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Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Sweepstakes

"State lottery Association. Your name has been random hello the mega million is pleased to officially announce you as our first place winner in our golden harvest giveaway sponsored by Publishers Clearing House the readers digest in the multi State lottery Association. Your name has been randomly selected in our monthly cash award giveaway for this month. Congratulations and welcome yourself aboard the financial well-being which you will be awarded our first place category of a whopping $1,500,000 along with $7000 weekly and a bonus prize of 2020 4G ellie(?) Mercedes Benz. Congratulation the mega million have already made all the necessary arrangements for you to claim your prize. Please note US Federal Law requires you to keep your winnings strictly confidential for security and to avoid fraudulent or double claiming of your sweepstakes cash award. Congratulations on behalf of your thrilling performance. Please note if you live in the United States you'll be required by law to pay sweepstakes taxes on all prize winnings legally. You will be required to pay a processing fee of $999 for the registration and released of your prize award. Congratulations we are looking forward to see you on board. It's our pleasure. Please if you wish to speak to our claims agent please press one to claim your prize. Please press two. To speak to a specialized office or to learn how to claim your reward please press five. Or call 617939."

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: May 24, 2024


Phishing - Phishing Scam - Integrity Publishing Impostor

Published a novel and keep getting emails from scammers. Received one today (5/22/2024). I cross checked the web address and the real Integrity Publishing has a different website and is a religious printing company. My novel is NOT religious in nature, lol. Also, the address provided in the email is to a country club in Florida! There is no Kylie Gomez listed in the real Integrity Publishing website and the scam website has a "Dr. Terri" as founder and looks sketchy. But most importantly, REAL publishers DO NOT REQUIRE authors to pay them to get published!!! ? ? [email protected] ? Dear ******* ****, Greetings from Integrity Publishing! How are you doing today? This is Kylie Gomez Senior Marketing & Publishing Consultant from Integrity Publishing. I enjoyed learning from you about your experience that became a witness to the book you have written. I want to know more about your masterpiece, because always remember that every letter or word contained in your book is your essence. We also noticed that your book is not selling in the market, I am thrilled to inform you that we can republish your book and Market it for Free both online and physically to our partner bookshops across the globe. We are offering rebranding services, this way we can still maintain your book presence online. Things I can do for you? · Handle the relaunching of your book. · Buy ISBN for your book- ISBN is publisher based; that’s why we need to have your own ISBN. · Handle Book Registration, Publisher ID, Library of Congress Registration · Formatting your book is a must since we are republishing and relaunching your book as a brand-new book. If you need to make some changes to your book, content, or design, that is already included. The royalties for the book sales will be sent directly to you; it can be through a check in the mail or electronic deposit to your bank account or PayPal. You can order the books directly from Ingram through your account with them and ship them to wherever you want to ship them. We will be your guide in completing your work. We’ll take care of the book layout, cover design, registration services, and all the work for marketing should you wish to do something in the future. These are just a few of the things we can do on your behalf: Ø Buying ISBN for your book- ISBN is a publisher based; that’s why we need to have