Winners International
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Hey there! kjnldy,
Your absolutely right everyone needs to be aware of these scams, I had a similar situation happen to me except; I didn't receive any calls, I was emailed and I did the same thing you did, I asked for some paperwork as proof which he sent me and they look lid-git but, I was still skeptical so I asked a lawyer friend of mine to take a look at it and it turned out to be a scam, I' v also received three different letters one of them telling me that I won one million dollars, now why would they ask me to pay them so that I could receive money that I won, Why won't they send me the check and I' ll give back a nice lump sum of money. But you see they won't do that we suppose to trust them, but, they won't trust us to pay the fee they ask for, Anyhow, bottom line we have to be careful because there is a lot of SCAMMING OUT THERE, (Good Luck and God Bless)

I have had similar issues including double billing

I got a phone call when I was 18 years old and had just received my first debit card. It was a male agent working for winners readers service and he was telling me I had won a free subscription. I was a young idiot and gave him my billing info. I have moved at least 5 times and changed checking accounts once in the last 6 years and some how, I am still paying almost $30 a month. They keep telling me that this is my final bonus and that I will never hear from them again. I am getting 6 magazines that go straight to the trash, because they are mother magazines and fashion. I may be a woman, but these are not for me, I am not even a mom. The list of magazines they sent me sucks and when I tried to call, it went straight to voice mail. I am so sick of constantly shelling money out for something I don't want. I am young and married, putting my husband through nursing school, and I do not need any more stress in my life.

If you are getting any calls from: Winners International Sweepstakes, or a check in the mail from Broadway Sweepstakes Commission, or e-mails claiming that you have won X amount of money, dont fall for it. The e-mails usually, start out with telling you their name and the terrible situation the are in such as, the lost of a very close love one, or mate, and that they have all this money that they must get out of the country, for what ever reason, and that they REALLY NEED your HELP and what they will do for you if you help them by allowing them to transfere funds from their country to yours.

but of course, they need ALL of your personal and private info, to do this (how stupid do these people think we are)? By the way, this check from BWSC, has ALL the bells and dotted i’s, even a secruity type emblem, even the appearance of this check could fool the eyes of skilled handlers. So don’t rely on just the look of it, call the name of the bank on the check, give the bank the name the check is from such as BWSC, and the bank will confirm, if the check is legitamet or not in a hurry and in this case FRUADE!

These people are very good at what they do, once I received what was suppose to have been a Chasier’s Check. Can you imagine? I didn’t even know, that some one could forge/fake a Cashier’s Checks. And PLEASE what ever you decide to do DO NOT DEPOSIT the CHECK in YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, and if you do find someone to cash it, (like i said, that’s how real it appears), you will be legally liable for the amount of the check plus any and ALL FEES relateing from the transaction.

It LOOKS VERY REAL! It sounds real, but don’t believe them. It’s A SCAM!

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Another phone # - [protected]

They called 12 times Mar 21, 2017 from [protected]. Finally answered around 11:30pm. Heavily accented guy claiming to be Jim Johnson says we won a new Mercedes with my name engraved on the seats. After much round and round (as he was difficult to understand), he said he'd gotten my name/phone somehow through Wells Fargo/Bank of America. I told him to remove my name and number from his call list, which seems to have worked for the time being.

I received phone calls from Jamaican men claiming to be with U.S. Customs. (obviously I didn't believe them, as U.S. Custom Agents usually are from the U.S. themselves.) They claimed I had won 3.5 million dollars cash and a new Mercedes Benz. All I had to do was pay 1% tax ($368) through Western Union and make it payable to a Ms. Keisha Campbell, St. James, Jamaica. After these men told my Grandfather to F*#$ himself I informed them that the police were on the way to the house to monitor the phone records and the man politely said goodbye and terminated the call. THIS IS A SCAM, BEWARE.

