Addleshaw, Bird & Mitchell review: Scam company requesting a $20 fee for an application to receive an award of $2,997,500.00 65

DOCUMENT requesting fee for cash reward.

This is a huge scam being done across the country by more than one corrupt fly by night company ! The sad part is many senoir citizens fall for this and send money and these companies operate out of nigeria and canada !

I'd like to add the mailing address where they expected me to send payment..:
Processing department
PMB 130
1 Hewitt Square
East Northport, NY 11731

RECEIVED CERTIFICATE #2741 JUNE 11 2013, REQUIRING $25.00 RETURNED WITH CERTIFICATE. MUST BE SOME WAY TO SHUT THESE GUYS DOWN ?

my name is moria I am unemployed and also fail for the scam and I send my 25 dollars in a check I am praying that they don't go in my bank account I do not have any money I feel so dumb to fall for a scam like that

Sorry to hear of people falling for these scams... the above address( the 1st one) happens to have a private investigator listed at that address, maybe he can find out why that address is used.

Received from ADDLESHAW ' Bird & Mitchell certificate of compliance . FEW things to remember when receiving these notices. One there is no phone to contact them. Next there is no web address most of todays business will have this, remember we are in a very techno culture. Last since they already have my $4, 278, 000.00 ask yourself why they can't take the money they need from this then send the rest to me. One last point who is Ethan James. None of the three prominent names on the certificate signed it. Hope this helps. Just put mine in the shredder. Lets all be like "sheep in wolves clothing" Be wise you earned your money and can sleep at night these folks steal from all of us and are blest with nightmares. They know what they are doing and so do we, ah the sound of the shredder sound great... So do the same with yours PLEASE...

I do agree with the complaints that are being posted. I'M sorry for the young lady Moria, best wishes to you and your family. You're in my prayers. If i had not read your text you posted i would have sent those ### money and i don't have it like that to give away. The struggle is hard. My name is Craig R. For those that lost money and you're already poor and had hope in that money, just keep praying and I'll keep praying then maybe; just maybe either the government or God can do something about these white-collar-hoodlums, that's scamming me and you. They sent me the purple and white letter indicating i had an entitlement to 4 million dollars. What a time to waist that's of the devil suppressing the poor. I hope each and every one of us that received those letters do get blessed with 4 million dollars. There was no phone number and no website to claim your prize. Note: for you that's sending these false documents that's reading this text; there is accountability for your wicked deeds. You people need to be ashamed of yourselves.

I agree with the complaints.. I did not know until now they sent me the same latter saying I won a huge amount of money. I was very happy it is very sad that these people are stealing from people like my self... they got me for 20 dollars I can not believe I fall for their trick... I pray they will be put to sham...

I, too, got a letter saying I'd won this huge amount, making me a millionaire! LOL. But first off my inner voice wasn't making me excited in the least and that's usually my best sign I get. So I decided to look them up and found a couple of good sites, this being one of them. All people say the same thing, which is SCAM! Good points brought up by Craig Richardson!

I received disbursement advisory today (6/24/, 2013) to receive $2, 997, 500.00. They want me to send $20.00 for processing.
LOL! Same address given above. It is signed by Ethan James. Why do people do this? I use to have 'SUCKER' stamped on my forehead, but have finally wised up! I pray something is done to these people and anyone else trying to scam on the poor and elderly. SJS Billings Mt.

my sister felt for this ### but she was smart about it to get her money back she went any got a money order and report the money order stolen i just pray they cash it so something can be done about this because people work hard for there money and these people out there trying to scam them out of it

I also received this same letter, and have received letters just like this on many other occasion and if you win any money you should never have to pay to get it. What I do when I get these letters/certificates in the mail I go online and research them, their address etc any info I can get and every time I do that I find scam scam scam. I'm so glad I have never paid a cent for any of them. I think it would be great in a non profit organization place warnings for the public about scam artists! Maybe they will someday who knows...I feel so sorry for senior citizens and anyone who fall for this deception. Remember this if you have to pay for winning money then it most likely is a scam.

I received a letter announcing that I WAS A WINNER of $2, 997, 500.00usd. I was so excited about finally winning anything in my entire life! But a little voice told me to Google Addleshaw, Bird & Mitchell. Glad I did and found out it was a scam. I felt so let down, depressed, and foolish. They should be sued for emotional distress! Shame, shame, shame, on them! Playing on vulnerable people's emotions who are just getting by in the world and in need of a break. I pray that God will catch up with them and give them a conscience to stop what they are doing and return all the money they have stolen. I also pray that the laws of the legal system can catch up with these cyber criminals. Technology is great for data the right reasons of information, education, and communicating. However the law needs to stay as up to date as the technology itself to prevent these cyber criminals. What are OUR, THE PEOPLE'S, LAWMAKERS doing about this or are they getting something for looking the other way. LAWMAKERS NEED TO BE OUR ADVOCATES AND SHUT THESE CYBER CRIMINALS DOWN!

