This is what my friend sent me, when she contacted the international police department and I just want everyone to know that this is very real and my friend was very scared about what would happen next. If any of you know what happens in cases like this please let me know so that I can help my friend out as much as possible. Thanks.
Amanda Z.
Dear Sir or Maam,
My name is **********. My father recieved a letter from the International Claims unit that had a $3900 check written out to my dad. According to the letter, he was suppose to put $2800 away for insurence for the lottery amount $250,000 and $1100 was to go for miscillanius taxes thru the government. He was suppose to do this thru moneygram/western union.
My mother, who works at a bank, called the bank that this check was made out thru and found that the check was good and had money in it but she went thru an automated system to find that out though; she did not speak to a real person. And so seeing that this check was possibly good, my dad cashed the check and sent a money gram/western union to Ontario Canada.
The man that my dad had business relations with was the man that went by the name of attorney Ron Clark and his number is 1-613-262-8146. Mr. Clark had a french accent actually and I guess he resides in Canada/Niagra Falls area. Gradually, this man got more and more money out of my dad claiming that in order to insure this great amount of winning money, my dad would need to pay for these fees in order to get the money.
On top of that, this letter claimed that my dad needed to claim his winnings by August 20th or else his winnings will be returned back to the sweepstakes account.
My father is a gambler at heart and he was sooo blinded by the fact that this was real that he would not listen to me and my mother. He had an idea of what he wanted to do with his winnings and they were all very real and good things. But just today (08/09/07), my dad recieved a phone call from his bank and was told that the $3900 check was a counterfeit and all that my mom and dad had saved up for is gone due to a good man that is a gambler at heart. My dad called Mr. Ronald Clark back and told him the situation and the man made up more lies and just said "Well, let me talk to my assistant and get back to you on that". The man never called my dad back though and I doubt we will never hear from him again.
So what I want to know is this....what happens next? What will happen to my father at this point now that that check has been cashed and came up as a counterfeit? My dad still has this letter though from the so called "International Claims Unit". I know that without this letter he may face time behind bars if found guilty. I am just a concerned daughter at this point and would like to know how you guys are dealing with issues such as this. Thank you for your time.
