Freebies Universal Sweepstakes
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I recieved a letter from Freebies Universal Sweepstakes that I won $65,000. They issued me an official check for me to cash in the amount of $3150 for fees and processing. Those fees will be be deducted from the payment amount, making my earnings $61,000 they are sending me the money upfront so i do not have to pay out of pocket for the fees, Do you think this is real or a scam???? I dont want to cash the check w/o making sure this is real...
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A common scam. You may report it to your police dept as a first step.
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I also received the same check and letter. When I called the number on the letter and told them I do not have a bank account to deposit this check into they told me to go cash it. When I went to a Washington Mutual Bank branch to cash it, I was advised that it was a fraudulent check. I am going to try to file some type of criminal action against these people.
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My husband also received this same letter and a check. We received notification from our bank after depositing that it was a fraudulent check also. I will be making a report to our local police department after reading this additional info. Thank You
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good thing to do!
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i also got a check in the mail. but if its a fraud what would the company be gaining? like i could understand that if u deposited the check into your account they some how could get ahold of your checking account numbers but i was reading on this forum the one person said that he didnt even have a checking account. i just dont understand how they could be scamming people when they have nothing to gain out of it. i am though going to my bank on friday and i will see what they have to say about the check but it does sound to good to be true though.
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Re: Freebies Universal Sweepstakes
I got the same letter and I opened up a separate bank account to hold the check in. Whether they cash the check or not I will not be sending any money back for the rest of the money. They will not be using me as a guinea pig to cash fraudulent checks for them. I didn't think much about it since I have been on the internet entering contests. I just opened the letter and called them. Then I deposited it into a new account but then I started thinking about researching it. I know I went about it the wrong way but times are hard.
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Don't spend the money as the bank will force you to pay it back. Have the bank's fraud department look at the check as well if you want to ensure all eyes are on the issue in a timely way.
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I got the same letter except the amount that I was going to get was 55 thousand instead of 65. I am not sure what they are gaining by doing this. The man that I spoke to on the phone told me to wait until the check cleared before calling him back and getting an accountant to take care of the legal stuff. I went to the bank and asked them if the check was real before I even considered cashing it and they told me that it was not real. That any time someone sends you a check in the mail asking you to cash it the check is not real. The teller didn
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What are they getting from all this????? Please someone tell me.
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