Yes.. These people need to be found and prosecuted... I have children to feed and this is some sort of joke? I'm highly pissed... to be honest. I've been thanking the lord everyday... in my mind I honestly believe I won something and it was a blessing from god... yes the people should be sued for emotional distress... UNBELIEVEABLE!... the nerve of some people.

The same thing happened to me I received a letter from them (ADDLESHAW, BIRD & MITCHELL), saying that I had won $4, 278. 000.00 and that I had to send $20.00 for the processing fee. I was so happy at the beginning when I receive that letter, but then I decided to pray for this notice, and God put in my mind to Google it. For my surprise lots of people had being foolish, but thanks to God I did not send my $20.00 to them. I wish with all my heart that the police can arrest them and put then in jail.

Sara

I received the same mailing plus a another in my mail today. The best way to tell if they are scams that are about winning anything, is you should never have to pay any kind of fee for winning money! After all they could take it out of your "winnings" and double checking on the internet helps clear your conscious of losing all that "money"! No lawful sweepstake or lotto will ever ask you for money. It's amazing how many that actually get away with this sort of scam. As the old saying goes "If it is to good to be true it usually is!"
Keep yourself safe this is the time of year the REAL sweepstakes and such are really putting stuff in the mail. They will have all kinds of ways to contact them and will not have just a "Distrubution of Funds Dept." or something else contact you with winnings, afterall they want everyone to know you won a prize from them and their respective names will be everywhere on the paper work.

Yes, I was ready to send the money before a friend told me to look this up and I'm so glad I did. I'm a 62 year old grandmother raising 6 grandchildren so the money would have been a blessing. I was so excited to finally be able to care for these kids and not worry about food, clothes, and education for all of them. But people like this really brake your heart when you find out it's not real. Thanks everyone for posting these so people don't send money they can't afford. Debi

Today, August 12th, 2013, I received a Certificate of Compliance. $4, 278, 000, 000 asking for a signature and $20.00 with it's return.

I am surprised at how many people fall for this. I have been receiving these documents for years. I have never fallen for such a scam. One thought: "If It is SOUNDS TOO GOOD to be TRUE, IT IS!" Common Sense People. Did you actually Enter any Contests? Why no phone number? Why not have any way to actually contact these people other than respond with so Called COC? Who would believe that some firm, out of the blue, just picked your name out of a hat and decided to send you millions of dollars? Please tell me people are not that NAIVE! Remember, LOOK IT UP ON THE INTERNET, just the names will do. If it is a SCAM, then it will be easily found with complaints. If not, if Legitimate, there will be CONTACT INFORMATION. Please use Common Sense and your HEAD for something besides a Hat Wrack.

Pray to GOD to Grant you the Common Sense to realize there is no such thing as FREE. Someone has to pay for it. People falling for this scam is PAYING, and PAYING, and PAYING. Please warn your friends and neighbors to look out for scams like this. Consider how you might save others the heart ache and pain you felt after sending your hard earned money to a scam master.

And if you believe in the COC then send me $20. 00. I will send you a deed to the Brooklyn Bridge in Miami Florida,
or sell you some Ocean Front Property in Arizona.

Thank you for providing a place for me to inform and rant.

Sincerely,

Brenda O.

i got the same letter and decided to check on here for this company times are hard here and for someone to do this is really bad you cant trust anyone any more to do right soo never get your hopes up about stuff like this

I also got a letter saying that I won a large sum of money but then thy were asking for 20.00 dollares, then I said to my self that's not right whay should I be paying for something sopposely I have won so I when and check them on online and there they where a bunch of scamers I was so lucky to check them out before I send them the money, and I was going to return back to them the letter saying that they where a bunch thiefs, but they are not whorth the stamp that I was going to use on the letter, just whish that some day they will catchup with them and put them where day belong

I received a letter from this attorneys firm and copied 2 copies to this complaint.

I just received my letter yesterday, so glad I decided to check online before sending my money...the for the info something should be done about these scammers!

I have received the same papers in the mail and I got ripped off to. so don't fall for it .

I received my letter last week soo they take my money because I not check this company

My name is Joy I too received notification letters from Ethan James payment agent I had sent 20.00 and after I figured it out I looked up the company and found out what I had suspected however I waited because I knew they would send another notification which. I did received for transmittal fee of 25.00 for them to send me 1, 887, 299.00. I am so on to them now, something Need to be done with these people running these scam on poor struggling people a 44 cent stamp is even too much to return any thing to them .The Bible states in Exodus 20:15 Thou Shall not STEAL, 1 Timothy6:7 states you come in this world with nothing and will leave with nothing, 1 Timothy 6:10 states For the LOVE of MONEY is the root of all EVIL Colossians3:25 speaks about the wrong you do.I hope they could sleep good at night and know earthly riches and robbing the POOR will not get them to heaven.

