Winners International
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we have been receiving phone calls from winners international for 4 to 5 days now the 1st guy said his name was michael turns, then frank white, don miller, dwayne mckinzie they said my husband won 2.5 million and a 2011 bmw and he needed us to send 4, 500 to kingston jamaica so they could send his winnings to the u.s. mysterious husband told michael turns that we did not have that type of money so he (michael) said well how much can you afford so michael suggested 1, 500 my husband said no so he says well how about 200 my husband said ok and then frank white calls and says the money is on its way in a black jeep and that they were in rava oklahoma there's no such place and they are freaking liars that keep calling anyway here's the names of the others with winners international miesha lawrence, rose rhall, jermaine walcott, don miller these are the people be aware they are relentless with the phone calls and the promises of monies and prizes that you've supposedly won

Mr Cristopher King told my wife she had won £2.5 Million and a BMW he gave Kerone Aleott Kingston Jamaica WI and a TCM transere only avalable at UK Post Offices they asked for £75 to cover charges and a contact number [protected] to inform them when I had the TCM tracking number I contacted the UK Police and they told me it was probably a scam I gave them a number and they told me the car was Black and the cheque and two police officers and the accountant and himself were on their way I assume the Air crew strike is stopping their affival TCM machines don't exist in the UK nice try.

Just got a call from Kingston JM (caller ID) Man says he is from"Winners International" asking me if I received a certified check from their sweepstakes. I said "Why are you calling me from Kingston Jamaica", "He said that was his name!" I asked '"Why didn't Winners International show up on my caller ID?", "I am representative from US Government, Kingston is my name." : "Your US Department did not show up on caller ID?" He started to challenge me. I interrupted and said "I want your email address and your US Department of Revenue ID number." He started to challenge me again. I then hung up. If you would like to call this fake scammer please do. His name is Kingston JM @ [protected]

Absolutely. These dudes are relentless. They now yell at me and say they will continue to call me until I "claim" my prize--essentially that I need to pay 10% of the tax first. Then the "company" will pay the rest of the tax. I did the same thing. Tried to glean as much info as possible. No luck. Story line about the same. They have used 16 different numbers to call me. All this over last two weeks. I've reported all the numbers to the FTC. They advised to just hang up, and continue to update my complaint with new numbers. I also have blocked them on my cell phone for every number. I sometimes just "answer" and leave them hanging. Dog barking in background. Even had a woman call (twice). Idiots if they think they can intimidate me into "claiming" my prize! Oh and by the way, the name they are giving for who they are looking for isn't even close to mine, let alone the same gender. And their prize delivery folks are "sitting outside my residence as we speak." That means they've been sitting there for over a week. As for my residence? It's many states, far, far away, from where their delivery folks are sitting! Amazing... it's almost comical. If it wasn't annoying. As I've told them numerous times, I'm not interested! Keep it.

Agree with this consumer. I have been plagued with these calls for weeks. To my cell phone no less. They just do not give up. Maybe they think they can wear you down with enough useless information you will just believe them. I have played the game to get as much information as possible and to simply mess with them and yet 3 weeks later it starts again. Now I'm just p.o'd. How do you get them to stop calling you? Now they've given me a number for the "FTC head office". Because "they don't deal with the Better Business Bureau". When I called the number...I swear it was the same guy. Same pet names, same intonations in his voice; it was the same voice. He even gave me the information of where to send $750.00, i.e. the FTC, because that is where the money is to be faxed, to asure me that this is not a scam and it is for insurance and confimation of who I am. Te he he! I'm finding someone to report this to. Enough already.

they just called again 3x this is really scaring me I cant take this first my cell phone now my house phone how the hell do these people get your information this man Marke Ashley gave me two numers one for his office [protected] and said to callhis cell [protected] as soon as im done its not even 15 minutes and he keeps calling saying he is on his way and the flatbed truck will also be their with my BMW

Wow that is not funny because the reason I am looking up this info is because they have called me 3 times and gave me my name and an old address and told me to not tell y anyone especially my friends and his name was Marke Ashley with an e he says. Then he instucted me to get a $350 schatch off money pak reloadable card. and my ID and that to call his cell phone when I get back doing my business and how whomever i borrow the money from will get in back with intrest I asked how he got my name an address he said when I shop and sign up for supermarket card and when i play lotto really! you dont give a name when youplay lotto but then he said he will be arriving with 2 FBI agents to make sure everything goes well this ### is scary

OH My God! I am so friggan sick of these people! My Mother-in-law keeps getting these phone calls. Unfortunately she has Alzeimers and is the "perfect" target! These people are absolutely relentless. They call several times a day and terrorize her, I know this because she lives with us and I have answered these calls and pretended that I am her. I have caller ID and the numbers are all from Jamaica. There are several different numbers [protected], [protected], [protected], [protected], [protected], [protected]) just to name a few! I was able to get some names and addresses. Ben Fisher- 302 Carson st. Las Vegas, NV. Annie Alvin 119 Walnut ave. Trenton, NJ. I certainly hope that someone catches these ###ing ###s as it is very upsetting to my mother-in-law and to us...I hope they burn in hell!

well this has just happened to me and the same address was told to me, and this person was joe anderson he claimed he was mexican which was a bold lie i could tell he was eastern and reputedely kept calling back as i told him i was not interested nor was i mailing out a 1.500 dollar check by wetern union but my offer was a 2nd place winning of 800.000 dollars wow ! this happened nov 5th 09 and pretty much as it was told to you it was told to me this check must be sent out now so i can recieve it at 5:oo pm i finally got fed up and told joe anderson to ### off and that i was recording him as we speak and now im calling the feds on him ... thier were no more phone calls... DONT FALL FOR IT PEOPLE

Good job. There's a great website regarding 419 scams and how to play around with the scammers.

