Global Maxfin Financial reviews and complaints

I too received a "check" for 4920.00 with a letter from Laura Robert, Global Maxfin Financials 2117 Lake Avenue, Suite 202, Niagra Falls B4A 1E6. Must contact Lisa Austin or Dom Watson to get further instructions. DID WE ALL WIN? Very funny, ahh, if it were only true.

I have also received a "check" for 4920.00 along with a letter from the office of LAURA ROBERT, Vice President Finance. The letterhead
says GLOBAL MAXFIN FINANCIALS 2117 Lake Avenue, Suite 202, Niagara Falls, B4A 1E6. The letter states that I have won in the second category of CUSTOMERS COMPENSATION DRAW held on 4th May, 2009. You are entitled to the winning lump sum of US
$250, 000, PAID once the taxes in the amount $3, 980 has been paid through WESTERN UNION.

It further says to call Lisa Austin or Dom Watson to get further instructions.

I, too, have received a "check" and letter...How would it be considered bank fraud if I cashed the check? It's issued to me and if there are sufficient funds to cover it how is that illegal?..Thanks to anyone who can explain it to me...bfenwick

I also recieved a letter and check from this company as well. Contacts on this letter however are DOM WATSON OR LISA AUSTIN [protected] RECEIVED ON 05/07/2009 MY BANK CHECKED THIS OUT FOR ME .

I too received a check from these people. contact larry robert or Lisa Austin.

We recieved a letter and check from this company as well. Contacts on this letter however are Larry Robert or Lisa Austin at [protected].

I GOT THIS LETTER ABOUT A MONTH AGO SAYING I HAD WON $250, 000.00 AND ALL I HAD TO DO WAS DEPOSIT THIS CHECK OF $4, 920.00, WELL I DID, THE CHECK DIDN'T CLEAR, BUT THEY ALMOST CLOSED MY ACCOUNT FOR IT. I DIDN'T SEND THEM ANY MONEY BACK, BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THEM STOPPED, IT REALLY SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE SCAMMING A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND ONE PERSON I READ ABOUT RECIEVED IT TWICE. WHAT IS THERE TO DO WHEN ALL OF THEIR INFORMATION IS FAKE, I AM AFRAID REALLY OLD PEOPLE OR REALLY YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE THE ONES GETTING SCAMMED!

I can echo everything that has been said. I plan to tell the bank, the authorities, and anyone who will listen about this scam. However, I also want to find out how these scammers got my name and address in the first place. The Canada stamps seemed to be the only clue, but then I noticed someone mentioned Suntrust in a post. We recently refinanced our loan and paid off Suntrust. I suspect maybe they sold my information to these people. The Canada thing though also could be a factor. The only recent dealings I have had with Canada were 1) a family trip to Italy was arranged through a Canadian company, and 2) bought some text messages in bulk from a Canadian company to use while we were in Italy.

Can anyone else figure out how their names/addresses were targeted? (I guess that's what the FBI is for, huh?)

"WISH I WOULD HAVE VISITED THIS SITE"
I too recieved this letter stating "final notice of unclaimed winning" an i was in shock that there was a real looking check for $4, 920 so i called "dom watson"an he told me to deposit the money into my account, so not really doing too much thinking i did, an my bank put a hold on the check but i didnt touch the money just incase of something fishy happening, AND I DIDNT WIRE ANY MONEY, then i got a call from my bank 4 days later saying i had an alert on my account an they were CLOSING it, i plead my case an there is nothing i can do! and i can not go to any other bank for at least 5 years! thanks to these ###! so if you get this "SCAM" :THROW IT OUT!

I believe the check is authentic. It sounds like one can verify that the funds are in the bank that the check is drawn upon. However, what happens to someone who is too trusting is if they don't want to wait for the check to clear and are anxious to see their lump sum winning and they have the $3, 980 in their own account he/she may be willing to wire it through Western Union for Global to pay the 'taxes' on the 'winnings'. When Global receives the money they stop payment on the check and are ahead of the game with $3, 980 of the victim's money.

The check I received was issued by the Bridgefield Insurance Company with a post office box address in Lakeland, Fl drawn from a Suntrust Bank account in Tampa, FL.

I spoke with 'Dom Watson' he just gave me the instructions to deposit the check. If I won so much money his lack of warmth and friendliness for my good fortune did not come out at all.

TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE

I received my letter todaystating i won $5500.00 my check was for the amount of $3920.00.. I have to admit this sounded great and could i sure use this...how sad i knew it was too good to be true but their are millions of people who are holding on to last hope and send these dirtbags all they have.

I got the check in the mail yesterday however instead of puting it throught my account. I just have to wonder why no one has not thought to take the check to the nearest Citibank for verification yet and then cash it against the account it is drawn on!?

I received a check today the same as silk31405. I called the number and got a woman named Jennifer Moore. This is an American name, this woman was not American. I looked up this place and got this web site while I was on the phone with her. I told her what it said. She denied it was true. I told her she needed to send me legal documentation to prove that. She said she would send out the package to me right away. I bet that never comes.

L.D.

For once I got on the computer and researched...I too have been burnt by a couple of scammers in the past year, not by a company such as this though. Glad I did my checking. Makes sense though, what you all are saying! Thanks for taking the time to let everyone else know what NOT to do!

silk31465,
What they gain is your money - they hope. If you deposit their bogus check, thinking it's real, then wire them the $3450, they get your money, and you're out $3450 when their check to you bounces!

So don't wire any money! :)

I received this same mailing this morning and I think they benefit in this way:
The check you received is real, but it will eventually bounce. You deposit the check, thinking, "Hey, they sent me $4920, but they only want $3980 back in taxes. Even if it's a scam, I'm still up almost a grand!" But then the deposit you made bounces (even if the cash is in their account, they can clear out that account or their deposit was made with a fake check, too, as mentioned in a previous post) and you're out the $3980 they just made by scamming you AND you don't get the $4920.

I could've been taken in by this, because the check looks real and seems authentic. I could definitely take it to my bank and deposit it. But I've received enough scam mail by now that my first stop after opening the envelope was to Google "Global Maxfin scam" and see what popped up. Glad I did.