866-334-6321

866-334-6321 is affiliated with an 'advance fee’ lottery scam.  The company name is; Doughwork, Inc. of P.O. Box 4432 Greensboro, NC 27404.  The potential victim is sent a letter from Mrs. Betty McKenzie (Vice President Finance) informing him that he is a winner of the Consumer Promotion Draw and is entitled to the sum of $50,000.  Enclosed with the letter is a check in the amount of $3,950.00 (counterfeit) to pay the British Government Tax tax of $1,950.00.  The victim is instructed to contact claims agent Mr. Marvin Anderson or Ms. Malie Frank at 866-334-6321.  This is a SCAM.

The letter my wife  recieved for 866-334-6321 is from PLUSNET a Financial Express company P.O. Box 31370 Tampa, Fl. 33631.
The letter shows Mrs. Betty McKenzie (Promotions Manager) stating the she (my wife) was one of the winners of the Consumer Promotion Draw and is entitled to a guaranteed sum of $50,000.00. Enclosed is the check for $3850.00 and the tax payment is for $2850.00 to be paid because the draw was held in the United Kingdom. The letter states also the Tax Officer is Mrs. Julia Jones, 8 west ave, London United Kindom,Se3 76bd. The contacts are listed as Mr. Marvin Anderson or Ms. Malie Frank on Tel: 866-334-6321.
Be very careful, this is a scam. The company name on the check is Wellcare of New York, Inc P.O. Box 31370 Tampa, Fl. 33631

Anyone who sends you a check, asks you to cash/deposit it and wire money to them is a scammer. Most people do not release that below a certain threshold your bank is legally obligated to make funds available to you when you cash/deposit a check. HOWEVER, it takes most banks a MINIMUM of 7-14 to actually clear the check.

If you receive a check by mail, cash/deposit it and wire the funds (as in this case), don't be surprised a couple of weeks later when your bank tells you the check was bad... and by the way, the bank is holding YOU liable for the amount of the check. The moral of the story: JUST BECAUSE YOU CASH/DEPOSIT A CHECK AT YOUR BANK AND THEY MAKE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO YOU, IT DOESN'T MEAN THE CHECK IS "GOOD", OR THAT THE CHECK HAS CLEARED.

This is a very, very common scam that manifests itself many different ways (secret shopper, personal assistant, sweepstakes/lottery, etc.), but they all involve sending the victim a bad check, telling them to cash/deposit it at their bank, then wire the funds before the check clears.

When you call the number it takes a long time to connect. When the phone begins to ring, you can tell by the ringtone that the call has been transferred outside the United States. A guy with a heavy African accent answers, and you can hear a bunch of ambient noise in the background (like he's answering his cell phone while standing on a busy street in Lagos, Nigeria). "Advance Fee" scams are typically associated with Africa, particulary Nigeria.

Funds stolen from victims in this way are often laundered by way of Great Britain, so the fact that they are telling victims to wire the funds there is not surprising. There is a large Nigerian expat community in Great Britain, and scam money is generally utilized by Nigerian organized crime groups to facilitate international drug smuggling-- an activity for which they are well-known.

My husband got the same letter today with just a couple of differences.  It's from PLUSNET at a P.O. box in Houston, TX 77235, it's now Mrs. Betty Lawson, and the tax officer is now Mrs. Jesse Jones.  The payment contacts are the same and the check is from Western National Life Insurance Company.  Otherwise the phone number and addresses are the same.  It sure looks legitimate, doesn't it?  Except we never entered this "contest".  Bummer it's a scam!!

Yep, I just got one today with PLUSNET and the check is from a Western National Life Insurance Company, so if it's from the Lottery I just won wouldn't the check be from the Lottery and not from a life insurance company? Come on, these people can't think that we're that stupid that we are not going to check everything about the company, the so-called lottery, PLUSNET and the bank that the check is drawn from? And they expect you to call from 8:00hrs to 17:30hrs Pacific Standard Time, what's that? Military time? The check I just got is for $3850 and they want me to send them $2650. To contact a Tax Officer, Mrs. Jesse Jones (Jesse James or Jenny Jones, like where do they come up with these names) and 2 Payment officers: Mr. Marvin Anderson and a Ms. Malie Frank. Plus it was sent regular mail, you would think sending that sum of money by check you would think they would send it priority mail where yu have to sign for it instead of sending it regular mail. You know something, that's where probably Bin Laden is hiding, in Nigeria with the rest of those thieves. These people from Nigeria really piss me off when they try stuff like this with innocent people like myself and of course the elderly people or people that have no way of finding out like I just did. I'm glad to find people out there on the internet to take the time to post stuff like this so other people like me don't get ripped off. Thanks to all that posted something about this PLUSNET

They are stupid as you know what they sent my 13 year old a check and he's not even old enough to enter a lottery,ha now that's some funny sh#!