This early morning at about 8:00am I receivd a phone call stating that my grandmother was a winner for $5 million dollars. The gentialmen told me that it would coast me $500.00 for process, shipping & handling. So while I was on the phone with him. I looked up the company he was reprocenting and seen that it was a scam. The name he gave was Rev.Rondale Scott he evan gave his phone number.

I received a call also from Rev. John Peterson saying I won $12.5 million but had to pay taxes on it $9, 500.00 then they would bring my check. And I had to keep this all a secert. I told him if I won that much we could go to the bank together then he could have the money. I told him I would be checking all of this out before anything would happen. He said at first he was with Publishers Clearing House, when I questioned him about that he changed it to Gold Rush Int'l. He gave me the number [protected] to call him back when I got the money to send. I kept telling him I was going to check it all out and he kept telling me not to tell anyone. So please beware of this scam.

There is another number these ### are using [protected] / [protected] --- These people are preying on older individuals that are hard of hearing or can't fully understand what is happening. They say that they have a delivery for you of a cash prize or something like it and the individual to whom it is being delivered has to pay a 145 dollar or more delivery fee for "customs" and "registration." They are very rude, and awful people to be doing this. DO NOT FALL FOR IT and DO NOT PAY THEM A THING! They say they are from Gold Rush International or something of the sort. Complete scam!

I received a call today from a James Washington? Or something along those lines. Number was [protected]. He asked me how I was doing and I could barely understand him, his accent was so thick. He told me I won 250, 000 dollars and a2015 Mercedes Benz as a second prize winner of a lottery that is done on the phone numbers that they randomly chose. I told him I didn't have any money and I don't give my credit card number over the phone. He said he didn't want it because it was company policy not to ask for it. I then asked what company he was calling from. He said 'Gold Rush International Prize Lottery' He told me to rush home from work because the delivery was on its way. I said I couldn't leave work! He told me to call him back after I got off work and he would give me instructions. I needed to head to Western Union to get a receipt, but not to pay money? I was pretty confused about it. At first I thought he said he was sending me money for the registration fee of the car buy didn't give me the ten digit number for their money transfer. I called Western Union and learned that I needed one. So I called him back on my break and he started to raise his voice at me! He said "Don't call them! There's no need!" Big red flag. Then he said to keep it to myself. Psh, yeah right! I could also hear someone in the background talking to him. So sketchy. So I looked up the company name and found this site. Thanks for helping me. Gave me a migraine for the rest of my day! Hope this helps others someday too!

I also have recieved a phone call from a "Robert Goldman" who's number is [protected]. He said I was randomly selected in a insurance raffle. All he had access to my signature and phone number. He couldn't even tell me who my insurance company was or what state I lived in. After I gave him my name, he said my name was on a check for $55, 000 and I won a trip to a small carribean island. I was unable to write down a confirmation number at the time, I told him to call me back in an hour when I'd have a pen and paper handy, he called back 4 times in a row. He's been very aggressive and left a harsh voicemail. I finally spoke with him again today and he told me to go to CVS, purchase a Money Pack Scratch Card with $200. I let him know I was skeptical of the whole thing and he did his best to reassure me that it wasn't... After reading these complaints - I'm glad I wasn't convinced. Thanks for sharing these stories. I'll be ignoring his calls from now on.

I just received a call and was told my cell phone number was randomly selected by a company raffling competition with Walgreens, Walmart and Seven-Eleven called Gold Rush Winners and that they were out of Las Vegas. He said I had won $3.5 million + $200, 000.00 in cash + a new car. He said I needed to send $250.00 to Norman Brown. Then tomorrow they would meet me at my home to take me to the bank where the money would be directly deposited into my account. The first call came from a restricted number. I told them I was busy and asked if I could call them back. The number he gave me to call him back was: [protected]. They later called me back from that number and it showed up as a call coming in from Jamaica. Thanks so much for posting this scam warning.

my mother in law received calls over a peiod of 3 weeks trying to convince her that she had won 3.5 million from Mega Million. later when we saw the copy of a fake check it said Gold Rush International. All documentation sent to us through email proved to be faked on Bank of America letter head. Even the person whom signed the letter-we verified does not work for BOA. These people wanted her to buy a card for $400 from Red dot at Walmart. Basically a prepaid card that they can tap for payment. This is so she can never get her money back since this is not like a legitamate bank or credit card company. Even though all our convincing this was a scam she did give them the $400 just to see what would happen. When she did this they called up saying she needed something else to be paid for and wanted more money. Finally she realised we were right and told them what ### they were. They will say anything to convince you they are not fraudulant but they are such liers. PLEASE do not pay anything to them you will never get anything but a fake check. They even said at one point they were going to send a FBI agent and a lawyer to her home. They also said how bad they felt that she was going to miss out on helping her family. Well now that only thing she has done is make there bank account go up by $400. DO NOT TRUST ANYTHING they tell you! I hope this helps someone. .

I just got off the phone with someone from Gold Rush lottery sweepstakes, 28 Million and a Mercedes Benz. All I have to do is go to the CVS pharmacy and purchase a reload card. Told me to call him back on his cell at [protected]. BE CAREFUL! This is a BAD scam. Thanks to all for the heads up

I got the call today. First they asked me who I was. Then I told them"hey you called me, who is this?" So the guy passes the phone off to his partner, who calls himself Jack White. Clever. Then he tells me that my cell number was randomly selected in the Las Vegas Gold Rush Lottery Raffle. I won second place. $5 million, and a 2012 Mercedes Benz. He then said that eight people, including a lawyer and a camera crew would come deliver my prize first thing tomorrow morning, right after I call them and give them my address.
So I figure that I will call him in the morning, and tell him that I am a police officer, and that I want them to deliver me my prizes at the police station, with all my yellow officers there to congratulate me. We will see how this piece of ### reacts to that one. I hope these ###s get caught and sent to prison. Thanks for posting this info online, otherwise this guy might have taken me for a ride.