Winner International has called our home/small business phone approximately 20 times. I have asked, as my husband has, that we be removed from the calling list. When I asked why they weren't removing us from their calling list, the sales man explained, "Because I want to f--- you", then hung up. They have had the nerve to call back several times after that. When I called the number back, a child answered the phone. When I asked to talk to an adult, a woman that could barely speak English got on the phone and yelled and cussed, and said no, they would not take us off the calling list and they would continue calling. Is there a law against this harrassment?

Two men, very thick acents called my cell repeatedly, persistent and rude, caller said I had won 18.5 million or 8.5 million and that I had to pay $50 in order to get my money. Obviouslythey have my cell phone and said they had my email address. I asked to remove me from their list do not use my information, and when asked how they got my info said when you spend over $20 then said $25 at walmart using a card automatically entered in drawing. Really?! Now, what do I do to protect myself?

About every three months, I get a call from a number with area code 876. My caller id and phone bill state that this call is coming from Jamaica. The first time they called, a Jamaican man tried to tell me that I won a 2017 Mercedes-Benz and 2.5 Million Dollars. Being the educated and quite skeptical person that I am, I knew it was a scam. I tried to ask the individual how I "won" this contest, since I haven't entered any. He stated that I made a purchase somewhere and that automatically put me in this contest. I then asked him what I purchased. He said he could not tell me and that they were just the delivery company. I then hung up. He called again but I just let the phone ring. Today, I got another call from someone with the same area code. Geared with having heard their pitch before and very upset that they keep attempting to contact me, I was ready for a fight. So, this time the person's name is Anthony. He says right away that they will be delivering my prize today. This time, the prize is a 2017 BMW 7 Series and $10, 000. I hit him with all the information I already knew about them. He tried every psychological trick in the book to try to convince me that "Winners International" is a legit company and that "he" would never lie to me. He even tried (knowing that I am in Ga and in the Bible-Belt) to use God and religion to try to sway me. He also continuously told me that I sounded like a very intelligent person. I can see right through all of this. I made it clear that I know that they are scamming people and that I know they haven't been caught because they are outside the U.S.. He then tried to tell me that he was located in Las Vegas and he was unsure why my caller id would tell me that it was Jamaica. He even said he would give me 20 minutes to think about paying the deposit to recieve my prize. He said to call him back, and of course, I don't. So he calls me instead. This time, he uses a Georgia number. Like, I am going to buy that! He asks me what my decision is, I say, "I don't think so, I am not interested". He again, insists I take a week to think about it. Anyways, if these Jamaicans call you and tell you have won anything, don't believe it- no matter how convincing they are. They are trying to find people that they can scam. They are looking for people who are gullible and don't know any better.

i have been receiving harrassing phone calls from Winner's international. a man by the name of James Robinson, phone no. [protected], has been calling often with the call ID of "private call". it is obviously a scam since they only had my phone number and said I won $5 million. they had no other infformation and said they have given out the offer many times today already. (i'll bet). they could not tell me who submitted my name or who was paying me this or the purpose of giving out winnings. BEWARE OF PHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO WANT YOUR INFORMATION!

The poster lives in Africa but his bureau is located in the UK . Very obvious that this clown is an advance fee 419 scammer.

I got a call from James Malone... On my cell phone.
Telling me I WON $2.5 Million Dollars PLUS A Mercedes M? (do I want red, black or blue)
Since I was trying to get ready for an appointment I had to be at in an hour,
so I wasn't gonna be home to accept my Prize Package, at my front door with the balloons,
and film crew, etc... so do I want a confidential presentation...
Okay... Is there a CVS near you? Okay go there with $450, but a GreenDot Money Pack...
A "Scratch-off"
Money goes on card, then take it home, call him, scratch card with only a Quarter, so as not to damage the numbers underneath.
He did get my address & home phone number, but that's it...
Then I got call after call my cell phone shows 10 times, within about 3 hrs.
after I finally got off the phone, I looked up GreenDot Money Pack, and found all these entries telling of a scam, etc.
so I called him on his office number: [protected], and told him about all the Scam Warnings I found... he tried to tell me that he/they posted those to deter the imposters, trying to use their name...
Then I got call after call... my cell phone shows 10 times, within about 3 hrs.

