A Hemet woman said she wants to warn other residents of the community that a scam may arrive in their mailboxes soon.
I just want to warn others so they don’t fall victim to this,” said Diane Lujan.
Lujan said she knew immediately that the sweepstakes prize notification she received from a company identified by its letterhead as Imperial Financial Services was a scam and did not fall for it.
But she said she is afraid others could.
Imperial Financial Services enclosed with the letter notifying Lujan she had a sweepstakes prize awaiting her a check for $4,910 to help you pay for the taxes, fees which is payable to your tax agent name.”
The clumsily phrased sentence was not all Lujan noticed.
She also noticed that the check was stamped void” and that she had to call a man identified as Ben Hill at 1-778-223-8012 to activate the process.
Lujan said she does not know exactly what would happen if she proceeded, but it could be any of several scams from defrauding her telephone account to gathering banking information to asking for money up front to collect the prize.
The solicitation — or notification — letter is full of names and the addresses of three offices, one each in the United States, England, and Canada, and even gives a serial number” to validate the prize claim and the winning lottery numbers.
The letter claims that Lujan was one of 25 winners in a $3,750,000 drawing, making each one eligible for $150,000.
The $3,698 that the letter contends Lujan would owe in taxes on the winnings is not even close to the amount taken out of California Lottery winnings.
Before the California Lottery check is even mailed, about 40 percent of the winnings are held for taxes.
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