They are trying to scam my grandparents telling them they have sent them a $3, 000.00 check and they must deposit it by Friday. My Nana called me to ask if this was a scam (ya think?) I am afraid for them. I am staying here this Week and am checking their mail. I have taken the phone out of the hook and called the police to file a report.I told them to only use their cell phones and I may be changing their number. My grandmother called Lifelock and is getting additional identity theft security on her pension. These scam artists have no souls and they just keep calling and calling. I'd like to meet this John Jones...Nice name too real "American" He called the house and spoke to me today and said he is with Gold Rush International and my family is about to be "very very rich". I asked him if he knew where he was calling, and that we live in Palm Beach Florida and obviously he isn't good with geography and this is a very very rich location! I told him to take his check and shove it! He is insisting to speak with my grandparents clearly targeting the elderly because he knows dealing with me is getting nowhere. I hope he does send a check because as I told him if it arrives I am taking to the state attorney's office. I hope this POS is caught.

I just received my second call at work from this organization. They told me that my name was entered in a drawing every time I used my credit or debit card ot paid my utilities on time. They said they were in a truck on their way to my address which they in fact confirmed. They then proceeded to tell me that I just needed to pay the 1% tax on the funds and that I would then be cleared for delivery. I told them I was bridging in the police so that they could continue the conversation with me with a third party witness. Once I told them that, they started cursing and searing at me in french and then asked if I had seen the movie Scarface. They said that they were the person that Scarface was written about and that they were coming to my house and kill me and my wife. The number that they called from is [protected].

I honestly don't know if this should be considered a real threat r not, but it sure is jarring to have someone call me at my place of work and threaten my family.

that is the email i have been getting for years...it is so sad that these people try to get 140 dollars sent to them like we r idiots...and if u try to call the number it is not in service...but i let them know i had called the police about it ...

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Flag this messageAlert From Federal Bureau Of Investigation {EA2948-910}.Monday, October 5, 2009 11:36 PM
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Anti-Terrorist and International Fraud Division.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
J. Edgar. Hoover Building,
Washington, DC 20535.
Telephone Number: [protected]

Attention Beneficiary:

This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed an Investigation with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you legally won the sum of US$500, 000. 00 {Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Only} from a Lottery Company outside the United States of America. During our investigation we discovered that your e-mail won the money from an Online Balloting System and we have authorized this winning to be paid to you via a Certified Cashier's Check.

Normally, it will take up to 10 business days for an International Check to be cashed by your local bank. We have successfully notified this company on your behalf that funds are to be drawn from a registered bank within the United States Of America so as to enable you cash the check instantly without any delay, henceforth the stated amount of US$500, 000. 00 has been deposited with Bank Of America.

We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to receive the winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and 100% risk free, due to the fact that the funds have been deposited at Bank Of America you will be required to settle the following bills directly to the Lottery Agent in-charge of this transaction. According to our discoveries, you were required to pay for the following bills to enable the release of your Certified Cashier's Check -

(1) Deposit Fee's ( Fee's paid by the company for the deposit into an American Bank which is - Bank Of America)
(2) Cashier's Check Conversion Fee ( Fee for converting the Wire Transfer payment into a Certified Cashier's Check)
(3) Shipping Fee's ( This is the charge for shipping the Cashier's Check to your home address and this fee includes Insurance )

The total amount for everything is $140.00 (One Hundred and Forty Dollars Only). We have tried our possible best to indicate that this $140. 00 should be deducted from your winning prize but we found out that the funds have already been deposited at Bank Of America and cannot be accessed by anyone/anybody except by you been the winner, therefore you will be required to pay the required fee's to the Agent in-charge of this transaction via Western Union Money Transfer Or Money Gram.

In order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the agent in-charge ( Dr. Emmanuel Johnson) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find appropriate contact information:

CONTACT AGENT NAME:

NAME: Dr. Emmanuel Johnson
EMAIL: loto_emmanueljohnson@f-mail.net

You will be required to e-mail him with the following information:

Full Name:
Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Country:
Direct Phone Number:
Current Occupation:
Annual Income:

You also must request for Western Union / Money Gram details on how the required charges of $140. 00(One Hundred and Forty Dollars) will be paid, In order to effect the shipment of your US$500, 000. 00 via Certified Cashier's Check drawn from Bank Of America to you; also include the following Transaction Code in order for him to immediately identify this transaction : EA2948-910.

This letter will serve as proof that the Federal Bureau Of Investigation is authorizing you to pay the required $140. 00(One Hundred and Forty Dollars) ONLY to Dr. Emmanuel Johnson via information in which he shall send to you, if you do not receive your winning prize of US$500, 000. 00 we shall be held responsible for the loss and this shall invite a penalty of US$5, 000 {Five Thousand Dollars Only}, which will be made PAYABLE ONLY to you (The Winner).

Please find below an authorized signature which has been signed by the FBI Director- Robert Mueller III, also below is the FBI NSB (National Security Branch).

FBI Director
Robert Mueller III.

Authorized Signature

NSB SEAL ABOVE. NOTE: In order to ensure your check gets delivered to you ASAP, you are advised to immediately contact Dr. Emmanuel Johnson via contact information provided above and make the required charges of $140. 00 (One Hundred and Forty Dollars) to information in which he will provide to you.

They subscribe you to magazines you already get and supposedly prepay for five years at a price that's above the news stand price. Never sent a confirmation of my "order" and won' cancel. What a scam.

Got a call from a man who said he was calling from The Winners International, Nashville, Tennessee, . saying that I had won a large jackpot and he had a check to be delivered to me. I don't know how he got my name or phone number. He said that I needed to send him $15, 000 in processing fee. He called twice. How does one track down people like these!.

I received a call today [protected] from Mr. James phone # [protected] saying that I won $750, 000 from Winners International asking me $200.00 to be collected today. I told him I will call him back.

