(646) 434-6926

Received  note in mail with fake check for $3,985.50 by The James B. Oswald Co. Took the check to the bank (BB&T) and found out it was fake.  I reported it with The Greensboro North Carolina BBB (my town) and the Cleveland OH BBB where this company is listed on the letter and check at 1360 EAST 9TH STREET CLEVELAND OH 44114The letter reads "Final Compensation Notification. 10-DEC-2010,Attention;Sir/Madam, Congratulations! We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the lucky winners in the CUSTOMER COMPENSATION AND APPRECIATION BONANZA in the 2nd category,organized  JUNE 26th 2010 for all customers of major stores in U.K, U.S and CA***A e.g. J.C. Penny, Walgreen's, Wal-Mart, Sears, Home Depot, Kohl's, Kmart, Macy's,Circuit City, Best Buy, etc. A ticket with a serial number attached to your name drew the lucky winning numbers.We have made many unsuccessful attempts to contact you regarding this winning.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of US$110,000.00.All winners were selected through a random computer.To claim your prize,you must call your claim agent,Brian Smith at Tel;1-647-836-6741.Enclosed is a check of US$3985.50 deducted from your winning amount to****ist you in paying the necessary fees on your winning.The Fee amount on your winning is US$2900.00 which you will pay to process your winning.Your claim agent will****ist you further on how to pay the money. When the Fees are paid and confirmed, your balance will then be sent to you.The balance of your winning US$106,014.50 will be paid to you in the form of a cashier's check,delivered by FEDERAL EXPRESS upon the agent's confirmation of your payment.You are therefore to contact your claims disbur*****t agent immediately for further directions.Caution;Your claim number is the key to your winning prize;therefore you are advised to keep this winning notification confidential.Congratulations once a***n! Best regards, Mr. Davis Michel. President"

Hi Poppavic,My Check was drawn on a bank Fift Third Bank..There are ***nches all over...I called the NYC ***nch, read them the routing & account #'s on the check...They confirmed not an offical check...Never deposit a check you don't know who it's really from...

Got the same letter....Tried to cal the 646-434-6926 #, it said not a working #....Called the bank the check was drawn on,Fifth Third Bank, The confirmed, not an official check....Would have went to that bank to cash it a***nst their account....So they probally got caught!!!! Always, sounds too good to be true, it is!!!!! Like to hear more stories.....It was also, Lana Corp. c/o NYCE Payments Network

I just recieved my letter today.  Co. trying to get hold of me for several months.  I did just move.  Supposedly i won $110,000, with a professionly looking check for $3985.50 enclosed. My contact is Brian Smith.  Hopefully no one falls for this scam.

I just did a hi rez scan of the check and, in fact, it has on the face and the bottom line, a micro print which reads: "PRODUCTIVITYSYSTEMSG7PROG7" repeated across the bottom. It would appear that these scammers purchased a quan***y of blank checks and print all face information e.g. company name, bank name, pay with amount, check #, pay to name and address, DATE info, AMOUNT info, signature and auth sig line and the magnetic ink check number, bank routing # and account #. Purchasing blank checks for computer processing is not unusual for companies

I just received the same letter and check. Yes, it is a scam/fraud!    How it works: If you do manage to contact whomever at the listed number, they will instruct you to deposit your check and immediately send them a check payable to some en***y. By the time that you've sent your check and it's been cashed, the check you've deposit (and the amount on which you've drawn funds for the check you've sent them), will bounce. But, in the meantime, your check to them has been cashed. You then are liable for repaying the $2,900 to your bank as well as paying overdraft fees if you didn't have $2,900 in your account in REAL funds.  Either way, you're *****ed!The check looks real, but all checks have a security feature to prevent erasures, etc., on the face and back of the checks.

Pls let me know what happens we received our check today. My thought is they get your bank acct or they say it is a loan and you have to pay it back plus 29% interest or so****ing.

I just received the same notification.  It states that I have won 110,000.00 dollars.  Later today I plan on calling PNC bank to find out if there's enough money in the account to cover the amount of the check I recieved 3850.50.  If that bank tells me there is money in the account I am going to deposit the checked into an account that has no check cards or checks issued to it and does not allow wire transfers in or out then transfer the money from that account to another and close it.  If this works I will post it here so everyone else will know.  But I'm positive this is a scam that has been ran over and over a***n.  I don't know of any government organization in the US that requires an application fee in order to receive winnings from a contest or lottery of any type.

