Readers Digest Contest

Victim Location 99577

Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes

1st Call on Cell Phone at 6:33 PM on cell phone 2nd call 5:51 AM next morning. 3rd call 8:07 AM same day. 4th call on land line approximately 3:15 PM. Caller says we won contest from Reade’s Digest. Amount changed from $987.000 to $985.000 and 2018 Mercedes Benz changed to a 2017 Mercedes Benz. Not until last call was any amount due mentioned. Then told to go to post office and obtain a claim receipt of $789.00 for 1% of taxes due with tomorrow’s date on it because I had to have that when people showed up to claim the prize. They said that then they would accompany me to the bank to deposit to the prize. Said they were working with the FBI, FTC & ScamPulse.com to ensure everything was legitimate. Said prize would be paid in 2 checks drawn on Bank of America. 1 for $485.000 and 1 for $500.000. We did not give out any vital information or money. Told them we knew it was a scan and that we would be reporting the same.