Thanks so much for posting comments ...regarding scams going on.

I received a phone call today from "International Winner Sweepstakes". He said his name is Alfred Jones from Garland, TX and his phone number is 876.265.0746 and said I had won $50, 000 and he needed me to go to CVS Pharmacy or Walmart and purchase a "Greendot moneypak" reload card for $250. He said it is a scratch off card and I needed to be careful scratching it off. He said he would call me back to get the 4 numbers off the card, that it would act as a receipt. And then they would come to my house to give me my $50, 000. Immediately after I got off the phone, I looked this up on line and found multiple reports of these scams. Thank you everyone for posting your experiences for everybody else to be aware of.

Well what did you do to get your money back or put theses people in prison? I'm wanting to know what we can do to get the ( FBI )involved to either catching the person with the phone or the person picking the money up, and getting a warrant to get the other people they are involved with. And there has to be some thing they can do to catch these people. And put them under the jail to pay restitution and interest on the money we have sent to these thief's.

I have the exact same problem with Jon Washington. In fact he called me yesterday morning. This morning, I spoke to a new one named Mark Ashley.

They say I have won $500, 000 and a 2010 Mercedes Bends.
They want me to send them a lot of money also to get a receipt.

Jon Washington keeps calling me. I have probably talked to him 5 times now. I tell him it's a scam and he says no it isn't.
He, also, yells at me about it.

I too would like to know where I can put in a complaint. Was also given a ticket number this morning by Mark.

Therfore what you are telling me that there is not £5, 500, 000 instead this has been just a verywell eccecuted plan to scam people out of there hard earned cash becouse everything wasw on microsoft headed paper i think you should tell bill gates about this scam becouse they have used his name

My mother has been a victim. Winners International. They started calling on the 13th of Feb 2010. They told her she won 250, 000 and a Mercedes Benz. But they needed 79.99 shipping and handling. She did'nt believe them and hung up.

Minutes later a man called posing as agent Butterfield from the FBI and they were doing a sting operation to catch these scammers. He told her to go ahead and send the 79.99 via Western Union and they would track it to find out where it went so they could catch them. He gave her his number, [protected] and told her to call if there was anymore calls from them.

The next day they needed 300.00 for insurance. My mother called Butterfield right away, he said to go ahead and send the 300.00 via Western Union again and they would track it. My mom thinking she was doing a good deed!.
Shortly after that, agent Butterfield called and said, "we caught one", but they needed some more money sent via western union to track down the next scammer. She followed his order with 200.00 sent via western union.

My poor mom answered the phone about 50 more times from different people from Jamaica for the next five days confirming her address and other personel info. They each told her she would recieve the certified check by Friday.
Then a phone call from an Ann Grant saying she was with the IRS and needed state and federal taxes paid on the winnings. She said federal could be deducted from the check but she had to have the state taxes of 250.00.

Well, this is when I got involved. I just stopped in to visit my mom and she told me all about what was going on. She was so happy. She was planning on room upgrades, a new kitchen, carpet, etc. We happily went to the local store to send a western union mo of 250.00.

The man at the cash register showed us the transaction and the conversion to Jamaican dollars. It was over 22, 000.00 dollars! Whoa! I got home and imediatly googled all the names, winners international, the numbers, . etc. . I saw SCAM SCAM SCAM. My poor mom, she still has hope. We need to stop these people before they give someone a heart attack.

I have been harrassed by phone calls from "Winner's Internationals" out of Jamaica for several days and spent $300.00 ($100.00 each time) for my "supposed" winnings of $8.4 million dallars! Yes, I was excited untill they have now requested $650.00 for taxes before the check is delivered to my door. Now, I choose the time to look up all their information on the computer and here I am! What a fool I am! My story is the same as the others you have read here except I did not western Union them $650.00. My only income is a S.S check. And to think they were willing to take this! All monies were to be sent to a Shamera Hibbert in St. Jemes, Jamaica, W.I. OR Oneil Gayle, St. Jemes, Jamaica, W.I.
Some of the names I spoke with were John White, cell # [protected], also [protected], Robert Washington, [protected], Many other that I don't remember but all had the same in common. Bad English!
I called the Sheriff's office but they would not listen!
Why is Winner's International allowed to continue and does anyone ever wim anything from them? How can they be stopped/

Robert Of Jacksonville Fl
My winnings were 500, 000.00 the callers name was peter Washington from winners international. Tel#[protected] all other calls unknown and private. I also had a hard time understanding him. wanted me to send $149.99 via western union to St. Mary Jamaica W.I, and to call him back with the number on the receipt before i could receive the money . I called Jacksonville Sheriff's office and ask for there help, they wouldn't help. Said they needed evidence. Great help. I wanted to busted this scammer

