Baron Pik at jscbcitibank
Complaint 136857 Details

I received an e-mail from Gareth Bull, who won the lottery in the UK. The letter included a link to a Daily Mail article on their win. It said that he wanted to benefit 10 people, and that I was the "beneficiary." I then received another e-mail, purportedly from Mr. Bull, that said some of their assets had been transferred to Ukraine, and that I would be contacted by their bank there. I then received several e-mails from a Mr. Pik, who said he was in charge of transfers at citibank there. I even received a form showing the transfer to be pending. I was then told I needed to pay a transfer fee of $489. I then contacted my credit union here, and they told me it was probably a scam, and to change my account number, since I had gullibly given it to Mr. Pik.
I then received another e-mail from Mr. Pik saying that the funds were in an Escrow account, and they could not deduct the transfer fee from it.