I`am a victum of this lottery scam. these people are good and persistent. Don t listen to them . This sweepstakes fraud is huge .There are victums in almost every state. continious calls, Many different phone numbers, many, many different names. If you hear kids playing and dogs barging in the background, hang up. let`s come together and get these jokers. I have some falseified documents they sent me to help the cause.

I just got a call from "Michael Lopez" with a thick accent and rude manner. Typical scam deal--I receive a package of some sort after sending him money on the phone. He proclaimed himself an IRS agent and told me I was late on taxes, as well. When I scoffed at all that, he promised to come to my address (which he knew) and "rape your wife." I hung up. He called back. I hung up again. Next thing is to trace this call and see if we can find this crook--but what are the odds of that? Probably the same as me actually winning a lottery game that I never played.

This is a criminal element.

Russell Renka

Some asian dude called me several times today insisting i give him my home address because i won some money from winners international. i hung up and he kept calling. i picked up again and told him i was calling the police, he just went on yelling at me. He called from18764238941. AFter calling few more times and i was'nt picking my phone, he left a message that the cheque will be delivered to me any how.

received a phone call from a Donald Walker, saying he was with UPS and notifying me I won 2.5 million from Winners International in Las Vegas and he would have the money delivered to my door step once I went to Western Union and wired $150.00 to Fenardo Clark in Montego Bay, Jamaica, West Indies W.I. and after I wired the money I was to com home and call him with the receipt number so he could deliver my money. After reading the Web site on Scams for Winner International. I did nothing, but would like to have people like that arrested and taken out of society. I hope this can be stopped.

Susan

I just got a call from Mr Benny White ( he had a thick accent) with Winners international of Las Vegas, stating that I won $250, 000, All i needed to do was go to Wal-Mart or Wal-Greens and get 2 money-packs for $400.00 each. He asked me how long this would take me, that my secret password was 119, and that I should not tell anyone about this. He asked if my husband was home, and that I shouldn't tell him; just let him be surprised when he sees all that money in our checking account. He said, that a lawyer and 2 FBI agents would be escorting me to my bank to make the deposit. I was skeptical, so I just Googled Winners International and read one account after another of similar experiences by other people. I then called the police department and they told me this was a scam, not to give them any important information or any money. The man then called me back and i told him I had called the police and they said this was a scam, which changed Mr. Benny Whites tone quite a bit. He told me to F--- O-- B-tch. Oh well, it would have been so sweet to have won 250, 000! I hope no one falls for this.

Just happened to me. I am to wire $1099 to a "Dwayne Barnes" at "12 White House" in Jamaica, get the conf. number from Western Union, and when they come early tomorrow morning, the will refund my $1099 plus my $750, 000 prize! I received a message and called back from a different phone to get this fantastic news. Somehow, even though they didn't know who I was, were able to confirm for me that I was a winner, that Winner's International is not a scam, and that someone broke into their computer system last year and ran a scam from their legitimate program. That's why I can't find anything but SCAM written about Winner's International. Of course I'm not sending anything, there's no $750K for me because they don't even know who I am! Beware. The number they called from was [protected]. That's where I called to get this "real story."

I have constantly called about winning five and a half million dollars . but first I must pay 250.00 dollars to cover the intrest rates before I can receive my cash . from an offshore account.this is their #[protected] ask for mister joe carter. everyone beware.

i received a call today from someone claiming to be with the UPS. I won 2.5 mill and in order to get it across state lines (that much money) I had to pay $450. The first thing I thought was scam. I told her I didnt have $450 and she persisted saying well what are you going to do to get your winnings? I thought well dang if I won I shouldnt have to pay to get it. I hung up and she called right back and asked why I hung up? I said because its BS scam...so I continued to talk to her because I wanted to hear more of the scam out of curiousity lol...she gave me an address where to send $450..to Ophelia Russell, 10 King st. Tampa Florida. yeah right! she asked when will you be able to send it? I said im not able to...she said "I'll call you back " and hung up.