@ 9am mst I got a phone call from a Marshall Brown, [protected], [protected]) He said that I won $45000.00 and i had to send a money gram or a western union for $500.00 made out to Esther Kubota, the IRS agent address temple city, CA.97183 the package code# 56189 they would fly in to my home town and get a ride from a UPS driver they would drive to my house and escort me to my bank for surity purposes Mr Brown said.. I was kinda hesatite with Mr Browns sceem after i got off the phone with Mr.Brown I immediatly called the FBI the officer said it was a sceem when i was on the phone with Mr Brown he quite often mentioned to "keep my bus. to keep it confedensual don't give it to anyone I told him I wanted to talk to Esther Kubota, so he called her and put us on 3 -way calling i got a irs # 7668050 phone # [protected] and the voice mail was THE gold rush corp. from Esther Kubota, and then when i hung up I called the IRS they said they didn't have anyone working in there offices in that name so i called esther back and told her i need more info she put sounded like Mr Brown on again and they said they where driving to my house well this went on and on tell 5:30pm i finally told them that I got there western union made up a fack MTNC# he called 4 times after that he also told me that they where on there way they was landing in Marbleton, so i told him that i went up to the airport and waited for a half hour and asked the person that was working if there was any flights coming in tonight and he told me no so i told Mr Brown that i went and got my western union money back then my husband being a poliet (flying airplaines) told me quitely in the back ground what was the airplaine number and Mr.brown was hesitent he said that there flying in a privite plane anyways my husband got the phone and said every plane has a number on it br. brown was alittle shocked i hope that the rest of you out there read these little comments before getting robbed
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i received a call today from these same people. They wanted to talk to my husband because he is a senior citizen and most likely thought he would be vunerable but they got me instead. The first man said he was calling as my husband was awarded $5.5 million dollars and a 2011 Mercedes Benz. First we had to go to Wal-mart and send a money gram for $185.00 to an attorney in Monett, Mosouri prior to delivering the check. He even gave me the address of the attorney of where the money was to be sent. Of course there was no phone number. The man I talked to first was named Bill White and then his supervisor was James Morgan. They were supposedly affiliated with AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and Donald Trump! They said he won because his name was in a drawing since he had just purchased a new phone service. I told him that it wasn't my husband that made that purchase it was me. I also told him that when the prizes arrived at my door, I would then go to Wal-Mart and not before. I then heard the man say something to someone that was with him and then he hung up but not before I told him that I was reporting this as it was a scam and that I wrote it all down. He also informed me that I had to register with the attorney so the money would be registered as winnings with the FBI. This is one person he did not scam and hopefully more people don't fall victim for this. I would like to know how he got my phone number as it is unlisted and unpublished too. I never got the answer to that question. People be ware!

How do I get them to stop calling?

THANK YOU VERY MUCH! These people have been calling for months..

I received a call from a man name Tom Bradleyley saying I won 2.5 million dollars he called from [protected] he called about three weeks then they email me 5 pages of the so called forms to read over an then the Supervisor Will call me Mr.Miller he called me from [protected] saying let's go over the forms so we did they said Will you be home tomorrow about 1/2pm I said yes he said we going to bring your winning to your home so Then he was like do you have any heart problems I say yes then he said we always have an ambulance come with us Then said imma call you the next day at 8 o'clock I said okay the next day they call me together and said are you ready but first you have to go to the nearest Walmart An send 1, 499 MoneyGram to Linda Lewis Del City Oklahoma 4thebank feeS Advanta them I don't have that type of money an I asked why I have to send money for something I have won I then said this is a scam he started to get upset an then Quotes in the Bible and said he's a minister while he tried to scare anyone Then he even goes as far as to say why didn't I tell him that the day before but he will call the it' irs to see how much can he help me with that don't sound right

I have been harassed by one person or another regarding this scam since 2012. They just do not give up.. I sent a letter to the justice department, Miami, Fl. and was told they do not handle these things, although they had just put away two Jamaican nationals doing this very scam. They sent it on to the fFBI in washington in August, 2014. I also filed a complaint with the FTC. Since that date i have heard absolutely nothing! I also contacted the American Embassy in Jamaica where there is special unit investigating the scam. I was passed on to an agent who e-mailed me in early 2015. However i have not heard anything back since then. I also supplied names, dates, phone numbers, copies of all moneygrams, wire transfers and greendot cards, as well as addresses of persons in the us to whom i was to send money via the post office. Guess what, it is nearly 2 years later and i have still heard nothing back. Folks, all you can do is protect yourself, and certainly not be as foolish as i was. Nobody cares and they will do absolutely nothing. Believe me, I have tried.

I rec'd 3 calls today from someone who said that my name had been entered into a raffle because I had paid my utility bills for 6 months. He said he was calling from Las Vegas. He sounded drunk. I said no one wins anything over the phone and that I wasn't interested and hung up. I googled and found this sight and read all the complaints that mirrored what he had been trying to tell me. When he called again, I politely asked him if he know it was against the law to scam people over the phone and that I wanted his name and address so that I could report him to the police. ( I knew I wasn't going to get it) He then asked me if I wanted to have sex with him. Someone in the background started laughing and he hung up.

Still happening. just got a call this a.m., asking for $2500 so I can get a 2.5M check and Mercedes that the FBI is holding for me. I knew it was a scam and told him so. He told me he would fax me proof it was legitimate, but I haven't recevied a fax. I don't think I will hear from him again.

HARASSED BY THIS COMPANY BEFORE). HE STATED I NEEDED TO PAY A HOLDING FEE OF 750.00. I STATED THAT I AM A SINGLE MOTHER AND BROKE AND CANT AFFORD TO SEND THAT KIND OF MONEY, I ALSO TOLD HIM THAT IF I WON A PRIZE THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING IF I RIGHTFULLY WON A PRIZE OR MONEY. HE STATED THAT OVER 50 EMPLOYEES WERE FIRED FROM HIS COMPANY BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING UNSCRUPULOUS BUSINESS. HE INDICATED THAT MY UTILITY COMPANY GAVE MY INFORMATION TO HIS COMPANY. COME ON ... WHEN I ASKED HIM WHICH UTILITY COMPANY IT WAS HE SAID HE WAS NOT AT LIBERTY TO SAY. I TOLD HIM IT IS PUBLIC INFORMATION. HE WOULD NOT TELL ME. HE WANTED ME TO TELL HIM WHO MY UTILITY COMPANY WAS SO THE NEXT PERSON IN LINE COULD CALL ME AND VERIFY MY UTILITY COMPANY SO IT COULD SEEM LEGIT. BEWARE OF THIS. ITS A SCAM AND HE ALSO WENT AS FAR AS TO GT MY EMAIL ADDRESS AND SEND ME A COPY OF THE CHECK WHICH IS A WACHOVIA BANK. I AM GOING TO CALL WACHOVIA TO FIND OUT WHO OWNES THIS BANK ACCOUNT AND HOPEFULLY BE BUSTED. HA..LOL THE JOKE IS ON THEM NOT ME...

