It's a scam. Anyone who has sent them any money should expect to get more scam offers in the future.
This company is engaged in mail fraud.
One of their schemes, for example, is to send notification that you've won $5,000 in a sweepstakes -- which you can claim by sending in the form -- and your name will be automatically entered into the big drawing for $50,000.
If you send in the form, they send you a check for $5,000. You can deposit it, but it takes some time for your bank to determine that they are not going to actually receive their funds and to declare the check void. So you deposit the check and in a day or two you get notified that you've won the big prize! All you have to do to claim it is to pre-pay the taxes and processing fees in the amount of $3,000.
But hey, since you just deposited $5,000, you've got the money, right?
So you send them a check for $3,000. They cash your check and fold up and disappear. They've got your three grand, and you've got a load of bounced check fees, and no prize money.
This company runs several scams simultaneously, changing company names as they go along. Anyone who has responded should expect to get several of these in the mail over the next few months.
If anyone does get a reply to this "offer", expect it to be a variation on the historic bonds scam. (For more information, google "historic bond fraud".)
I hope this helps.
This company is engaged in mail fraud.
One of their schemes, for example, is to send notification that you've won $5,000 in a sweepstakes -- which you can claim by sending in the form -- and your name will be automatically entered into the big drawing for $50,000.
If you send in the form, they send you a check for $5,000. You can deposit it, but it takes some time for your bank to determine that they are not going to actually receive their funds and to declare the check void. So you deposit the check and in a day or two you get notified that you've won the big prize! All you have to do to claim it is to pre-pay the taxes and processing fees in the amount of $3,000.
But hey, since you just deposited $5,000, you've got the money, right?
So you send them a check for $3,000. They cash your check and fold up and disappear. They've got your three grand, and you've got a load of bounced check fees, and no prize money.
This company runs several scams simultaneously, changing company names as they go along. Anyone who has responded should expect to get several of these in the mail over the next few months.
If anyone does get a reply to this "offer", expect it to be a variation on the historic bonds scam. (For more information, google "historic bond fraud".)
I hope this helps.