I received the call today stating that I was the winner of a 2.5 million dollar prize. The caller, who had a pronounced foriegn accent, said that he was an investigator and he was the person assigned to inform me of this prize, all I had to do was wire the money via Western Union. After being suspicious about having to wire $250.00, I did further investigation and came across this website I am glad I didn't fall for this scam.

i am very, very embarrassed to say that i was stupid enough to have fallen for a scam.! Winners International called me from Buffalo, New York suppossedly and said i was one out of two people selected from winners international/bank of America to win 2.5 million dollars just because i used my bank credit/debit card regularly to pay bills, groceries, etc. They said this all needed to be very, very confidential and to get my phone number changed to non-published and tell no one so that no one would try to steal the money from me once the news was out. said they needed $285 for IRS paperwork to be registered before they could deliver me the money via ups with two federal agents along with the check. Wanted me to send the money to a Delroy robinson in st Mary, jamacia WI and then call them back with the reference number so they could continue enroute to me. then suppossedly a fed agent called me and said they had pulled them over and they had to have special Govt. safe sticker attatched to that large sum ammount of money and that fee would be $250. wanted me to send them that $250 dollars to the same person, same location and to do it immediately or the fbi agent was going to make them turn around with the travel of that much money. Then called me back wanting that reference number. All this money was sent via money gram to delroy Robinson, St. mary, jamacia WI. Then another call was made to me with another problem and they were wnting even more money. By that time ihad called the police. They got me for $655 before I realized what i originally thought was true, i was being scammed. I was called in one day alone 128 times by these people named Peter Meyer, first caller to me to announce "my winnings", another person named john cassidy, driver of check to deliver to me, verl Wilcox, general manager, shawn Sanders, FBI agent, Donal Trunk owner, manager. All were numbers from 876 area codes, then when i wouldnt answer anymore, they changed numbers they were calling me from to unlisted numbers. they are very convincing, very good at what they had set in place to scam a person out of money. I wish there were laws that could protect us so this doesnt happen to inocent, hard working people, that follow the law to the 'T". BEWARE! This is a SCAM!

I am from Hays, Ks. I got a call from a man claiming that i had been selected to win 2.5 million dollars from winners international, Bank of america. Said they needed me to wire $285 to a person in St. Mary, Jamacia, WI & call them back with the reference number for the correct IRS papers to be filed. I was so very, very stupid and did this. They kept saying to keep it confidential so noone would try to steal this money from me. Wanted me to get a non-published number first thing the next day and tell no one that new number. I didnt do that. By that time I had called the police. they got a tottal of $655 out of me and my stupidity! They continue to call everyday now for 4 days now. Yesterday they called 128 times to my phone number. I just got woke up with a phone call at 5am again from them saying the three guys that had been talking to me were in fBI custody and that i was indeed this winner. I keep hanging up on them, but they just wont quit. Please everyone, be carefull. These guys are very intelligent and know exactly what to say and just how well to convince you.

I am going through the same thing.A guy from Jamaica is telling me I won 2.5million dollars.I didn't believe him but somehow he convinced me to send $823.00 for the legal paperwork and than $2500.00 for Identity theft protection.I know, I wasn't thinking straight.But it doesn't end there.Now he wants $20, 000 to pay the company to submit the check to me.I didn't do it.I told him I needed proof.He offered to pay my mastercard to free up my available credit so I could pay him the $20, 000.I thought it was risky, but I made the call to pay off my mastercard with their Bank of America account.Then I talked to my accountant and he told me it was a scam.So I cancelled the payment to my mastercard and told the guy I returned his money back.He wasn't happy and told me I would only get $800.00 back that I put in which was $3884.00 and the 300.00 tp get my money back.That sucks for me.I called the attorney genearl's office and they told me I have to submit everything in writing to complain.I am very fed up with this whole situation.Has anyone ever submitted the $20, 000 and received their big check?I wish I had the $20, 000 to find out.Write back under comments.Thanks, Nancy

My credit card for my subscription was hacked and the bank canceled the card. I need to know the balance on my subscription ASAP. A new credit card has not been issued as the situation is still pending. Please email me at this address: ksvosburg60@att.net with my balance. And I need to know how to submit payments online. My account number is CM03-11-3-08. If you want your payments you will provide this information as soon as possible.