Glad to read the "reviews". Have been rec'ing calls from Kingston Jamaica and not picking up. This morning. w/ no glasses on, did so. Guess what! Not only did I win $8.5 mil, I also had a Mercedes Benz coming to me. They had my address but wanted more to confirm I was the right person. If I sent 1% of the total ($850) via Western Union to "complete" the total, 1% being their fee, I could have the money w' 2 US Marshals at my door today. Supposedly, Winners International is out of Vegas. The local man is Shane Downer who would arrive w/ the marshals to collect the Western Union receipt and then issue the check (and, I guess, leave the car). All of this is completely tax free, of course. I was told I could call the main office at [protected] and ask for James Peters who would then transfer me back to the caller. His # is [protected]. Before giving these numbers there was a long hesitation and it seems some kind of consulting was going on. It did not help that the caller was difficult to understand and did not even have a Jamaican accent. I suspect scambusters is correct about the Pakistani origins. Having known several Pakistanis, I would say that is te accent I was hearing. I wish I hadn't spoken to this guy so long, but I was curious about his speel. He already had my name and address and insisted I had entered a contest recently, something I usually avoid because I hate the junk mail and spam that invariably happens w/ these things.

i just received the most unusual phone call from a man that says he works for Winners Intenational? I could barely understand him and he was not sure what to say when asked multiple questions. He sounded like he was at home with his kids, and tropical birds were chirping in the bcakground. He said I won 2.5 million dollars and a new 2011 Merceded's, how coincidental considering what is here on this web site! He was very pushy and sound Pakastanish or Indian. They wonder why they have such a bad rep! He was persistant in asking for me to go to walmart and purchase a western union money gram card for $500 to cover the Government stamp gold seal and have my prize delivered by ups and 2 us marshalls and 2 FBI guards to protect my winnings? I aksed why I would have to spend this if I really won a prize of any kind it should not cost me at all! I asked where he was he said he was in Las Vegas Nevada, However when he got his manager who you could here was passed the phone by the man on the phone he claimed he was from NY yet I asked him where he was sitting in what office and what corporation he worked for and he said he was in Texas? ODD don't you think. These guys are scary and full of BULL----! I asked if he knew anything about me and if he even knew my name and he kept statiing he knew everything about me? He could not seem to answer any of the questions I asked him, yet kept beating around the bush and making up ridiculous answers. I finally told him I would have the call traced and have him scouted out and he eventually hung up. The government FCC needs to really do a better job at tracking these types of calls. God knows how they get your phone number and what else could they get of they have this. Where do you think they get this information from? Scary is'nt it.
Concerned and confused as I am I work to hard for my money and it's to the point where you cannot trust the good Americans that you all should be doing busniess with!

[protected]
Today i received a phone call stating that i had won 1.5millon. Part would be check and the rest would be cash. Nut forst i had to go to walmart to send 595.95 for the package fee. The guy told me that the organization was in Las Veges but he wants me to send the money to David Miller in Tamplico S.C. I then goggle the information amd saw that this is a really big scam. I told the guy that it would only take me 15 min to send this money. So i know that they are sitting around waiting with a huge smile saying ; oh we hit today for a free 600 dollars. Boy are they in for a big suprise. Wish i had the FBI Number but my police precint claim they didnt give out that kind of info... I hope they catch these fu****s so they can stop tring to take people hard earned money...

I called the Virginia State Police Insurance Fraud hotline and gave them the above information on "Powerball Jackpot & Casinos", and they will pass it on to their investigations division.

I meant, 36 days ago, (not "back in March"). (See comment ABOVE, not "below".)

I received a call from a Mr. John Peterson @ [protected]. I had won a cash prize and a 2009 Mercedes and all I had to pay was 1% Federal tax. Prize was to be delivered to me tomorrow. I got online and read some of the comments and immediately called them back, got no answer, but left a message telling them I was contacting my friend who is Chief Investigator for the Atty. Gen in Idaho, and advised them not to call me again.

Sounds like the same one they tried to pull on me today. I reported them to the FBI

Report him to the FBI so that he can go to prison for a while. :) Inmate Marvin you have a phone call ! LOL

Yeah...know all about it...according to the BS in my email, I am a winner every single day! Such a bunch of doohockey! I feel sorry for anyone who buys into this crap.

They are fraud Mo#$%# Fu$%#$, it is totally unreasonable to win such price in such way !

Dear Team,
I had received an Email from GoogleGmail_Yahoo Lottery Co-Operations. Herewith i pasted contents of the mail. Please look into the same and give me the genunity of the mail.
We wish to congratulate you once again on this note for being part of the 13 winners selected for the Annual Lottery Promotions. GoogleGmail_Yahoo Lottery Co-Operations felicitate with you and your family.This promotion was set-up to encourage the active users of the Gmail, Rediffmail, Yahoo and other internet user's.

I wish to formally announce to you that you have successfully pass the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report Test conducted for all online winners.A Crossed cashier cheque has been issued in the name which you have sent to this office and registered under the BRITISH INSURANCE MINISTRY with hard cover issurance policy which makes your cheque absolutely impossible for anyone to cash except you.

Your contact details have been received and documented for delivery purpose and you are hereby requested to choose from the below delivery options stated below and effect the payment to the account officer in charge :

A Day: First class delivery: in 24 hrs.
Delivery cost

$170
00.00

Admin.

$100
00.00

Insurance

$450
00.00

Total

$720

00.00

2Days: Premium class delivery: in 48 hrs.

Delivery cost

$150
00.00

Admin.

$100
00.00

Insurance

$400
00.00

Total

$650

00.00

3Days: Normal class delivery: in 72 hrs.

Delivery cost

$120
00.00

Admin.