your own ISBN. Ø Cover Design enhancement – to beautify and make a solid and compelling cover that will hook your fans. Ø Book Registration Ø Library of Congress Registration Ø Formatting your book is a must since we are republishing and relaunching your book as a brand-new book. Ø Online Distribution through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Other Book Retailers and in more than 40,000+ retailers Ø 100% Book Royalty – you must inform us which bank you nominate in receiving book royalty. Ø Formats [eBook and Paperback] Enabling your book for distribution is the only way to make it available for sale. Here are some of the major resellers who'll carry your book/s, out of the 39,000+ retail and library partners, both in person and online! ü Barnes and Noble- US and other major and small online retailer’s sites ü Indigo Chapters- Canada ü Kalahari Books - South Africa ü Adlibris- Euro ü Agapea- Europe ü Amazon.com- Europe and worldwide ü Aphrohead- Europe ü Bertrams- Europe ü Blackwell- Europe ü Book Depository Ltd- Europe ü Books Express- Europe ü Coutts Information Services Ltd- Europe ü Designarta Books- Europe ü Eden Interactive Ltd- Europe ü Foyles- Europe ü Gardners- Europe ü Trust Media Distribution (formerly STL) – Europe ü Mallory International- Europe ü Paperback Shop Ltd- Europe ü Superbookdeals- Europe ü The Book Community Ltd- Europe ü Waterstones- Europe ü Wrap Distribution- Europe ü Rainbow Book Agencies- Australia & New Zealand ü The Nile- Australia & New Zealand ü James Bennett-- Australia & New Zealand ü ALS- Australia & New Zealand ü Peter Pal- Australia & New Zealand ü University Co-operative Bookshop- Australia & New Zealand The original price of this program is $3,500. However, the company has a promotion which will cost you $899 only (Installment is available) valid until May 30, 2024. Should you wish to proceed, please reply to this email, or call my phone number directly at +1 352 247 7906 or call our Toll-Free Number at +1 888 226 5087 Ext. 1001 We will be your guide in completing your work and help you to effectively brand your book in this industry. But wait, there’s more! We will provide you with a FREE service, yes! Free of charge, which will help your book to sell in the market. Check the details below of the Complimentary Services. COMPLEMENTARY SERVICES · Press Release – a news article about the Author’s book will be provided by Publicist meant as a marketing strategy to be published in up to 50,000 media outlets and search engines, which include but are not limited to: Google, Bing, Yahoo, Ask.com, etc. · Book Agents – a team of book agents will be hired during the event to personally market the Author’s book to potential Publicists, key-decision-makers, as well as readers, to maximize exposure. · Email Blasting – An email blast is when you send a single email to a group of customers or prospects all at once. Instead of direct communication between two people, you deliver your message to hundreds or thousands of people simultaneously. We will be your guide in completing your work and help you to effectively brand your book in this industry. Waiting for your positive response. Thank you. Peace and blessings, Kylie Gomez Senior Marketing & Publishing Consultant Phone Number: +1 352 247 7906 Toll Free Number: +1 888 226 5087 Ext. 1001 Address: Harbor Hills Blvd Lady Lake, FL Primary Email: [email protected] Website: https://integrity-publishing.com/ DISCLAIMER This email, including any attachments, is confidential and is solely intended for the addressee(s). Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorized. Its contents may be legally privileged and if you are not the intended recipient of this email, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender immediately by return email or telephone and delete/destroy the message. We do not accept liability for any corruption, delay, interception or unauthorized amendment of the e-mail or their consequences.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Lady Lake, FL

