- Report: #183436
Complaint Review: Universal Clearing House - Niagara Falls Ontario
-
Author Confirmed
Why?
Universal Clearing House
46 John F. Kennedy Rd Niagara Falls, M5R 7K9 Ontario, Canada
Phone:
450-330-0140
Web:
N/A
Categories:
Business Rating:
(0)
Tell us has your experience with this business or person been good?
Universal Clearing House, Ripoff Winning Lottery, Niagara Falls, Canada ripoff - They send me a letter saying that I have won the EUROPEAN LOTTERY yeah... dumb me... of 150,000 USD out of 9 millions. They told me to pay the non-residence tax of $2750 USD, then after I paid the tax I lose contact with them and they never call me back. Niagara Falls Ontario Canada
*Consumer Suggestion: Common sense should override greed
*Consumer Suggestion: Common sense should override greed
*Consumer Suggestion: Common sense should override greed
*Consumer Suggestion: Common sense should override greed
*Author of original report: Universal Clearing House,Niagara Falls, Canada, ripoff
*Consumer Comment: Do you still have the letter?
This company or I think it's a company, rip-off me a lot of money and I wanted to get them back for what they did to me.
First of all they send me a letter saying I had won a European Lottery (stupid me...) that was held on Feb. 1st, 2006, of 150,000 USD out of 9 millions USD. And The letter came with a check of $2,940.00. And so I deposit the check to my bank.
At that moment I was so happy that I didn't realize what's real going on. So the next day I called the lady(Ms. Carol Foster) that was assign to my claim number. The letter said that I should call her within 5 days of receiving the letter. Also in the letter it also said if I wanted to obtain my TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, which was require for the release of my funds, I should contact the custom inspection officer Mr. Paul Gordon at 1-905-598-0871.
The lady that I called told me that I have to pay a non-residence tax of $2750 before they I can get the $150,000. She also told me how to pay and who to pay to. She told me to pay to a guy in New York by the name of Mr. David Brown and after she confirm that he receive the money she will give me a call back. His address:
David Brown
2228 Mountain Side Office #510
Brooklyn, NY 11718
And so being a poor guy working night and day, living paycheck by paycheck, thinking that I can finally have a good rest, I withdraw $2750 from my bank account and paid to that guy David Brown through Western Union money transfer, thinking that I will get much more back. well after couple days pass I haven't receive any calls from her and so I went to check the status of my money transfer and it say that the money had been pick up already.
And so I try to called that lady, but I can't reach her or any of the other people that was listed in the letter, and everytime I called the answer machine keep saying there's no room for message there's no room for message, and there's no ringing at all. But before I made the payment I can reach her anytime during the day except she told me that they close at 10pm. And now the check that I deposit was returned to my bank, because they say that whoever wrote me the check doesn't had that much in their account. Now I was left with a debt of
-$2800 dollar in my account, and from that day on I've been borrowing money from friends to recover my account...even my paycheck is not enough.
Please help me take them down. And to everyone out there if you receive similar letters to mine, think very very hard before taking any action.
Thank You
I will post up the letter that I receive.
Xou
fremont, California
U.S.A.
First of all they send me a letter saying I had won a European Lottery (stupid me...) that was held on Feb. 1st, 2006, of 150,000 USD out of 9 millions USD. And The letter came with a check of $2,940.00. And so I deposit the check to my bank.
At that moment I was so happy that I didn't realize what's real going on. So the next day I called the lady(Ms. Carol Foster) that was assign to my claim number. The letter said that I should call her within 5 days of receiving the letter. Also in the letter it also said if I wanted to obtain my TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, which was require for the release of my funds, I should contact the custom inspection officer Mr. Paul Gordon at 1-905-598-0871.
The lady that I called told me that I have to pay a non-residence tax of $2750 before they I can get the $150,000. She also told me how to pay and who to pay to. She told me to pay to a guy in New York by the name of Mr. David Brown and after she confirm that he receive the money she will give me a call back. His address:
David Brown
2228 Mountain Side Office #510
Brooklyn, NY 11718
And so being a poor guy working night and day, living paycheck by paycheck, thinking that I can finally have a good rest, I withdraw $2750 from my bank account and paid to that guy David Brown through Western Union money transfer, thinking that I will get much more back. well after couple days pass I haven't receive any calls from her and so I went to check the status of my money transfer and it say that the money had been pick up already.
