Jan 10, 2011
Mr. Michael Peterson from Global Winners called this morning telling me that I had won $950K and a Mercedes. He told us that we needed to give him $315 dollars and he would deliver the check. As the call progressed, I asked him to send me a copy of the check. I must mention that he had our name, address, and phone number. He appeared to have a spanish accent. He sent me the copy of the so-called Certified Check #0348927 from Bank of America. We told him we were going to take the check to Bank of America; he immediately told us that if we did that the winnings would be null and void. I asked to speak to his supervisor; he put me on hold and connected me with Paul Washington, who sounded just like Michael Peterson. Mr. Washington asked me what I was calling about. He did not know us, nor did he know Michael Peterson. He eventually tapped on his computer and said that Mr. Peterson was his employee but he didn't know him personally. We looked up this phone number on Google, found these posts, and started reading the posts to Michael Peterson. He was very rude and condescending, started telling me we were fools because we didn't want the money, then hung up.