Fraudulent Sweepstakes Alert - Verizon PolicyBlog


	Fraudulent Sweepstakes Alert Posted by Eric Rabe in Policy on August 22, 2008, 02:19 PM EST Add to: Del.icio.us \| Digg \| Reddit

We’re alerting the public and law enforcement agencies about a phony sweepstakes that improperly uses Verizon’s name. Scam artists pretending to be affiliated with Verizon are mailing letters to consumers falsely stating that the consumers have won $750,000. Included with the letter is a phony $4,500 check to allegedly help the consumer pay the supposed $3,200 processing fee. This bogus check, which misleadingly appears as if issued on Verizon check stock paper, was not authorized by Verizon and cannot be paid by any bank. Verizon and law enforcement agencies encourage consumers to not attempt to cash the fake $4,500 check and to not provide any personal information to the “claims agent” that the fraudulent letters instruct them to call. Anyone who receives one of these letters should report it to the United States Postal Inspection Service.

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