heef ([info]heef) wrote,
@ 2006-03-06 17:07:00
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Getting rich from other peoples' scams
According the Skyline Gaming Group (which does not exist) I am due quite a sum of money thanks to unclaimed prizes from some of their lotteries!

I cannot speak my excitement in any of the tongues of man or beast.

Now, I wonder how far they will go to try and get me to cough up the money they're trying to scam me out of. This should be fun... More soon if I get anywhere.

Update: Please refer to http://www.fbi.gov/ to file a complaint with the FBI if you have received such a letter. Also, you may read them at:

FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
(202) 324-3000

Their local branches are available at http://www.fbi.gov/contactus.htm.

Another update: I am now screening/deleting redundant, incomprehensible, or illegible comments. Please check that your questions have not already been answered elsewhere in this post, and please post intelligently.

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Skyline Gaming Group
(Anonymous)
2006-03-08 12:23 pm UTC (link)
We also received such a mailing, and even had to go to the post office to pick up the oversize envelope in which they sent the information. Thanks for confirming out suspicion that this is a scam. I think the US Postal System needs to be notified that an unscrupulous group is using the postal system illegally.

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Re: Skyline Gaming Group
[info]heef
2006-03-08 12:48 pm UTC (link)
Their fraud division, yes, or the FBI, which is where I intend to go.

If you want to find out why "Skyline Gaming Group" only revealed my blog on the search, instead search for the phrase "unclaimed funds random drawing". They change their name often, I'm sure.

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Re: Skyline Gaming Group
(Anonymous)
2006-03-14 12:40 am UTC (link)
hi my nane is Brenda and i got the same latter and a cheak for 2600

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Re: Skyline Gaming Group
(Anonymous)
2006-03-14 04:15 pm UTC (link)
did you try and get your chq cash please advise what happen how can someone scam you when they sent you a chq

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Re: Skyline Gaming Group
[info]heef
2006-03-14 04:21 pm UTC (link)
Please do not spam - I have deleted your other duplicate posts, including the ones in all caps. Posting in semi-readable sentences would also be a good idea. It is not that much harder put in a period here and there, and writing "check" instead of "chq" is really not difficult. Do not post in all caps.

What happens is that you deposit the check and send them a check in return. They deposit yours, then they put a stop on their own - you are out the money you sent them (and they quickly disappear) and probably stuck with a bounced check fee as well.

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Re: Skyline Gaming Group
(Anonymous)
2006-03-14 04:47 pm UTC (link)
did you cash you cheek

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Re: Skyline Gaming Group
[info]heef
2006-03-14 04:47 pm UTC (link)
Of course not. It would bounce.

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Re: Skyline Gaming Group
[info]heef
2006-03-15 05:12 pm UTC (link)
Post deleted. Please do not post in all caps.

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I received a "Skyline Gaming Group" letter
(Anonymous)
2006-03-12 02:29 pm UTC (link)
I received a letter last week from Peterborough, ON . I called the toll free number and talked to "Kate Lynch" at extentsion 83. She told me I would have to send $2397.48 to cover taxes. They sent me a check for $2600.00 to cover the expenses. I told her I would not send any money until the $2600 check clears first. I asked "Kate" if this is a scam, and she assured me it is legitimate. I am probably going to contact the Missouri Attorney General.

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Re: I received a "Skyline Gaming Group" letter
[info]heef
2006-03-14 04:22 pm UTC (link)
Naturally she would assure you it is legitimate. She could hardly tell you it was a scam, right? In any case, please do contact the attorney general's office! That is the right thing to do.

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Re: I received a "Skyline Gaming Group" letter
(Anonymous)
2006-03-15 03:00 pm UTC (link)
did you call the attorney general

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Skyline Gaming Group
(Anonymous)
2006-03-13 02:30 am UTC (link)
I also received the same scam notification of winning $265,000 with a $2,600 check for me to cash....thanks for the notice on the scam...I knew it was too good to be true...St. Louis, MO

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(Anonymous)
2006-03-13 10:51 pm UTC (link)
got the same letter and same pitch..any update

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[info]heef
2006-03-14 04:24 pm UTC (link)
100% Scam-o-rific. Do not deposit the check, do not in any case send them any money. Contact the FBI or your state's attorney general. The proper place to go, I believe, is at http://www.ic3.gov/.

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[info]heef
2006-03-14 04:47 pm UTC (link)
Correction: See the edited information in the original post for contact information.

-Heef

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