Draws Financial sent $4,850 check adn ask me to deposit into my account and after clearing to send them a check for $2,850 for non resident taxes. Etobicoke, Ontario

this company sent me a check for $4,850 for a sweepstakes i had supposedly won. the check looked official written off citibank deleware.. i phoned the number listed to call a man by the name of John Crawford. I phoned him and he asked me to deposit the check and phone him back. I did not deposit the check but i did phone him back the next day expectin him to ask fro my banking information,etc. however all he ask for was my phone number and he ask if i could go ahead and send him a check for $2,850 to cover the non-resident taxes due. i quickly told him i did not have that kind of money in my account and he said well wait until the check clears and call him back which the bank said would be ten days.. Hoever i suspect he will not be around after the 10 days in which time i would have found the check did indeed bounce.

I did not fall for this scam but i suspect older people and very young naive people might. Whatever you can do to stop this would be appreciated. i have already reported it the general attorneys office and they say they have made arrest due to this type of scam..

Jpdelk
n.l.r., Arkansas
U.S.A.