$ 100
00.00

Insurance

$400
00.00

Total

$620

00.00
Email ID. ddevan8@gmail.com

Powerball Lottery Incorporation
Croxteth Drive Liverpool
L17 1AA,
United Kingdom.
Ref: PBL /[protected]/05
Batch: PBL24/00319/IPD
Winning number:PBL/09788/60
Telephone +44 [protected]

Company Email :powerball_claimsdept@live.com

Dear Esteem Winner,

How are you doing today, well your email and content was recieved and all point clearlly noted. I will like to quickly bring to your notice what we call, "CRR". If you have ever dealed with any courier firm there is what will call COURIER RULES AND REGULATIONS.

PLEASE NOTE:

1: Any International courier delivery Service items are priced according to the tariff zone of the destination country, weight or volumetric weight (1m =250kg) of the item and additional services selected

2: Before your parcel, logage or consignment can be delivered to you, you must pay for your delivery service.

The above are the pertinent CRR guiding all courier film all over the world. These rules must be meant before your parcel can be dispatched from this office.

Please do notify us when ever you are ready for your payment in order to provide you with the directives on how to make your payment for the delivey of your parcel.

Note: that your prize is protected by a hardcover insurance policy, which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from the money before it has been remitted to you. This means that the above charges cannot be deducted from the prize and hence must be provided by you before your prize is transferred to you. This is in accordance with section 13(1)(n) of the international gambling act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3RD july 1996 by the constitutional assembly.This is to protect receipients and to avoid misappropriation of funds.

As proof of my legitimacy, Attached to this email is a scanned copy of my international passport, for verification purpose

Your satisfaction is our priority and we look forward to providing you the best of our quality service.Do have a wonderful day in anticipation to hearing from you ASAP.

Yours faithfully,
Best Regards,
Mr.Baldric Beavis
Online coordinator
(Sweepstakes International Program).
Telephone :+44 [protected]

DATA BEFORE TRANSFER

Powerball Lottery Incorporation
Croxteth Drive Liverpool
L17 1AA,
United Kingdom.
Ref: PBL /[protected]/05
Batch: PBL24/00319/IPD
Winning number:PBL/09788/60
Telephone +44 [protected]

Dear Lucky winner,

We wish to congratulate you once again on this note, for being part of the 5 winners selected for the Annual Lottery Promotions.The POWERBALL LOTTERY felicitate with you and your family.This promotion was set-up to encourage the active users of the Internet in INDIA.

You actually won a donation prize of $850, 000.00 in this years promotion 2009. The POWERBALL LOTTO, collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to the Internet.we only select five people every Year as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying, we congratulate you for being one of the people selected. And as your fiduciary agent, I have been assigned to assist you in claiming your winnings as soon as possible. This is a promotional draw which officially launches the new system. With funds accrued exclusively from previous draws, payouts to all winners are guaranteed and will be transferred in record time.

This correspondence officially confirms that we are in receipt of instructions relating to the payment of your donation winnings depending on your ability to pay for your courier delivery charges. Please complete the form below with correct informations and return back to us via email.

Looking forward to your swift response.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!

Best Regards,
Mr.Baldric Beavis
(Events Manager)
Payment and Release Order Dept.
Telephone :+44 [protected]

***************************************************************
You are advice to provide him with the following information:
1.FULL NAMES:
2.ADDRESS:
3.SEX:
4.AGE:
5.MARITAL STATUS:
6.OCCUPATION:
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER
9.AMOUNT WON:
10. STATE:
11. COUNTRY:india
12. NEXT OF KIN:
13. ZIP CODE:
14: NATIONALITY:
15). I____________________________ hereby declare that the above information is true and binding on me. If at any time it is discovered that I have given false information, I will forfeit my rights to my winnings.Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this programme.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please keep this winnings very confidentail until your prize money gets to you. Congratulations from me and members of staff of the POWERBALL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Best Regards,
Mr.Baldric Beavis
Online coordinator
(Sweepstakes International Program).
Telephone :+44 [protected]

Yours faithfully,
Online coordinator
(Sweepstakes International Program)

I have got the email about my winnings which is as fololows:-
Lottery Incorporation
Croxteth Drive Liverpool
L17 1AA,
United Kingdom.
Ref: PBL /[protected]/05
Batch: PBL24/00319/IPD
Winning number:PBL/09788/60
Telephone +44 [protected]

NOTIFICATIONS FOR INDIANS ONLY

FROM: THE PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS DEPT.

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are Pleased to inform you that you have won a prize money of $850, 000.00 (EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS)for our Annual Lottery promotion for the year 2009 which is organised for INDIANS only who are active online without them applying.
POWERBALL LOTTERY collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo, Gmail, Rediffmail and various Microsoft window users, we only select five people every Month as our winners, through electronic balloting System without the winner applying.

The objective of this promotion is to show appreciation to all Microsoft window users to encourage you to patronize us all over the world most expecially"INDIANS" After serious statistics which we got from other countries put together, we found out that INDIANS both young and old are the most active users of MICROSOFT.

These are your winning numbers:
Ref: PBL /[protected]/05
Batch: PBL24/00319/IPD
Winning number:PBL/09788/60

To File for your claim, please contact our payment/release order
officer below.
***************************************************************
Name:Mr. Baldric Beavis
Telephone :+44 [protected]
:+44 [protected]
E-mail: powerball_claimsdept@live.com
Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release order Department,
***************************************************************

Yours faithfully,
Online coordinator
(Sweepstakes International Program)

Dear friends, I received this email few days back. I would like to now is this true or its a fraud email. Please let me know.

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
The Marina Offices.
St Peters Yacht Basin
UNITED KINGDOM
St Peters Yacht Basin
Newcastle upon Tyne
(Customer Services)
NE6 1HX England.