I tried to stop payment on a account that I did not give consent on and they are refusing to stop taking payments out of my account, I want this to stop and I do not receive what supposedly I ordered how do I get this to stop

I have received the same phone calls. When he said I won alot of money I said what's it gonna cost me? He said I just had to go to walmart and get a card and put 499 on it and that's how he said it 4-9-9. Needless to say he's on my call rejection list. I'm from Harrisburg, PA, These thieves really get around!

My mother who is elderly was scammed by several people all claiming to be from Multi Million International and she had won 2.5 million in their sweepstakes. She was to send money initially in order to receive her money. She sent them the money they asked for and then according to them their car broke down and they needed more money in order to fix it to bring her the money she won. She sent them more money, believing everything they told her (they were so sincere). One story after another in order to get her to send more money. In total she sent them over $5000. They were relentless, calling as much as 50 times in one day. She was even threatened by one of them when she refused to send them any more. Some of the names used were Samuel Smith from Kingston Jamaica, Robert Tuesday Kingston Jamaica [protected], Michael Lopez supposedly the Manager from Kingston Jamaica, James Anderson [protected], Dewayne Pike from Miramar, Fla. he received most of the money, Berry Godlin Aurora CO, C. Brown Easton, PA, Alexus Rowe Jamaica, West Indies, she was the one who received some of the money Western Union, the rest was cash. We now have the police involved. My mom is afraid thinking they will come after her for refusing to send them any more money. They have her address.

CONTACT SCAM INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT E-MAIL:cybercrimebureaudept@gmail.com

Omar Brown also goes by the name of John Brown - he is a big, big, scammer and associated with Winners International.

I am with you on committing to do all I can to help the Feds round up as many of these scam perverts as possible. I have several bad checks sent to me from several different people involved in this scam and am implicating all of them to give as many leads as possible. Now my best friend has been threatened by them since we live next door to each other and I don't trust these people as far as I could throw them! They are ambassadors of Satan! They have been harassing me for almost a year since I sent them about $8, 000 early last year to Jamaica and they gave me a bank account (which is in my town) which I checked out for funds available before I made the payments, but they closed the account down before the payments posted and the card companies closed my accounts for the bad payments. Since then I have been "stringing" them along and threatening them to get as much information out of them as possible to try to hang them! Since seeing this post, I will be contacting the FBI and Treasury Dept. Monday to find out the agents who are working on this case to turn over my information to them! I am now taping any calls with them and even have a call recorded on my voice mail where they didn't know they had not hung up and want to get that to the FBI for translation. These people are theives and parasites and prey on those who have the least to lose. I am on Social Security Disability and they conned me out of almost a whole year's worth of money. And if they're calling you on a cell phone you are going to be charged with international long distance calls which can put you in the hole real quick when you think you're talking to Las Vegas. Get with the fraud department of your cell carrier and explain the situation to get the charges reversed. "Dr." Paul Davis has been my main contact and telling me how holy he is and how he loves me like his mother! I suppose he would have thrown his mother into a Nazi concentration camp!
I hate the ### and all his comrades and have told him I'll see him rot in jai begore he rots in hell!

would like these people in jamica anlas vegas inprisoned. I'd really like my money back .over $10, 000.

I too have been take in for over 1 tear like a fool i have sent eunice williams moneys for stamp costomes, an any thing Mr Bill Washington can dream up. The last time he called he told me I was beening stupid. I told him I finally took some smart pills an to spend my money on a good lawyer, broke in Ill.

