Dear Editor:
I am writing this letter in order to inform you of the ways I have been scammed over the internet in the past two years.
First, I was contacted via a letter form Spain, informing me I had won 4.5 million dollars from Dr. Anthony’s group on May 23, 2018. They managed to con me out of my savings and some old-age social security over the next year.
Then I was scammed by Joe Miller who promised he was going to send me 10 million in cash because I had won it via Publishers Clearing House. I proceeded to pay about $8,300 to him over a few months time. Nothing was ever received.
Then in the last few months, several other scammers have evidently gone together or separately to scam me out of more money using Visa Vanilla gift cards via my credit cards. Some of their names are Michael Brown, Mr. Motts and Betty Motts, Peter Blake and Patrick Allen (whom I had paid cash for his cards).
The prevalent way they do it is by convincing people that the way of transferring the money over from Spain, for instance, is that it has to go through customs and is subject to about $45,000 in customs fees which are fully refundable after you receive the prize. Then there are fees for changing the money from Euros to dollars and for delivery fees. This was the case with the Dr. Anthony group. We even made arrangements to meet at a bank in Trenton, and, of course, none of his fellow scammers showed up.
In the other cases, most payments of the 1% upfront payments were in the form of gift cards sent over the phone, which they proceeded to zero out rapidly. In all cases, they received the money off the gift cards, and I never received any of the prizes promised. Otherwise, postal money orders and cash were sent to some of their so-called accountants in the United States, and then transferred to them wherever they are located.
These folks do their conning from other nations so that our police cannot prosecute them. A lot of them are already multimillionaires.
Remember, legitimate winnings off of lotteries and Publishers Clearing House prizes are free.
I am writing this information so that other, wiser people will not be taken in by their lies and deceit. I know that these people will end up chained to Satan after the final resurrection and exist in outer darkness, rather than eternal glory. Christ said to succor (provide for) the poor, the widows and orphans. He did not expect them to be suckered by rich internet gangsters.
In the meantime, if you want to help a poor, almost bankrupt, citizen of Gallatin, please encourage your friends and family to use your local motel.
During the past 12 years, I have been able to stay open because of friends like you, but even my backup money is gone, and my social security is being spent on loan money used to pay for the stupid gift cards. I had hoped they would be bringing me a lot of money, but they have done just the opposite.
Thanks again.
Andrean Warner