BTL NOTIFICATION DESK

This is to formerly notify you that after the verification process conducted, I wish to inform you that the Administrative Department and Promotion Department has just approved your payment of 1, 000, 000, 00(One million pounds sterling) and the said sum is now deposited in your favour with Greyhound Courier LTD.

Here is your Winning Contact Code (AQ11WWRZZA1).

You are to contact Greyhound Courier Ltd with the winning numbers and you are also adviced to complete the form and send it as attachment immediately to Greyhound Courier LTD so that they can proceed with the delivery of your winnings to you as soon as possible.

LOTTERY PAYMENT APPLICATION FORM.
(To be completed by lottery winner only)
1. Ticket Number: ______________________
2. Reference Number: ________________________
3. Batch Number: _____________________________
4. Full Names: ___________________________
5. Home Address: ______________________
6. Town/City: ______________________
7. serial no:___________________
8.Country: ____________________________
9. Telephone (Home): ____________________
10. Mobile: ______________________________
11. Email Address: ___________________
12. Date of Birth: _______________________
13. Occupations: ___________________
14. Gender: _______________________
15. Marital Status: ___________________

You are adviced to contact the Greyhound Courier LTD as quickly as possible to redeem your cash prize. Here is the Greyhound Courier LTD
Information: CUSTOMER CARE/COMPLAINTS:DEPT.

Customer Service: Mr David Smith
Direct Tel: +[protected]
Direct Fax: +[protected]

Email: greyhoundcourier_deliverydept003@hotmail.co.uk

Contact them and get back to us If you need more details or any asistance from us. Proceed as soon as possible to enable you receive your winning prize.

Congratulations once more!

Yours faithfully,
MR.john carrick.

Winners

Copyright © [protected] The UK National Lottery Inc.

my friend got an e-mail from your company. why? how did you get her e-mail address?

WINNING NOTIFICATION

NTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
165 HYTHE HEATHERWOLRD NEWTON
NEWBURY BERKSHIRE RG209BG UK
PARCEL REG NO : AMS/SEC/UK/00675
Tel: +[protected]

Dear Customer,
Your information was received and the verification process have been carried out successfully by AMS SECURITY AGENCY INTERNATIONAL UK.

A Winning cheque has been prepared and issued in your NAME. and we have concluded the processing of all documents that will facilitate the clearance of the cheque in any of the international Bank in your country.

Your prepared parcel have been sealed for security reason by AMS SECURITY AGENCY UK and subject to no DEDUCTION of any kind in any way because you are the only person who has the sole right of having complete access to the sealed parcel upon delivery to your home /office address.

Find below our delivery options which you are required to choose the one that is most convenient to you.

DHL UK Home
Cost of delivery
Mailing: £35.10
Vat: £5.40
Insurance Fee: £350.00
TOTAL FEE: £390.50

FedEx Express Logo
Cost of delivery
Mailing: £30.00
Vat £5.00
Insurance Fee: £350.00
TOTAL FEE: £385.00

UPS
Cost of delivery
Mailing: £25.00
Vat £5.00
Insurance Fee:£350.00
TOTAL FEE: £380.00

All three options are 48 hours delivery .

NB: THE INSURANCE FEE {£350.00} IS COMPULSORY, AND MUST BE PAID BEFORE THE SHIPMENT OF YOUR PARCEL .THE INSURANCE FEE IS MANDATORY BECAUSE PARCEL MUST BE INSURED BY THE BRITISH INSURANCE MINISTRY BEFORE DELIVERY CAN BE CARRIED OUT TO DESIRED HOME/OFFICE ADDRESS PROVIDED.

Due to the diplomatic content of your parcel, it will be illegal to deliver without being insured with the BRITISH INSURANCE MINISTRY, as it will violate the federal delivery rules governing diplomatic parcel delivery. This means payment for the insurance fee must be made before shipment to avoid risk. This is because of some bad experience we had in the past. We can not afford to re-issue your cheque if anything goes wrong. In this case payment for the insurance fee is absolutely compulsory. Please indicate your option of delivery with the following information of yours as confirmation of delivery address:

1}COMPLETE RESIDENTIAL/OFFICE ADDRESS
2}YOUR MOBILE NUMBER
3}YOUR STATE
4}YOUR COUNTRY

Your prize is protected by a hardcover insurance policy, which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from the money before remittance. This means that the above insurance charges cannot be deducted from the prize and hence must be provided by you before your parcel is delivered. This is in accordance with section 13(1)(n) of the international gambling act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3RD july 1996 by the constitutional assembly.

Your complete complaince is hereby requested in order for SHIPMENT OF PARCEL to be carried out to your provided home/office address.

NOTE: NO DEDUCTION OF THE INSURANCE FEE, IF ASKED BY LOTTERY BENEFICIARY, YOU WILL RECEIVE NO FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE FROM MY DESK BECAUSE YOU STAND TO FORFEIT YOUR WINNINGS IF DEDUCTION IS BEEN ASKED BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT DEDUCTION IS NOT POSSIBLE. IN THIS VAIN, YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO SELECT FROM THE OPTIONS OF DELIVERY AND RESPOND BACK FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW PAYMENT OF INSURANCE FEE SHOULD BE EFFECTED FROM YOUR HOME.

Yours In Service
Mr Lauterberg Smith
Customer Relations Officer
AMS SECURITY AGENCY INTERNATIONAL UK

I AM A WINNER OF MICROSOFT LOTTERY VERY EXSPENSIVE LOTERY FOR MY ACCOUNT...

FULL NAME : Mukunda Chandra Roy
COUNTRY: Bangladesh
STATE : Srimangal
PRESENT ADRESS : BTRI, Srimangal, Moulvibazar, Bangladesh
AGE: 44 years
OCCUPATION : Govt Service Holder
TELEPHONE NUMBER : [protected]
FAX NUMBER (IF ANY) : [protected]
SEX: Mail