I just (moments ago) received a phone call from a David Martinez, who said he was a representative of the Winners International Network and Lottery Commission advising me that my named had been drawn from a contest and that I had won 2 and 1/2 million dollars and, a 2012 Mercedes Benz SSR McClaren which would be delivered today. He provided a "batch number" as my claim number and stated, all fees associated with the prize had been paid except for an amount of $505.00 which I needed to provided to him in the form of a Green Dot Money Pack Prepaid Scratch Card purchase from CVS or Wal-mart in order to receive my prize. He said to call him back at [protected] when I got the card or he would call me. He said the money was for processing and a "P14 Form". He said the conversation was being monitored by the FBI and the Better Business Bureau and was legitimate. I had previously received a similar call from someone with the identical scam so I let him complete his presentation. I investigated the previous caller and confirmed it was a scam using PCH as the sponsor. I encourage anyone receiving this call to recognize it as a scam and do not fall for the false prize. These guys (and ladies) are often foreign and speak English with an African accent. I do not intend to comply with this hoax and I previously informed the FBI of the first encounter with this scam. When he calls me back, I will tell him I have contacted the FBI and provided his information to them; however, they will change their number and name before anything happens. (While I was typing this, he (David) called back and I informed him that I knew it was a scam and that the FBI had been informed) I tried to appeal to his conscience to stop his activity for God will punish him for his iniquity. Before I finished he had hung up the phone.

I got a call today. I was dumb and sort of believed the guy. his name was James Coleman. He then turned me over to his supervisor David McCarthy. "Financial Suthe supervisor". Wanted 350.00 for storage fees because they have been trying to get in touch with me since December. They said I won 2.5 Million dollars. I told them I was unable to pay them until the end of the month because I do not get paid until the end of the month. He told me that he could help me with that and was able to increase my Social Security check for 3 months so that it would help me pay for the 350.00 fees. He wanted my SS number. Like a stupid dumb person I gave it to him. Even though I knew that this was a scam. I even told him that in our converstion many times. In my heart I knew it was nothing and that he was just some guy messing with me I gave him that information. then after I became worried after talking to my husband about it. I thought about the SS stuff and the fact that he might be able to get into my SS and hack something and instead of increasing my SS check as he said he may take it. Then I would be in hot water. I need that money. I don't care about the so called winning of any thing. I haven't won anything in my life before this why start now. But I don[t know who to call to put a watch or lock on my SS check. Any suggestions.?
Thanks
Cheryl Lundgren

Mr "George King" of Winners International gave my wife a call yesterday saying (phone message) she had a package to be delivered. He called again this afternoon (June 1, 2010) and initially told my wife that she had won $850, 000 and a new car and that the delivery was in progress. After I got on the line (my wife knew this was bogus and left), the offer was then changed over to me and all that I had to do was wire $250 to OK ENE St Mary, Jamaica, WI from "Walmart" or K-Mart at their Western Union station there. "George's" number was [protected] which I traced to Kingston, Jamaica.

He wanted me to go out and send the funds and then call him back with the "receipt" so that the "delivery" could then be made.

I didn't go, simply waited an appropriate time. He called back several times in the interim but I didn't answer because that would let him know I hadn't moved to send the funds. I answered later and explained that the Walmart people would not let me send the funds to Jamaica, and that I diodn't now have that amount ready to send anyway.

Now the location was revised to have funds sent to Barbara Mellon at 313 Creek Drive, Apt 223, Saint Davids, PA 19087. The offer was reduced to $100 if I acted immediately. But I had no time this evening and the price went back up to $350 which I had jokingly said would be available tomorrow. OK, $250 is OK, "Ill make up the difference" was the reply. When can you do this? Don't know, probably after 11:00 AM. I got him ("George") to name "Winners International" as the source and this allowed me to look on line and respond here.

Told "George" that his call was from Jamaica which he denied saying his cell phone was bought in New York (City). But the trace showed the cell tower in Kingston, Jamaica with Lat/Long coordinates. Said the Car was a Mercedes Benz C Class.

Interesting scam. Pretty transparent, but it only takes a few of them to make some real money.