Also received a lettler . Stated. Congratulations, We are pleased to imform you that you are of the lucky winners en the CUSTOMER COMPENSATION AND APPRECIATION BONANZA in the 2nd category, organized June 26, 20l0 for all customers of major styore in US

I, also received same type letter and check.  I beleive it is a scam.

We received the exact same letter, details, signatures, and yes the check does look very believable. It is a SCAM and you should report it to the Postal service.

I too have received a letter in the mail today dated 01-Dec-2010 from LANA Corporation Inc. c/o NYCE Payments Network 5675 Ralston St. Cincinnati, OH 45227  Tel: 1-(646)-434-6926. They are pleased to inform me that I am one of the lucky winners in the CUSTOMER COMPENSATION AND APPRECIATION BONANZA in the 2nd category, organized on JUNE 26th 2010 for all customers of major stores in U.K., U.S., and Ca***a e.g. J.C. Penny, Walgreen's, Wal-Mart, Sears, Home Depot, Kohl's, Kmart, Macys, Circuit City, Best Buy etc. A ticket with serial number ****** attached to your name drew the lucky winning numbers. They have made many unsuccessful attempts to contact me regarding this winning. I have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of US$110.000. All winners were selected through a random computer ballot system, random names pulled electronically from over 500,000 names. To claim my total winning prize, I must call my claim agent****igned to my winning, BARBARA BROWN at Tel: 1-646-434-6926 Ext. 204.  Enclosed is a check of US$3985.50 deducted from my total winning amount to****ist me in paying the necessary Government applicable fees on my winning.  The Fee amount on my winning is US$2900.00 which I will pay to a Government Tax Agent****igned to process my winning.  My claim agent will****ist me further on *** to pay the money to the Government.  When the Fees are paid and confirmed, my balance will then be sent to me.  The balance of my winning which is US$106,014.50 will be paid to me in the form of a cashier's check and will be delivered by FEDERAL EXPRESS upon the agent's confirmation of my payment and I will also receive a copy of my Government Tax Certificate.  I am therefore to contact my claims disbur*****t agent immediately for further directions on claiming my winning.  CAUTION: My claim number is the key to my winning prize;  therefore I am advised to keep this winning notification confidential until my claim has been processed and my winning prize has been sent to me as this is part of their security measures to avoid double claiming.  Remember to quote my claim number in each of my correspondences with my claim agents.  Congratulations, once a***n!!!  Best regards,  Mr. Davis Michel - President  Office hours / Mon to Friday 9am-6pm / Sat 10am-2pm / EST.  My letter is also postmarked in Ca***a 7004719 with a return address of P. O. Box 42730 STN.  MARKHAM,  ON  L3R  OS5  I agree that the letterhead looks rather ****py and the signature is just a bunch of squiggles. I was thinking about having the check and letter looked over by my bank and/or the post office.  Seems too good to be true.  Probably a scam.

My family and i got this same peice of sh*t letter saying that we won X amount of money(over 300,000) but the truth is this number and person are fake. People play sick games and this most be stopped!It says to call 425-440-8914. but when you callout you find that its phony.If you still aren't sure if its fake or not read some of these other post and they will tell you the same thing.Ha LANA Corp. My a**

go to USPS.com for info on how to advise and prosecute them.

