416-833-0034

I got a letter from A & A Associates about me winning 150,000.00 There was a check for 3990.00 that I was to cash and send 2920.00 to them and I would get prize award money by FedEx once the taxes have been paid.

I had gotten a call from a woman named Nicole Hamilton and told us we won $150,000 from Gerber.  They gave us a check for $3,000 and to put that in my bank account and that the rest would come by Fedex and that I would only have to pay Taxes. Is this a hoax??????

ABSOLUTLEY.... we contacted the FBI and they told us DO NOT do anything with these checks and disreguard EVERYTHING. Throw it away!!!!

We received a letter in the mail with a REAL check for 3990.00 and were instructed to call this Nicole Hamilton at the 416-833-0034 for instructions on how to claim our 150,00.00.  In checking this number with ATT this group has several numbers by which they are working this scam.  We too, were to send tax money per Western Union before we could receive the rest by Fed Ex.  The check is no good--our bank checked into this by calling BancFirst in Oklahoma City.  They state the check is no good and this is definitely a scam--gave us other banks they were using as well.
BEWARE!

received a check for 3,990.00 along with a letter saying I should contact Nicole Hamilton  @ 1-416-833-0034 and fax receipts to 1-206-202-6365.

The check had no MICR encoding so it was obviously fake.

My son received one of these checks also. This is a scam being run out of Canada. These guys used one of my companies names in a secret shopper scam just a couple months ago and sent these bogus checks all around the country (I'm located in St. Louis). The amount of those bogus checks were $3990. The recipient was to cash the check, send $2900 back via western union and shop with the rest and report on the goods they purchased. We were urged to do 2 things. File a police report so it is on record and to report it to your local postal inspector. Since this is mail fraud the post office is the entity that is empowered to try to chase these guys down. PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU ARE ABLE TO CASH THIS CHECK YOUR BANK WILL HOLD YOU LIABLE FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE CHECK.

I feel sorry for the people that have been screwed over. Anyone have any idea of the # of suckers? I have rec'd the very same letter and ck and instructions, sad part is, actually had my hopes up for a minute!

I just recieved the same check for 3990 with instructions to contact nicole hamilton. What should I do in reguards to the check

My husband just received the same letter in the mail today. He just ripped it up and threw it in the garbage..total scam..

Well I guess I will be added to the list of people who thought they would get money.  I knew it was too good to be true.  Thats why I looked it up on the internet.  It also saved me some money by not calling my attorney.  We are the smart ones.  I wonder how many others cashec in on the scam.  God bless um!

I just received a check for the same amount $3990. Got my hopes up!!!

I received a letter from these same people.  Just wondering what they get out of the scam.  If the check doesn't cash, then how can we wire the money. Too bad this wasn't a real prize!!

I just hung up the phone with this Nicole person and was told by her to cash the check and call her back with further instructions. ha ha ha
My questions is this....if all of us are getting this scam, why hasn't anything been done to shut this adam banton & associates down so that noone else, (that maybe does try to cash the check) gets this sent to them. Why doesn't uncle sam do something about scams like this one? it makes me mad as hell. my husband and i are going thru rough financial times right now and the thought of winning some money was a hugh sigh of relief, only to find that its just another fraud.

I wondered the same thing. So, I called Ms nicole back and informed her that my bank would not cash the check ( i really never tried) and she said she was going to mail me a cashiers check. there was lots of hammering and construction sounds in the background. ??? wonder where she is located, what state.
I would love nothing more than to get the cash.

my call was from a 905-781-6067 number. it was about the check sent to me for 3,990. to cash and then send them  2,990. to claim my 150,000 prize money. yeah right.

Just received the same check in the mail.  Thought it was a scam so checked into it and found this website.  For those that are able to cash the check they get the $2920 from the wire transfer which was made from real cash and then you get stuck with a bill from your bank for the entire amount of $3990 and possible charges of theft if your bank pursues it further.  It happened to a friend of mine and his bank filed charges of theft against him.  They later dropped the charges but he still had to repay the entire amount.  So tell your friends and family to beware of these letters and report them to your postmaster general and let them go after these scam artists.

I just got the same check, same contact info, same EVERYTHING. Contacted my local FBI and they knew allll about it, it is a scam being ran out of Canada and there is no was for them to chase it down, I was instructed to shred it up and do NOT attempt to cash it, it is a forged check and I could and WOULD be held liable for the money!!
BEWARE PEOPLE, it is sounds to good to be true, in this world... it usually IS! And one more thing, if you DIDN'T enter a contest... WHY would you have won????

I got the same deal around the same time..8-13.. I also thought it was true and called.. There has got to be some thing done about this...She made it seem real and told me that I had gotten entered in a sweepstakes thru target.. then she asked me, "do u shop there?".. it stil sounded fishy so I went on the BBB website and took the Fraud test that they have.. Thank you Lord that i didnt do it... I was actually gonna try to cash teh thing and thatwould be their loss but after closly lookin at the check I found that it was fake.. I take bad checks to the magistrate all the time for my work.. Good thing i didnt try... Glad im not the only one

Yep I got the same letter with the same details 2day in the mail, I was so happy, but I had the feeling that it was to good to be ture and you know what it was.

I just got the same letter in the mail today too...i called the number up top and the woman just said "oh yea you won just cash the check" - I wonder how they got my name??