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02-27-2008, 02:00 AM
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Award Notification & Check via US Mail
Today I received a letter re: Award Notification, along with a check. The letter is addressed to me at my correct home address, makes mention of my email address, and informs me that I am "one of the winners in a just concluded consumer reward computer ballot draw having won the prize money of ------- and 4 days vacation cruise". OK, now the check is for a partial amount of my so-called prize that I won, and that I should contact a person at the phone number with the reference number on the letter "for further information and directives on the payment of your prize money".
Now, I know I've entered contests/sweeps on the internet, but never really gave much thought or hopes of winning. :-) As I stated in my first post, I've received many emails from so-called lottery wins, estate searches, etc. etc.. and always delete them if they are addressed to undisclosed recipients, knowing these are scams, but this is different. I am totally curious, tho' not gullible, so I did some searching on the net to check this out. The check looks real, no conditions of any kind are present on it; The bank, FIFTH THIRD BANK in Northern Kentucky appears to be valid, and the company issuing the check (located in Pennsylvania) has their full name and address on it and it checks out with their profile listed on www.YourCompanyListing.com  I am going to call the company issuing this check (if indeed they did) and inquire if this is real. The phone number in the letter is located in Vancouver BC, Canada, so I'm not sure I want to incur the cost of the phone call. The letter was postmarked from Canada. In the meantime, any input from anyone reading this would ease my mind, BEFORE I do anything, no matter how much the "prize" is tempting  Thanks! Anne 
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03-01-2008, 07:14 PM
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I have rec'd a similar letter. The letter says it is from cmi Financial Serivices from Canada. I called the number and the lady asked me to deposit the check and once that is done to call her back for further instructions. I though It was interesting that she was available on a Saturday and I heard a 2 years old in the background. I am calling CMI financial us office in Pa. on Monday and emailing them a pdf copy of the check and letter to confirm this info. Please keep me posted on your experience
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03-04-2008, 04:25 AM
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What I did was Google search and found a phone number of the company in Erie, PA; I called them, since the check issued was on their name. It turns out that yes, there is such a company with offices/branches throughout the US and Europe, but NO offices in Canada. I learned that there is no CMI Financial Service (name on the letterhead rec'd with the check), in fact the perpetrators had previously used the name Global Financial Services. They have accessed the CMI company's bank account, and have stolen and made copies of the checks that they are sending out. These thieves are pretty resourceful, being able to reproduce the checks so they look so authentic!! When I learned that the area code for the phone number on the letter was for a location in Vancouver, Britiish Columbia, Canada, I decided something wasn't right, and wasn't about to incur phone costs to Canada.  Since it's Monday, .... did you call CMI??? What was the amount of your "check"? Where are you located? (Just the state). I'm in SC, and our local TV station recently touched on the check fraud scams, even showed checks, but they were different issuers, one was by BMG Metals in Virginia. I did receive more information from the Human Resources Manager at CMI and will forward copies of the letter and check to them.
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