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Report: #66704

Complaint Review: Willoughby & Johnson - Hicksville New York

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  • Willoughby & Johnson 6 Commercial Street Hicksville, New York U.S.A.

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Letter arrives in "sealed security enveloped" informing recipient that s/he will receive US$27,500 for sending in a form and, incidentally, buying at least one Huari rechargeable shaver. Money never arrives, of course. Apparently, sending in the form entitles one to participate in a sweepstakes that doesn't pay out for at least 12 months and whose prizes range from US$27,500 to US$1.00.

As a long-time veteran of Ripoff Report, I recognized a rotten egg immediately. However, this is a relatively new scam that hadn't made the Report yet. Nothing like being on the cutting edge of a scam, eh?

A Web search revealed that Willoughby & Johnson has been conducting similar schemes for a while, mainly in Australia and New Zealand. Moreover, the RCMP has posted a scam warning on its web site stating that 14 Canadians have been bilked over the summer; Canadian recipients of the so-called shaver sweepstakes offer should contact PhoneBusters at (800)495-8501.

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New Westminster, British Columbia
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This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 09/08/2003 08:26 PM and is a permanent record located here: https://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/willoughby-johnson/hicksville-new-york-11801/willoughby-johnson-ltd-contest-scam-huari-shaver-pitch-hicksville-new-york-66704. The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. Arizona does not observe daylight savings so the post time may be Mountain or Pacific depending on the time of year. Ripoff Report has an exclusive license to this report. It may not be copied without the written permission of Ripoff Report. READ: Foreign websites steal our content

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#18 REBUTTAL Individual responds

What should I do?

AUTHOR: Frankie - (Indonesia)

POSTED: Wednesday, September 29, 2004

I've read those comment about the scam which says that they've become winner of US$10.000,00 cash.
I did got that trapped also. what I need to know is...how is the sollutions? is it just write trough this message board?or else? b'cause all of us is loosing out the money...how is the law catch this scam? thank you

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#17 Consumer Suggestion

Rip Off ---- painstakingly down right resentful. Buyer be ware

AUTHOR: Hammad - (Pakistan)

POSTED: Thursday, September 16, 2004

God only knows what are these ppl gonna do with the signature specimen only, This is a scam which is wonderful to look at but painstakingly down right resentful. Buyer be ware

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#16 Consumer Comment

They 've stolen my money , they will pay

AUTHOR: Pedro - (France, Metropolitan)

POSTED: Friday, September 10, 2004

This company have contacted me many times stating I have won money.

All letters state: There is no mistake or misundrestanding, let me report once again: THE CASH AWARD IS UNCONDITIONALLY YOURS AND THE CASH AWARD WILL BE SENT TO YOU VIA INTERNATIONAL POST AS SOON AS YOU SUBMIT YOUR PROPER CLAIM AND VARIFY YOUR CURRENT MAILING ADDRESS.

I have responded to many of these letters and have never received a cent or a product in return. Please put an end to this rip-off -scam as it is really heart breaking when you are a single parent and you receive such a letter that gives you so much hope for the future. Naturally you feel so wonderful that you have finally won this amount of money and you can give your children a better education.

I wrote letters and letters but, the only thing i received was a s**t. I have all the copies .
If they don not give me back my f**king money they will all pay for that and i'm not joking. It's time to finish with these people.
I hope they will contact me.They do not know who they were playing games with.

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#15 Consumer Suggestion

i recieve letter too, chanell 5 tv in skopje macedonia

AUTHOR: Anita - (Macedonia)

POSTED: Thursday, August 19, 2004

i'am a tv journalist in chanell 5 tv in skopje macedonia, and today i recieve this lether thet i won 10.000 $. i report in macedonian police and i will make the tv story about this scam sou no other macedonian will not be foold to pay this mony if i can help please contakt me.

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#14 REBUTTAL Individual responds

CASH AWARD US$10.000

AUTHOR: Budi - (Indonesia)

POSTED: Thursday, August 12, 2004

I have received a letter informing me that I am a recipiant of US$10.000 cash award on Willoughby & Johnson ltd. I would like to know, What is this, So pls help me to find out whats going on. And I got much kind of other award.

