Financial Gaming Services
Complaint 106104 Details

I received a letter dated 04/04/2012, from Financial Gaming Services address 1250 Rosemont, Montreal, QC, HIS 1W6; phone number 514-575-4522 and the contact person was John Carter. The letter read as follows: We are pleased to inform you through this letter that our network system shows you as the beneficiary of an unclaimed settlement for the amount of $80,000.00. Our system indicates that you were choosen on March 26th 2012.

It is our responsibility to inform you of the North American Law which stipulates that the reciever must pay a processing fee before his/her funds are released. The same law also prevents you from paying ther fees out of your personal funds.

Be advised, keep your claim completely confidential until it has been completly processed and your settlement has been delivered to you. Find enclosed a check cashable only by you, Be advised that the enclosed check is valid only by calling our offices first. If you attempt to cash this check before speaking to any of our agents the check will be void and all stop payments will be in affect this is only a security procedure to protect our customers identity.

Due to certain safety restrictions we cannot completely disclose all details concerning your settlement in this letter. Take advantage of this opportunity today by contacting your claims agent John Carter for further instructions at 514-575-4522. Do not delay in contacting your agent our office hours are from Monday-Friday 9 AMto 6 PM

Please note, all prizes must be claimed no later than April 27th 2012 any unclaimed funds shall be forfeited.

I called the number at first a recording came on and the phone disconnected I called back and John answered the phone I didn't know it was him until I asked whom am I speaking with, he goes on to tell me that I entered a publisher clearing house contest and won he then says that I should deposit the check and if the teller asks what is this check for say it is for a settlement. He said do not tell anyone about this until it was clear and that was the red light for me. He told me to call him when I deposit the check. I will not deposit a big check without doing research to make sure that the check is legit. Something should be done about this because alot of people are unemployed and struggling so of course if they see a check like this because the check looks really real and legit they might go and deposit it and end up in more debt. So please if you are not sure about something you can always google it. This has SCAM written all over it. Also another red flag was he keep putting me on hold.