My grandparents have received several of these letters. Thank goodness they knew not to send any money. I looked up the "Processing Department" address of PMB 540, 12528 Queens Blvd, Kew Gardens, NY 11415 and found that this is a UPS Store. Where someone has a PMB ( private mail box) # 540. So definitely not a processing center of any kind, just straight up scam.

The UPS Store of Queens Blvd
125-28 QUEENS BLVD
KEW GARDENS, NY 11415

[protected]
[protected]
store5211@theupsstore.com

I received a letter from this company wanting 20.00 fee and a return form signed saying I have won 2, 997, 500.00. want to let everyone know if you win something you don't have to pay that way unless you win the lottery and then uncle sam wants his .
but the first thing I did was went on line just like now just be careful and don't fall for anything

I got a letter also and the new address that there're are using is PMB 410 17625 UNION TPKE FRESH MEADOWS NY [protected]. Now they say just send 20 dollars for processing fee but luckily i am smart and headed straight for the computer before i sent anything and this is what i found, THIS WHOLE THING IS A SCAM. So to people that just getting these letters Its a scam dont send them ### anything. Get a real job, slobs. You didnt catch me this time

I got this letter in the mail stating that I won over 2 million dollars in some Data Audit and found out later that it was a big scam by going online. Is there any way I can get refunded for the $20 money order I sent out?

i also got letter today from Addleshaw, Bird&Mitchel telling me I had won $2, 997, 500.00 cash award by A.B.M. they wanted me to hurry and send them $20.00 for folio release . I found this page of complaints when I yahoo, d the company. there are aprox. 14 web pages full of nothing but complaints about this herd. would sure like to meet mr. Ethan James and introduce him to some southern hospitality for his efforts. I really like the photos of the company that are already posted.there is a special place in hell for folks like this. someone should send them there to collect their just rewards.

Sad, the internet started out many years ago as a very useful and helpful thing. As all things in life it does not take long for the human society to ruin it, spoil it or try to use people with it. I would think with ISP addresses we could track down these type of scams and prosecute them to the maximum the law allows. As it was stated they seem to after the elderly who are already on a fixed income. What type of a rotten human being can do this and live with themselves? It does not do any good to get angry, although I'm rather ticked off. The best we can do is be careful and not fall into these traps / scams! Maybe, just maybe the government will wise up and put some real effort into stopping this type of thing, I'm not going to hold my breath waiting. Hang in there people!

i also have gotten a lettler from them asking for $25.00 and got scam and there still sending me letters ...im unemployed with nothing ...

I am an elderly person who fell for this and they got $20 out of me, and now they want an additional $25 for check transfer fee, I'm so glad I decided to google this company and found multiple complaints re: this is a scam...I'm out $20.00 but now have peace of mind that I'm not the only wisher for wealth. I'm ashamed of myself that I did not google this before I sent a check which I now plan on going to my bank to report this illegal activity. to see if I can get reimbursed...if not, I'm sure wiser than last month.

i was also scam twenty dollars and still not reseve anything so please send me the money then i will send you more money

I just received the letter from Addleshaw, Bird & Mitchell in East Northport, NY. I thought I should check it, because it just seemed to be to good to be true. I would like to have the money, but you don't get anything for free. I am so thankful that I decided to check with you before I did anything stupid. You are a lifesaver. It's not that $20.00 that they asked for was a lot of money, but If more people would check on them, maybe they would go out of business. Is there anything that can be done to get them out of business? Thank you, Joan Sauer

I ALMOST FELL FOR THIS CRAPPY ...EVIL LETTER...BUT ONCE I GOT TO THE PART WHERE IT SAID...SEND 20.00 TO RECIEVE 3 MILLION AWARD...I KNEW IT HAD TO BE A SCAM...CUZ PEOPLE...IF YOU EVER WIN ANYTHING...REMEMBER WE WILL NEVER HAVE TO SEND MONEY TO WIN MONEY...THESE PEOPLE WILL PAY FOR THEIR SCAMS...I AM ABOUT TO SEND THE LETTER BACK ...SAYING WE GOT YOUR GUYS NUMBER...BUT GOD WILL HANDLE THEM

I have received so many of these scam letters over the years. I checked with our own state officials and was told if you are asked to send any money, it's a scam!

I was scammed about a month ago for $25.00 and then started getting more of the same type of letters. Got two today from a, b, m. and realized thre only thing i won was my name on a "suckers" mailing list. Dont fall for this. Im thankful it was only $25.00. They have a good way of wordding their letter, however 3mill pluse seems like it would come more publisised. Think about it!

I have received many of these types of letters, but, I always knew that they are scams. Just a gut feeling. For the ones that aren't aware of these scams, my heart goes out to you. These scammers need to be locked up. They are taking money from people that work hard to make ends meet. The police wont do anything about this problem though and so people need to be educated about this kind of stuff.