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Scam Alert – Protect Yourself
By advocacy | March 4, 2008
Scam = cheat, swindle, fraud, trick.
Have you received a message from a “deaf charity” that offered you prize money for your donation? Have you received a message from a “deaf lottery” that said you are a winner, but you must first pay taxes or a processing fee? Did the message mention the National Association of the Deaf (NAD)? Beware.
The NAD does not participate in “deaf charity” or “deaf lottery” programs.
Sample Scam – You receive a message from a “deaf lottery” saying you won money. They may say you must pay taxes or pay a fee before you can get your lottery money. They may try to make you feel foolish for not sending your money to get more money. Other people may send you a message claiming they have already won the lottery money, and now you can win, too. They cannot prove they are a true organization. This is a scam.
Do not become a victim. Protect yourself. Protect your money.
Take Action: If you think that you have been scammed, or if you think someone has tried to scam you, please file an Internet scam complaint at http://www.ic3.gov/. Immediately take action to protect yourself and your money. Visit your bank as soon as possible and explain what happened. Your bank may be able to help you protect your money. You may need to close your bank account and open a new one. Your bank may also be able to tell you how to protect your identity, Social Security number and your credit.
For more information, visit www.nad.org/ScamAlert.
Topics: General |
March 4th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
I have one. Strange person tried imland me about win the lottery. i puzzle it. It seem it is scam. So I block them easy.
March 25th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
IT has happened to me few times already. At first I chatted on IM with this so-called “Deaf Lottery” and asked series of questions such as addresses of Deaf Lottery, their contact information that I can call to verify. They became vague and then says where to wire the money, I gave the info. They said oh, I will need to collect this x amount of money before wiring money over.
I knew right then and there, I say “oh, well, I am broke can you deduct that from my lottery check and send balance to me” They kept on saying cannot do that. I told them it can be done as most state lotteries do.
Then, I said, guess what? I copied all of our conversation and sent to FBI through this website ~> http://www.ic3.gov/.
After that, I got several more similar to this above, I just clicked “report this as spam” then automacially block