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#13 UPDATE Employee

cash award$10000

AUTHOR: Dileep - (Sri Lanka)

POSTED: Wednesday, August 11, 2004

i have recived a letter informing me hat i am a recipiant of u$10000 cash award on willoughby &johnson ltd i would like to know it is a mislead information . so pls help me to find out whats going on

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#12 Consumer Comment

Rip Off

AUTHOR: Concetta Maria - (United Kingdom)

POSTED: Thursday, August 05, 2004

In a week I have received 3 letter all stating I have won 10,000 dollars. The following are the titles of the letters:
Coventry Leatherworks Ltd, 6 Commercial Str, Hicksville New York
Willoughby & Johnson Ltd. 6 commercial Str. Hicksville NY 11801 USA
International Auto Distributors, 3219 Yonge Street Box No.415 Toronto,Ontario CanadaM4N 3S1.
I have replied to International Auto Distributors enclosing a cheque for 36.85. I realise its goodbye to my money.
Can anything be done to stop this.
At first you feel euphoric but aftet the third letter I realised that this is fraud thats when I searched the net and found you
If there is anything I can do please do not hesitate to contact me. I made a phot stat copy of all 4 letters.

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#11 Consumer Comment

Rip Off

AUTHOR: Concetta Maria - (United Kingdom)

POSTED: Thursday, August 05, 2004

In a week I have received 3 letter all stating I have won 10,000 dollars. The following are the titles of the letters:
Coventry Leatherworks Ltd, 6 Commercial Str, Hicksville New York
Willoughby & Johnson Ltd. 6 commercial Str. Hicksville NY 11801 USA
International Auto Distributors, 3219 Yonge Street Box No.415 Toronto,Ontario CanadaM4N 3S1.
I have replied to International Auto Distributors enclosing a cheque for 36.85. I realise its goodbye to my money.
Can anything be done to stop this.
At first you feel euphoric but aftet the third letter I realised that this is fraud thats when I searched the net and found you
If there is anything I can do please do not hesitate to contact me. I made a phot stat copy of all 4 letters.

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#10 Consumer Comment

Rip Off

AUTHOR: Concetta Maria - (United Kingdom)

POSTED: Thursday, August 05, 2004

In a week I have received 3 letter all stating I have won 10,000 dollars. The following are the titles of the letters:
Coventry Leatherworks Ltd, 6 Commercial Str, Hicksville New York
Willoughby & Johnson Ltd. 6 commercial Str. Hicksville NY 11801 USA
International Auto Distributors, 3219 Yonge Street Box No.415 Toronto,Ontario CanadaM4N 3S1.
I have replied to International Auto Distributors enclosing a cheque for 36.85. I realise its goodbye to my money.
Can anything be done to stop this.
At first you feel euphoric but aftet the third letter I realised that this is fraud thats when I searched the net and found you
If there is anything I can do please do not hesitate to contact me. I made a phot stat copy of all 4 letters.

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#9 Consumer Comment

Rip Off

AUTHOR: Concetta Maria - (United Kingdom)

POSTED: Thursday, August 05, 2004

In a week I have received 3 letter all stating I have won 10,000 dollars. The following are the titles of the letters:
Coventry Leatherworks Ltd, 6 Commercial Str, Hicksville New York
Willoughby & Johnson Ltd. 6 commercial Str. Hicksville NY 11801 USA
International Auto Distributors, 3219 Yonge Street Box No.415 Toronto,Ontario CanadaM4N 3S1.
I have replied to International Auto Distributors enclosing a cheque for 36.85. I realise its goodbye to my money.
Can anything be done to stop this.
At first you feel euphoric but aftet the third letter I realised that this is fraud thats when I searched the net and found you
If there is anything I can do please do not hesitate to contact me. I made a phot stat copy of all 4 letters.

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#8 Consumer Comment

What is being done about these scams?

AUTHOR: Thelma - (Philippines)

POSTED: Thursday, July 15, 2004

I have received offers of this sort in the mail, the most recent from Willoughby and Johnson Ltd, assuring me of $10,000 with or without the purchase of the shaver, as long as I affix my signature to the form and return it to them within 11 days.

Other offers have come from companies called Coventry Leather Works, Chase Wilton & Weede and a certain R. Colin Witherspoon, asking me to affix my signature and, if I choose to buy any of their products or pick up on their offers, pay for shipping and delivery charges, write down my credit card number and sign it.

Seeing as how a lot of complaints have already been posted in your website, and I suppose in others, on these scams, I would like to know what is being done about reporting these obviously con operations to the authorities. It shouldn't be difficult. For one thing, all the companies I referred to above have a common address--6 Commercial St., Hicksville, NY 11801. It's good that your website reports on these, and encourages complainants to post their complaints. But haven't these companies broken any U.S. laws? Shouldn't they be investigated? It's not enough that they're allowed to post their rebuttals to the complaints.

If nothing has been done, is being done to stop these, more and more people will be victimized by their slick offers.

Thank you.

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#7 Consumer Comment

willoughby & johnson,ltd scam contest

AUTHOR: Seth - (Malaysia)

POSTED: Wednesday, June 30, 2004

I have recived a letter from them saying i just won USD 10,000.What I should do is just reply their letter within 11 days and uncoditionally can buy the huari shaver at discounted price. I did reply using DHL to US and somemore agree to buy one unit of this shaver at USD29.95 using my mastercard.