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the guy who supposed to be Marvin Anderson had the nerve to call my son back this morning to see if he deposited the check, mind you I'm the one that called acting like my son, so it was really me they were talking to.

Got the same letter this week only in my daughters name. The bad thing is that she's vulnerable to the scam since she's needing a new car. She would have cashed the check had she been the first one to open the letter. Thinking it might be important, I just happened to open it since she hadn't been here in a while. I'd like to know how to get these idiots for what they are doing.

My husband get the similar letter buy said was a "consumer promotion draw". We didn't beleived, but we are gonig to talk with our lawyer to find out. Because we need to stop these.

Yep, I got the same letter/check today. My tax officer is ellen jones 53 clendon way london. Everyone should turn these letters and checks into your bank and make them aware of the scam. This will help with eventually catching and proscuting these scammers.  Steve

I have just received a similar letter PLUSNET a financial express company with a check for 3,850.00. This letter mentioned the same Marvin Anderson and or Malie Frank telephone, 866-867-9987 the proposed methods of payment to them are, Western Union, Money Gram International Money Transfer. I went on line to check the company out. The name is there but no detailed information on them. I reside in Pompano Beach Florida.

Yes, my wife and I received one of those letters with a check that looks real.  The first thing I did was to google plusnet and it brought me to this web site where I found it to be another fraud.

As soon as I saw the check, I knew it was too good to be true.  The first thing I did was Google PLUSNET, and voila, it brought me to this site.  

I feel sorry for the elderly who could easily fall for this, especially if they don't have access to the Internet to quick check these things out.

Got one of these letters today 11/27/10 for $3,850, said deposit check, call back and they will send me the rest of the $50,000 on Tuesday.

My husband and I got one of these today. It was from Plusnet a Financial Express Co. The check was for $3850.00. The check was from Faculty Practice Found, Inc. They wanted us to cash the check and wire $1850.00 via Western Union or Money Gram International Money transfer. Tax officer was Lucy Jones 9 Plumstead Road, London United Kingdom, Se18 7bz. The payment plan officers were Mr. Marvin Anderson and Ms. Malie Frank. This is a crying shame that there are people out there that actually do this. These people need to be caught!!!! People who do not have access to the internet would be marching to the bank thinking they are big winners. YOU ARE NOT A WINNER!!! THIS IS A SCAM!!

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I just got the same letter, everything is the same. i called the number and talked to Marvin Anderson, I told him i could not understand him. He wanted me to pay taxes in the UK, I said, I live in the USA, not UK. I said that it was fishy, then he hung up on me. People are unbelivable.

YUP I got the same thing. A check for $3,850.00 and to send them $1, 850. Yeah right!
1. No return address
2. I DID not enter the contest
3. I live in the USA! I don't have to pay taxes in the UK
4. Return money to you? What for? I WON NOT YOU!

And the check bank on the check is Citizens Bank. That's sad, when I could really help a lot of people with this money. The FBI NEEDS to catch them!!!

I received a check from FACULTY PRACTICE FOUND, INC. (Citizen's Bank in Boston). The letter attached had a claim number on it and stated that it was a CASH PRICE NOTIFICATION. It also stated to contact Mr. Marvin Anderson or Ms. Malie Frank at 866-814-8499 between 8am to 6pm, Monday to Saturday (PST). The check looked legit and was for a total of $3850.00, but mentioned something about a tax payment of $1850 Tax Clearance Fee (Non Residents) because this DRAW was held in United Kingdom and that the tax is payable to "my" assigned British tax officer as stated below:
Ms. Lucy Jones
9 Plumstead Road, London
United Kingdom, Se187bz
I did call Mr. Marvin Anderson...he was a man w/a thick accent. Stated that I needed to call the 866 number AFTER I deposit the check and send a cashier's check via Western Union to the address above. I'm GLAD I found this site to post this...it was TOO good to be true!