And so I try to called that lady, but I can't reach her or any of the other people that was listed in the letter, and everytime I called the answer machine keep saying there's no room for message there's no room for message, and there's no ringing at all. But before I made the payment I can reach her anytime during the day except she told me that they close at 10pm. And now the check that I deposit was returned to my bank, because they say that whoever wrote me the check doesn't had that much in their account. Now I was left with a debt of
-$2800 dollar in my account, and from that day on I've been borrowing money from friends to recover my account...even my paycheck is not enough.
Please help me take them down. And to everyone out there if you receive similar letters to mine, think very very hard before taking any action.
Thank You
I will post up the letter that I receive.
Xou
fremont, California
U.S.A.
6 Updates & Rebuttals
Lori
Oklahoma City,Oklahoma,
U.S.A.
Do you still have the letter?
#2Consumer Comment
Thu, March 30, 2006
If you do, contact your Postmaster General. This is mail fraud. They can be very helpful, although recovering your money is not very likely as people who pull this move around alot and use different identities so catching up with them is very difficult.
Xou
fremont,California,
U.S.A.
Universal Clearing House,Niagara Falls, Canada, ripoff
#3Author of original report
Thu, March 30, 2006
The reason I belive it is because I have been entering in a lot of contests and lotterys, That's why I made this mistake of believing that it might be truth.
Ashley
Grayslake,Illinois,
U.S.A.
Common sense should override greed
#4Consumer Suggestion
Mon, March 27, 2006
Please people...here are the financial rules I live by: 1) If someone is trying to "give" me something, ALWAYS ask, are there fees. If they (the company) hesitates or says, just a tiny (blah, blah, blah) fee, RUN THE OTHER WAY. 2) If someone says you've won something and wants a processing fee, RUN THE OTHER WAY. 3) RUN THE OTHER WAY if you're thinking of buying diet patches, diet pills, ED pills, etc. from infomercials. If you are intent on using these concoctions, you can usually find them OTC at Walgreens. That way, you'll know you're only going to be charged once. These companies are notorius for dipping into your credit card whenever they feel like it. 4) You cannot win a lottery you didn't enter. 5) Do not fall for the Nigerian "we'll give you $3 million if we can put $25 million in your bank account. Yeah, they'll send you a phony cashier's check, your bank will clear it, you'll spend the money and then your bank's fraud department will start knocking on your door. NEVER EVER fall for that one. 6) Don't EVER sell ANYTHING to ANYONE from Nigeria on eBay, Overstock, or Yahoo. Same phony cashier checks scenario. 7) Keep receipts, buy a "while you were out of the office" phone message notebook. Every time you discuss anything related to business, finances, home repairs, write down the time, date, who and mini-synopsis of conversation. I've only gone to court once against a business that defrauded me, but when I produced this phone record notebook...slam, dunk in my favor. 8) Ancient midwest wisdom: If it's too good to be true, it is. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, then, it's a duck (replace duck with ripoff). I hope you can get your funds back.
Ashley
Grayslake,Illinois,
U.S.A.
