the stolen check scam! Don't get involved.

I recieved a letter dated september 25th, 2009 that I had won a sweepstakes with the amount totalling 425 thousand dollars and some change. I have a very real looking check with the total amount being 3682.10. The man I spoke with had a heavy accent and when he put me on "hold" it was like he muffled the speaker and sounded like he had just woke up (being this was at 10:30am). Im so glad for my own skeptical tendancies! The check was never deposited.