A friend of mine received a letter in the mail today from a UBI Payment Services. The envelope says it was mailed from Singapore. The "sponsor" is said to be Windsor-Morgan & Parker, in Australia. The letter implies you have won $5000.00 if you return the release form and fulfill contest requirements. BEWARE.
On the back of the letter, in very pale type that is "almost" uncopyable, the official rules say this contest will not be mailed into Texas. It also says you must send a copy of your passport or identification to the sponsor to confirm age and identity. This is an identity theft attempt. A quick google of either UBI Payment Services or Windsor-Morgan & Parker generates many pages of hits, all showing this to be a scam.
It seems this has been circulating for several months. It's not the only scam such as this out there. If you receive a letter from out of the country saying you have won a contest you didn't even enter, don't respond to it. You might want to do an google search just for fun, but this is an old scam that predates the internet. One variation on this will send you a check with a requirement that you send them back some amount of money for taxes or as a "processing fee." In a few weeks, it will turn out that the "certified check" was no good, and you could have a several thousand dollar hole in your account. Don't get fooled.
There are, unfortunately, evil people out there using the current economic situation to rip people off. Some of them really are crooks. Be careful out there.
Actually, I prefer to put my faith in Keystone M. Nugrabbi, Esquire, my Nigerian friend who has promised me $14,243,671 if I help him with a little money transfer matter. He sounds SO sincere.
ReplyDeleteNow where is my checkbook so I can write him that check...?
The moral here ties in with the old, "If it sounds too good to be true..." mantra.
I received the same letter today in the mail. I don't know anyone named "Joe Ryan" accounting department or anyone in Singapore let alone Australia. There were more red flags on this than a crash on a highway!
ReplyDeleteTwo things to remember---never run with scissors and there is no free lunch.
I received one today here in illinois nice try scam man no dice.Some body should shoot you when thay catch you.
ReplyDeleteI received one also and you know what I'm going to do with it! It is still Jackasses out there in the world,yeah nice try scam man!
ReplyDeleteBut guys the letter has a certified stamp on it and everything, this just has to be a real chance to get 5,000 for doing absolutly nothing at all. If I were only so gullible, yeah but i'm not, and if i just happen to run into somebody from UBI imagination is a beautiful thing.......
ReplyDeleteIt is after all a contest of skill. You must be able to figure out the sum of 20 + 5!!! Give me a break...LOL
ReplyDeletedon't bother turning it over to the postal inspection deot. they don't investigate mail fruad anymore, all they want is some poor jerk working on the post office floor to pick up a penny off the floor so they can charge them with a felony and take away there retirement. these are government crooks at their best. bang a boot on the table and say communism will take over the USA without firing a shot. AND THEY DID.
ReplyDeleteShould be ashamed of yourself doing this to people during these hard ecomomic times! God will punish you!
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