Until today(about one month) there are still no reply from them and they already took my money.Last week I recived another letter with almost same content ,from same address,won same prize but using different company name "Coventry Leatherworks Ltd" offer to buy cheque book wallet . I think they are trying to do same thing to me again. So, I hope the police or FBI please look into this matter.Thank You.

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#6 Consumer Comment

willoughby & johnson,ltd scam contest

AUTHOR: Seth - (Malaysia)

POSTED: Wednesday, June 30, 2004

I have recived a letter from them saying i just won USD 10,000.What I should do is just reply their letter within 11 days and uncoditionally can buy the huari shaver at discounted price. I did reply using DHL to US and somemore agree to buy one unit of this shaver at USD29.95 using my mastercard.

Until today(about one month) there are still no reply from them and they already took my money.Last week I recived another letter with almost same content ,from same address,won same prize but using different company name "Coventry Leatherworks Ltd" offer to buy cheque book wallet . I think they are trying to do same thing to me again. So, I hope the police or FBI please look into this matter.Thank You.

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#5 Consumer Comment

willoughby & johnson,ltd scam contest

AUTHOR: Seth - (Malaysia)

POSTED: Wednesday, June 30, 2004

I have recived a letter from them saying i just won USD 10,000.What I should do is just reply their letter within 11 days and uncoditionally can buy the huari shaver at discounted price. I did reply using DHL to US and somemore agree to buy one unit of this shaver at USD29.95 using my mastercard.

Until today(about one month) there are still no reply from them and they already took my money.Last week I recived another letter with almost same content ,from same address,won same prize but using different company name "Coventry Leatherworks Ltd" offer to buy cheque book wallet . I think they are trying to do same thing to me again. So, I hope the police or FBI please look into this matter.Thank You.

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#4 Consumer Comment

willoughby & johnson,ltd scam contest

AUTHOR: Seth - (Malaysia)

POSTED: Wednesday, June 30, 2004

I have recived a letter from them saying i just won USD 10,000.What I should do is just reply their letter within 11 days and uncoditionally can buy the huari shaver at discounted price. I did reply using DHL to US and somemore agree to buy one unit of this shaver at USD29.95 using my mastercard.

Until today(about one month) there are still no reply from them and they already took my money.Last week I recived another letter with almost same content ,from same address,won same prize but using different company name "Coventry Leatherworks Ltd" offer to buy cheque book wallet . I think they are trying to do same thing to me again. So, I hope the police or FBI please look into this matter.Thank You.

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#3 REBUTTAL Individual responds

Its cuz of the Authorities...

AUTHOR: M. Saleem - (Pakistan)

POSTED: Sunday, June 13, 2004

I think all this Rip-Off thing starts n keeps o going for a long perod of time mainly cuz of the authorities which should immidiately investigate such set ups to stop them and to save people from getting into such things. There are several genuine lotteries cuz of which people think this one would also be a real one thats why they participate.

Government/ Concerned Authorities must take immidiate notice of this and people who have been ripped off must be paid back in any case whether by taking over the assets of people involved in creating such setups or by any other suitable mean.

I have lost my money thats not a big prob cuz its gone but I want other people to be ware n dont even think of getting into such.....!

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#2 REBUTTAL Individual responds

International Scam ..they target people outside the U.S. to make it difficult

AUTHOR: Bernabe - (Philippines)

POSTED: Friday, June 11, 2004

It is clear that they target people outside the U.S. to make it difficult to check on the company. An immediate investigation should be made by the securities and exchange comission and police regarding this so that scams like this will stop and to avoid more people to fall prey and victimatized. But the question is, is there someting being done to these people? The people behind these scams should be put to jail and should be given heavy punishment to discourage more of these kind of scams.

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#1 Consumer Comment

Unpaid Cash Awards, contacted me many times stating I have won money.

AUTHOR: Karen - (Australia)

POSTED: Monday, June 07, 2004

This company have contacted me many times stating I have won money. All letters state: There is no mistake or misundrestanding, let me report once again: THE CASH AWARD IS UNCONDITIONALLY YOURS AND THE CASH AWARD WILL BE SENT TO YOU VIA INTERNATIONAL POST AS SOON AS YOU SUBMIT YOUR PROPER CLAIM AND VARIFY YOUR CURRENT MAILING ADDRESS. I have responded to many of these letters and have never received a cent or a product in return. Please put an end to this rip-off -scam as it is really heart breaking when you are a single parent and you receive such a letter that gives you so much hope for the future. Naturally you feel so wonderful that you have finally won this amount of money and you can give your children a better education. I am a single parent with three children and really in need of some money. This kind of scam should not be allowed to continue.

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