Date Reported: May 22, 2024


Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Sweepstakes Winner Scam Calls

A Mark Benjamin, a employee of Readers Digest for 17 1/2 years, called regarding an unclaimed $5.5 million dollar sweepstakes which I hadn't claimed. He said I didn't respond to a notice that was mail to me (he had my actual address) and that he was glad to finally reach me by phone. He said they would set up a temporary bank account, deposit the $5.5 million and then I could work the rest out between that bank and any bank of my choosing. Mark Benjamin did not ask for any money, credit card, bank information, SS number, DOB, etc. and said he knew I was skeptical about the call and said he would be the same. He said it was late in the day and he need to call me tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. to get things rolling. The only thing that he asked me to do was to call him back from my phone at (914) 398-7768 after our conversation so he's had the phone number as a reminder tomorrow. Obviously I did not call him back nor do I plan on discussing the sweepstakes win any further. I assume he'd ask me to do something eventually. So long $5.5 million..............

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Manhattan, NY- 10034

Date Reported: April 17, 2024


Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes

I received a voice-mail from someone claiming to be from Readers Digest. I was told I won 4million dollars in their Millionaire Makers Sweepstakes. They left a ticket number of 1515us. The message said to call a Bill Victor at 914-899-0886 to set up delivery of the prize. I of course did not call the number.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: April 16, 2024


Online Purchase - Quora Digest recommendation of serum

Through my email from Quora Digest on the evening of April 11, 2024 around 9:00 pm, I clicked a highlighted statement concerning a serum that would remove your skin tags and moles without having them removed by a medical person. It took me to information about what this serums does and that it was the No. 1 business through Shark Tank on TV. I noticed the secure .com website and all this overwhelming information to back up this product. However, being impressed by all of this put my Visa card information and pressed the order button. I expected to see some other information on the next page for a total charge and shipping but there was not another screen indicating this necessary information from me. Then a couple of minutes later I get a text from my credit union on the charge on my Visa card of $199.99 from this BIOLYF SUPLY. The amount was a lot more and I knew this was not a legit transaction. I had not completed all the information that should have been necessary. I told them NO when they asked me if I would ok this transaction. The credit union person left their number and I immediately called. I explained the situation and he told me it was declined and card not charged. He said at the very least it was a BAIT AND SWITCH. The website was not set up in the usual way and that should have been a RED FLAG! My thoughts were different - a SCAM!! If it sounds too good to be true, it more than likely is. He gave me a case number which he would notify my credit union and I should call them next morning. I did call them and they will close this card and reissue another cards for me. I got lucky! I am so grateful my credit union had my back! You can not be too careful these days. There are too many bad people out there trying to take advantage of others. What a tragedy it is this way. I, more than ever, will be on my guard!

Dollars Lost: $0.0

FL

Date Reported: April 13, 2024


Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes

I received call at 5:38 AM Sunday, April 7, 2024. We were awakened but we did not answer the call. Message left stated that we had won a Readers Digest sweepstakes award of $4 million. We were asked to call 914-899-0886 to claim the award. No return call was, nor will be made.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Winchester County, NY

Date Reported: April 7, 2024


Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes

A phone number has called my parents home phone twice in the last week. Once at 1:30 am and 1:30 pm and left a message that they were from Readers Digest and that the residence of the household had won 4 million dollars in their sweepstakes. They wanted someone from the household to call them back at the phone number they left on the answering machine to collect the sweepstakes winnings. My parents knew it was a scam and did not call them back and erased the message from the answering machine. They asked me to report this scam for them.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: April 5, 2024


Phishing - Reader's Digest Sweepstakes Imposter

Sweepstakes scam call to BBB public info line. Caller claimed to be Readers Digest Sweepstakes, calling to notify of win. Asked recipient of message to call back to 914-206-0886.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

NY

Date Reported: April 4, 2024


Phishing

He (Harold Shields) said I won readers digest sweepstakes.... A total of 12 million and a Mercedes.. he needed like $200 to begin with.. and then he needed $300 both in Green Dot cards... Then he needed two thousand which he did using Walmart barcodes and Green Dot cards.. every time he said I will deliver within an hour not doing so.. I threatened to go to the police and file a report and report him then he had PayPal then he used PayPal to take money out of my checking account about $300 using someone else's name and I couldn't report it because my bank would not refund it because it was a valid withdrawal...and he had changed the email and password on my PayPal so i cant stop any further action... Then he sent me two checks by a different person said they were from his boss and told me to put them in my bank ..I put them in savings telling them that they may be fraudulent.. the bank called me and said stop payment was put on the checks 4 days later... He said it was because they didn't trust that I would send them the $9,000 back... Today he said he needed $100 and he would make the delivery to my workplace that was the last I've heard from him...he has 2 other phone numbers he uses ...PLEASE DONT EVER TALK TO HIM

Dollars Lost: $3500

Talladega, AL- 35160

Date Reported: March 29, 2024


Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes

I received a call at 6:35PM yesterday March 28,2024. The caller told me that I won a million dollars from readers digest, All I had to do was call 1-914-899-0886 and use ID #1515US and ask for Bill Dictor to claim my prize. I did not call.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: March 29, 2024


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