Common sense should override greed
#5Consumer Suggestion
Mon, March 27, 2006
Please people...here are the financial rules I live by: 1) If someone is trying to "give" me something, ALWAYS ask, are there fees. If they (the company) hesitates or says, just a tiny (blah, blah, blah) fee, RUN THE OTHER WAY. 2) If someone says you've won something and wants a processing fee, RUN THE OTHER WAY. 3) RUN THE OTHER WAY if you're thinking of buying diet patches, diet pills, ED pills, etc. from infomercials. If you are intent on using these concoctions, you can usually find them OTC at Walgreens. That way, you'll know you're only going to be charged once. These companies are notorius for dipping into your credit card whenever they feel like it. 4) You cannot win a lottery you didn't enter. 5) Do not fall for the Nigerian "we'll give you $3 million if we can put $25 million in your bank account. Yeah, they'll send you a phony cashier's check, your bank will clear it, you'll spend the money and then your bank's fraud department will start knocking on your door. NEVER EVER fall for that one. 6) Don't EVER sell ANYTHING to ANYONE from Nigeria on eBay, Overstock, or Yahoo. Same phony cashier checks scenario. 7) Keep receipts, buy a "while you were out of the office" phone message notebook. Every time you discuss anything related to business, finances, home repairs, write down the time, date, who and mini-synopsis of conversation. I've only gone to court once against a business that defrauded me, but when I produced this phone record notebook...slam, dunk in my favor. 8) Ancient midwest wisdom: If it's too good to be true, it is. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, then, it's a duck (replace duck with ripoff). I hope you can get your funds back.
Ashley
Grayslake,Illinois,
U.S.A.
Common sense should override greed
#6Consumer Suggestion
Mon, March 27, 2006
Please people...here are the financial rules I live by: 1) If someone is trying to "give" me something, ALWAYS ask, are there fees. If they (the company) hesitates or says, just a tiny (blah, blah, blah) fee, RUN THE OTHER WAY. 2) If someone says you've won something and wants a processing fee, RUN THE OTHER WAY. 3) RUN THE OTHER WAY if you're thinking of buying diet patches, diet pills, ED pills, etc. from infomercials. If you are intent on using these concoctions, you can usually find them OTC at Walgreens. That way, you'll know you're only going to be charged once. These companies are notorius for dipping into your credit card whenever they feel like it. 4) You cannot win a lottery you didn't enter. 5) Do not fall for the Nigerian "we'll give you $3 million if we can put $25 million in your bank account. Yeah, they'll send you a phony cashier's check, your bank will clear it, you'll spend the money and then your bank's fraud department will start knocking on your door. NEVER EVER fall for that one. 6) Don't EVER sell ANYTHING to ANYONE from Nigeria on eBay, Overstock, or Yahoo. Same phony cashier checks scenario. 7) Keep receipts, buy a "while you were out of the office" phone message notebook. Every time you discuss anything related to business, finances, home repairs, write down the time, date, who and mini-synopsis of conversation. I've only gone to court once against a business that defrauded me, but when I produced this phone record notebook...slam, dunk in my favor. 8) Ancient midwest wisdom: If it's too good to be true, it is. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, then, it's a duck (replace duck with ripoff). I hope you can get your funds back.
Ashley
Grayslake,Illinois,
U.S.A.
Common sense should override greed
#7Consumer Suggestion
Mon, March 27, 2006
Please people...here are the financial rules I live by: 1) If someone is trying to "give" me something, ALWAYS ask, are there fees. If they (the company) hesitates or says, just a tiny (blah, blah, blah) fee, RUN THE OTHER WAY. 2) If someone says you've won something and wants a processing fee, RUN THE OTHER WAY. 3) RUN THE OTHER WAY if you're thinking of buying diet patches, diet pills, ED pills, etc. from infomercials. If you are intent on using these concoctions, you can usually find them OTC at Walgreens. That way, you'll know you're only going to be charged once. These companies are notorius for dipping into your credit card whenever they feel like it. 4) You cannot win a lottery you didn't enter. 5) Do not fall for the Nigerian "we'll give you $3 million if we can put $25 million in your bank account. Yeah, they'll send you a phony cashier's check, your bank will clear it, you'll spend the money and then your bank's fraud department will start knocking on your door. NEVER EVER fall for that one. 6) Don't EVER sell ANYTHING to ANYONE from Nigeria on eBay, Overstock, or Yahoo. Same phony cashier checks scenario. 7) Keep receipts, buy a "while you were out of the office" phone message notebook. Every time you discuss anything related to business, finances, home repairs, write down the time, date, who and mini-synopsis of conversation. I've only gone to court once against a business that defrauded me, but when I produced this phone record notebook...slam, dunk in my favor. 8) Ancient midwest wisdom: If it's too good to be true, it is. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, then, it's a duck (replace duck with ripoff). I hope you can get your funds back.
