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Scam Letter

You know how I hate lying and deception, sneaking and peeping, all manner of pretending rather than keeping it real. I have a real thing about scams, and I want to pour the light of day on each and every one of them, so that the vulnerable will be forewarned.

This is a letter I got this week. Many times, I won’t even open junk mail, just throw it away, but this one looked like it MIGHT  be official, even though my gut told me it wasn’t:

Looks a little like a W-2 form, doesn’t it, or something governmental?

Inside:

Still looks official, doesn’t it, but it isn’t a government form, it’s a form telling me (using my name) that this is my FINAL notification that I have to claim the two round-trip tickets on any American airline that I have won.

In a separate attachment is this “flight coupon”:

I passed it along to AdventureMan, in case he wanted to call the number and mess with them a little, but neither of us really wanted to waste the time – or to give them any idea what our phone number is: we hate scam phone calls, too. Yes, it is a scam, even if it may not be an illegal scam, it is a deception and not what it appears to be. SCAM!

February 6, 2012 - Posted by intlxpatr | ExPat Life, Family Issues, Lies, Scams