A letter from a Mr. Davis Michel , President , [email protected] , claims that I have won a contest from T.J.X. Companies in the amount of US$110,000.00 .  It includes a check for $3985.50 to cover expenses relating to US Government Bond Fees in the amount of $2,900.00. It asks that I call the above number ( 425-440-8914 ) at extension 204 to talk to a Barbara Brown to discuss the terms of my winnings and to****ign a Government Bond Agent to process my winnings and collect fees.The check claims to be from the T.J.X. Companies located 2285 Glene Str ,  Framingham , MA 01701 and is drawn on the Bank of New York Mellon in Everett , MA 02149 .  The letter is on poorly printed letterhead from the Lana Corporation Inc.  c/o  T.J.X. Companies Inc. 705 Yonge St. Es*** , MD  21210 and was postmarked in Ca***a with a return address of P. O. Box 16550 Richmond Hill, ON L4C 4Z3 ,   LANA Corporation refers to itself as handing "Brokerage Services, Loans, Mortgage Bailout and Refinancing".  No further usable information is available about LANA Corporation.The letter also refers to a number of other retail companies within the US, many of whom are compe***ors ( J.C. Penny, Walgreen's, Wal-Mart, Sears, Home Depot, Kohl's, Kmart, Macy's Circuit City, Best Buy etc) and are not really****ociated within the T.J.X. Companies holdings.Further investigation also ties information within this letter to the phone number 16478300383 which is attached to adverts in Munich, Germany for customer service reps, and complaints about a check scam regarding a trips that have been won.  (647)830-0383 is a cell phone registered to the Toronto, Ontario area.  (425)440-8914 appears to be a number based in Bellevue, WA in the US.  It is a land line maintained by Ymax Communications Corp. - Wa with an equipment code of BLLVWASHDS0 .   Similar complaints have been filed a***nst numbers maintained by Ymax Communications Corp. in other locations across the US.For some reason, both the check, and the letter, have the wrong US Zipcode for my home address.  It also seems that from the information in the address that whatever information was given to this company was originally obtained from Best Buy corporation.  It appears that Best Buy has sold my contact information to someone else.Metadata for search purposes:Numbers referenced in this complaint:1425440891442544089141-425-440-8914425-440-8914(425)440-8914(425) 440-8914BLLVWASHDS01647830038364783003831-647-830-0383647-830-0383(647)830-0383(647) 830-0383Names referenced in this complaintDavis MichelBarbara BrownYul KingEmail addresses referenced in this complaint:[email protected] Addresses referenced in this complaint:T.J.X. Companies 2285 Glene Str,  Framingham, MA 01701Bank of New York Mellon Everett , MA 02149Lana Corporation Inc.  c/o  T.J.X. Companies Inc. 705 Yonge St., Es***, MD  21210P.O. Box 16550 Richmond Hill, ON L4C 4Z3Companies referenced in this complaintLANA CorporationT.J.X. CompaniesBest Buy CorporationTJ Ma**Ymax Communications Corp. - WaAdditional references in other complaints:Phone Numbers:164***4692664***46926646-434-6926NYCMNYAACM5Addresses:5675 Ralston St., Myerstown, PA 17067Lana Corporation, c/o M.C. L. Trading Corp 5675 Ralston St., Ventura, CALana Corporation, c/o Long Motor Corp 5675 Ralston St., Lenexa, KSLana Corp.  5675 Ralston St., Concod, NCLana Corporation, Inc., c/o Armstrong Group, Inc.  5675 Ralston St, Concord, NC. 28026Companies:Fulton BanksFederal Crime Investigation DeptM.C.L. Trading CorpChicago ***le Co.Long Motor CorpBank of AmericaYmax Communications Corp. - NyArmstrong Group, Inc.

So funny, got the same notice, mine was for $110,000 prize.  Same woman, Barbara Brown. Different Phone number- 425-440-8914. I read where someone cashed the check and then had to pay the bank back. Not sure how the bank required that but I'm doing some digging because these scams are so WRONG!

So has anyone cased the checks they sent out? Checks seem to be a valid check.

I got a letter also and the claims agents name is Brian Smith. The company claims to be in Ca***a.

did u ever reply to it? because i just got the same thing

This number was listed on a letter stating I had won $10,000 in a Customer Compensation and Appreciation Bonanza.  After "repeated attempts to contact me by phone" they sent this letter.  It named parti****nts including J.C. Penny, Walgreen's, Wal-Mart, Sears, Home Depot, Kohl's. Kmart, Macy's Circuit City. Best Buy, etc.  Sent me a check for over $900 to "assist me in paying the necessary Government applicable fees on my winnings."  They wanted me to call this number to contact a claim agent (Barbara Brown), who would****ist me in paying the money to the Government, after which the balance of my $10,000 would be sent by certified check via Fed Ex.Company identified itself as:  Lana Corporation, Inc., c/o Armstrong Group, Inc.  5675 Ralston St, Concord, NC. 28026.My first clue was that Circuit City has been out of business for a long time...but, beyond that, the whole thing just didn't smell right.