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My husband just received a check and letter. His said to contact Sharon Brooms at 1647 861 7160. It's so disheartening that people can get away with all this! I hope they get caught soon. These people must have some awful karma!! Thanks to everyone who took the time to make all of us aware of this scam!

My husband just received a check and letter. His said to contact Sharon Brooms at 1647 861 7160. It's so disheartening that people can get away with all this! I hope they get caught soon. These people must have some awful karma!! Thanks to everyone who took the time to make all of us aware of this scam!

I got the same letter from same people.Did any body deposit the check ?
How do you report in Wisonsin

I too received a check for $3980.00, and was issued Sharon Brooms as the agent to guide me through the process. One day, these people will have to answer to God. There will be no good enough reason.

Got mine in the mail via letter and check.

Got same letter and same dollar amounts and wife was wow we have funds.. no no no.  this time drawn from CINCINNATI MACHINE L.L.C. asking us  to deposit check sent to us and send them via western union (can not trace or get back) smaller fees for taxes. We are not cought in scam, DON'T let yourself be scamed either out of your hard earned money.

I just opened today the exact same letter everyone else received.  I knew something wasn't right.  I'm glad I checked it out on the Internet.  Thanks everyone.

this scam is going on all over . Mine is in California drawn on Bank Of America with GIUMARRA as the company. Dated October 2010. The check is real, that is the draw don't fall for it.

I received my letter today, same number, same everything all I want to know is did anyone actually cash the check and thanks to everyone for your posts, because of you I didnt end up $3980.00 more in debt.

my mom just got hers from xpress cash, the check was from Guimarra los angeles, CA- bank of america-  this one was held monday sept. 6th, same ticket number 221551- Mr. Benson Raymond @ 1-760-836-4806... THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR SHARING!!

I got this scam letter addressed to my wife; someone commented that somebody ought to do something about this so here's what I did: I wrote a letter to the California Attorney General and sent it, the letter and the bogus check along with a copy of all your comments on this site so they can have it on file. I then wrote a letter to each of the companies specifically mentioned in the letter (JC Penney, Home Depot Canada, etc) letting them know how their name was used in this scam and suggesting that if they had any associates in Canada that they contact the authorities there. Then I wrote a letter to Giumarra, a company out of Los Angeles who's name and address were used to make the check look "legit" so that they could press for legal action should they want to. I would think if you have 5 or 6 of some of the largest companies around plus an attorney general on your ass pretty soon things are gonna get hot or you're gonna end up in jail... We'll see.`

Same thing. Just got the letter with the Bank of America check. I called him knowing it was a scam just to see if they would answer. On the first ring, Mr. Kennedy Nelson answered. I asked him why everyone was saying it was a scam and he immediately said "it's not a scam". I just hung up on him. Do we take the letter and the check to our local authorities? Not sure what to do.

What's to stop us from cashing the check.
I got a check, with a letter saying I won $125K, all I had to do is pay the taxes throuh Western Union, which I wouldn't do.

I'm forwarding this to my local News Station.

Got my lucky winner letter today.  The copy "smudges" on my letter and check were definite red flags.  If you hold the check up to the light there is no watermark or security colored background.  Also the no return addresss on the envelope was a definite red flag.  SCAM!!!!!!

I reported to local news station, hope they air it.

I also received this same identical scam.  Got a check for $3980 and was told to pay them $2980 for taxes.  The check is from Giumarra and drawn on Bank of America. It's a big scan and don't fall for it.The check does look real, so don't fall for it. I wanted to double check so I did some research on the internet and found out that it was a big scam.

Just opened mail. Got the same letter. My first thought was, why didn't this come registered mail? Anything this important would have come registered. Then we checked out Giumarra who wrote check on Bank Of America. They were real. Checked out Xpress- Cash and found these reports. THANKS TO YOU PEOPLE WHO ARE HONEST AND RESPONSIBLE. THANKS TO YOU AND GOD FOR TRUTH.

My husband got a letter today...He was a lucky winner in the "Customer Compensation and Appreciation Bonanza in the 2nd Category" held on Monday September 6th 2010...I was instantly wondering why they would just send a check for $3980.00 in the mail...The check does look real, but still was confused...I then called Mr. Benson Raymond, the claim agent assigned to the winning...he would not tell me anything, because it is a "confidential" winning, and doesn't "concern" me, only the name on the check...He told me to have my husband contact him for more information on the winnings...I told him "Nah"...Its unfortunate that people have nothing better to do than scam...Ahhh Well...Glad that there is more that just myself that feels upset by this matter! Lets bring 'em down...

I got a letter yesterday and what a joke. It is very unprofessional looking and the whole idea of paying taxes through Wesern Union is absurd. I would not give my dog this check to cash. In fact there have been several fraud exposes of this type I have seen on television. If it is too good to be true....Kudos to all of you for thinking through it and not falling victim to the scam. I will be reporting it to my local post office.

hi, i also got the check from those [***].. the [***]... thinking they are very smart guys..i hate when poeple do this kind of stupid joke with others..and want to get easy money from everybody.. i have deposit the check , and offcoure i will take out the money and close the account.. first of fall have to see whether the check is really or fake..  they want to play game with us .. they will be in trouble...