12-20-2010, 12:19 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: CGY
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Lottery Scam
Has anyone else recieved this letter?:
NATIONAL LOTTERY DRAWS
(Intl. Lotto Commission Promotion)
5700Younge street suite 200
Toronto on. canada m2m 4e7
Email,nationaldraw@mail.com
Tel/FAX 1-647-708-0352
Ref Number: US/100775
Batch Number: OTS/46 /1861/ESp
WINNING NUMBERS: 4-13-21-27-36-38 Bonus ball: 45
ATTN: XXXXXXX
AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE OF WINNING
We are please to inform you that you are one of the declared winners....
blah blah blah bad spelling and grammar blah blah blah
Call this number speak to this person blah blah blah
Now here's the kicker. A cheque was included for $3,775.00 and if it's fake, it's a damn good fake. All the security features look legit and it is indeed printed on CIBC cheque paper.
The company its from is:
Fraser Valley R. LTD
26121 Fraser Highway
Box 337
Aldergrove, BC V4W 2T8
The bank is stated as:
CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK
Langley, BC
WTF??
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12-20-2010, 12:20 PM
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#2
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The email should have been a dead giveaway.
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12-20-2010, 12:22 PM
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RealtorŪ
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Calgary
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Cant you go down to your bank and try to deposit the check? Is it in your name?
Wouldnt that be sweet if you won some sort of lottery you had no idea you were in lol.
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12-20-2010, 12:23 PM
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One of the Nine
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The Toronto based company uses a CIBC branch in BC? They couldn't find one on Yonge street?
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12-20-2010, 12:24 PM
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evil of fart
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Why would you even entertain the notion for one second this might be legit?
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12-20-2010, 12:25 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: CGY
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And they spelled Yonge street Younge street.
I know its fake, but it was mailed in name to my co-worker with a cheque in his name that if fake is a damn good fake.
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12-20-2010, 12:25 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: CGY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sliver
Why would you even entertain the notion for one second this might be legit?
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I'm not. The question was "did anyone else recieve this?"
Read the damn thread!
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12-20-2010, 12:26 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: @robdashjamieson
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If you tried to deposit it, you'd get dinged by the bank.
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12-20-2010, 12:26 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Stern Nation
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale
The bank is stated as:
CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK
Langley, BC
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Should say Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
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12-20-2010, 12:30 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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If Email address mail.com isnt a dead giveaway I dont know what is.
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12-20-2010, 12:31 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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What would be the harm in trying to deposit this cheque? Is there a way for scammers to access your bank info if you do?
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12-20-2010, 12:33 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: CGY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Yen Man
What would be the harm in trying to deposit this cheque? Is there a way for scammers to access your bank info if you do?
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If you know it's fake then you're committing fraud as well.
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12-20-2010, 01:04 PM
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Norm!
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
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12-20-2010, 02:44 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl
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Edit: Fixed
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Last edited by Rathji; 12-20-2010 at 08:59 PM.
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12-20-2010, 02:51 PM
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Franchise Player
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these scams never cease to amaze me - it makes me wonder how many "hits" they get out of a 100 e-mails.
Also the amount of little things wrong with the letter/e-mail - the area code for TO being wrong, spelling and grammar errors etc - makes me wonder if they'd have more success if they invested a bit more time in the hook......
anwyas, forget about the lottery my good friend, i have a relative who is the deposed king of nijeriah whose banks accounts have been frozen pending the submission of a cheque for $3,287.58.........
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12-20-2010, 02:55 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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How do these guys get money out of this scam?
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12-20-2010, 03:10 PM
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First Line Centre
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I'd be taken that thing down to a money mart or something...
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12-20-2010, 03:26 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: CGY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Northendzone
these scams never cease to amaze me - it makes me wonder how many "hits" they get out of a 100 e-mails.
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This was actually real physical mail, sent via registered mail with no return address on the envelope.
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12-20-2010, 03:35 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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One born every minute.
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12-20-2010, 03:35 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Market Mall Food Court
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also what is a bonus ball?
I bet a whole bunch of old people fell for that.
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