I received a check from Southwest Financial Inc. stating I had won something from the Readers Digest and Publishers Clearing House. I received $3950.00 and it stated on the letter to send $1950.00 for taxes and fees.
I went to the place where I cash all my checks, it was cashed and I sent in money orders for $1950.00 and after this place received my part of the money, then I would receive the rest which was $35,050.
The number to the bank on the check, didn't answer their phone, Union Bank of California, 3403 10th St, Riverside, CA, and Southwest's number always went to an answering machine, Andrew Coxwel or Lisa Woodworth, when I didn't get a call back or didn't hear from anybody, I googled the names that were on the letter, all I got was Theodore Clarence, 670 W. 170th St. #W, New York, NY, 410-760-7863, supposedly he's the agent that receives the money orders and then he's suppose to send me my final check.
I googled the map that showed where his address was, I clicked on a balloon and it pulled up a company Farmaco Internacional SA, Ajax Pickering, Ontario Canada. I googled the Southwest phone number and it's a cell phone 289-892-4698, the carrier for the cell phone is Fido Solutions Inc.
I feel so foolish, I should of checked this out before I made any attempts to cash the check, but the check looked so real, even the man that cashed it, didn't think it was fake, I'm going to call the money order place and see if I can find out who cashed the money orders and report them to the police. Can you tell me what else I need to do, especially about cashing the check, that man trusted me and let him down. Please help!!!
Melena
denver, Colorado
U.S.A.