Banging head on desk

[sunbunny]

I give up with one of my inlaws. My FIL received one of those scam sweepstakes checks. I cannot convince one of my SIL's that it's a scam. The other one, I think we've convinced -she's been googling on her own and was skeptical like we were.

Anyway, sister 1 is planning on taking the check to the bank and cashing in the morning. She is convinced it's real, all because she called the number and they were nice and told her what to do. Chris has now hid the check until sister 2 can get over there and take it away from sister 1. I don't know why he doesn't just take it himself and throw it away.

This might get ugly over here in our neck of the woods. I'm the youngest, so I think I can wrestle the check away if I need to, but I try to stay out of their business. LOL

I don't want to see my FIL taken for thousands of dollars just because of one greedy daughter.

[mmmbeans]

that sounds like a blast.

[Kurb]

That sucks bunny.

Just burn the damn thing now.

[CharlotteBeer.com]

I'll wait for the inevitable "Banging on desk" and "Head on desk" parody threads.

How can people be that naive? My friend's wife works for a bank's call center, and she is constantly getting calls from people who have been swindled out of money through similar circumstances.

[sunbunny]

And get this, it's a Canadian sweepstakes. I know good and damn well Chris's dad hasn't entered any Canadian sweepstakes.

The check they sent him was to pay Canadian taxes on the $450,000 check that will be "delivered this week". And it came in the mail.

Also, the sweepstakes drawing was supposedly in Feb. So, it takes until now to be notified?

All the scam signs are there. His sister is just too (fill in the blank) to see them.

[stankowalski]

Hey sunbunny, can you tell your FIL that I'm a Nigerian prince fleeing the country and I need somewhere to stash all my millions of dollars...I just need his bank account number so I can deposit it.

[sunbunny]

You'd have better luck with the sister. LOL

[Hawk]

did someone say sister?!!!!

them damn Canadians...they'll try anything to get those green backs

[Mr. Scot]

Didn't someone on here who works in a bank post about a scam like this a little while back?

Maybe someone could dig up that post.

[Jangler]

Did they do anything to receive this great windfall? edit: i see you answered that one...

Have you heard from Deco Worldwide Sweepstakes or American Sweepstakes Lottery or from Alliance Consult Services? If not, good! They have one thing in common – all of them are scams. These are names some fraudsters used to cheat people of their money.

Canadian Sweepstakes scams are run by individuals based in Canada. They send emails giving welcome news to its recipients that they have won the top prize (or sometimes, as we shall see, a lower prize) at a sweepstake. The sweepstakes can be claimed to have such illustrious sponsors as Microsoft, the Readers’ Digest, Publishers’ Clearing House or the choicest Fortune 500 companies.

But there’s a hitch: The recipients of the mail will have to pay a few thousands to cover some expenses. This could be a fee for covering administrative expenses or as an advance tax that has to be paid against the prize. They would be asked to send a check for the said amount to an address in Canada (usually to a woman – it increases credibility, you see).

Some people send the check. And why not? After all, who would not pay a few thousands for the millions that is just within grasp?

But more often than not, it does not end here. If the victim sends a check the first time around, they are asked to send some more on one pretext or the other.

more...

http://www.419legal.org/blog/2008/02/21/never-ever-fall-for-a-canadian-sweepstakes-scam/

[TheSaint]

I give up with one of my inlaws. My FIL received one of those scam sweepstakes checks. I cannot convince one of my SIL's that it's a scam. The other one, I think we've convinced -she's been googling on her own and was skeptical like we were.

Anyway, sister 1 is planning on taking the check to the bank and cashing in the morning. She is convinced it's real, all because she called the number and they were nice and told her what to do. Chris has now hid the check until sister 2 can get over there and take it away from sister 1. I don't know why he doesn't just take it himself and throw it away.

This might get ugly over here in our neck of the woods. I'm the youngest, so I think I can wrestle the check away if I need to, but I try to stay out of their business. LOL

I don't want to see my FIL taken for thousands of dollars just because of one greedy daughter.

wow. so those kind of people actually exist. i thought it was a 20/20 creation.

btw, please scan and post

[charlotte49er]

Thank God for Spam filters on e-mail. I get either 2 sweepstakes or some foreign guy wanting to business in our Country. All I ahve to do is collect the money and keep 10% for myself before sending him a wire transfer.

I hate scammers!

[Razzy]

Reminds me of this screenplay called Nebraska where a senile old man gets one of these sweepstakes things, so he drives all the way to the business's address in Nebraska to claim his prize.

[Davidson Deac II]

I give up with one of my inlaws. My FIL received one of those scam sweepstakes checks. I cannot convince one of my SIL's that it's a scam. The other one, I think we've convinced -she's been googling on her own and was skeptical like we were.

Anyway, sister 1 is planning on taking the check to the bank and cashing in the morning. She is convinced it's real, all because she called the number and they were nice and told her what to do. Chris has now hid the check until sister 2 can get over there and take it away from sister 1. I don't know why he doesn't just take it himself and throw it away.

This might get ugly over here in our neck of the woods. I'm the youngest, so I think I can wrestle the check away if I need to, but I try to stay out of their business. LOL

I don't want to see my FIL taken for thousands of dollars just because of one greedy daughter.

Is desk a new euphemism for headboard?

You or whomever could call the bank in advance. Its unlikely they would be willing to accept it anyway, but it might help if someone talks to the bank manager and tells them about the deal. Might be that its not even an issue if the bank will not take it.