Oct 22, 2011
I also got a call from Michael Fisher from the 'US Border Patrol, Mail Division' about a package detained at JFK. He 'checked it out and we needed to call the airport at 718-690-9758 to start a claim to get it to us. I was also given a claim number and got through to John Perren, who gave me a number for the sweepstakes clearance to call and verify that we did win. It all seems to legit, but I got suspicious when John told us we needed to send $3685 through Western Union or Moneygram out of the country for insurance and shipping and handling. Even though the sweepstakes clearance place we called assured we would be reimbursed for the shipping and insurance, it doesn't sit right with me. I know that money sent Western Union out of the country can not be tracked or recovered in the event of a fraud. Thankfully, we ran out of time before trying to arrange for the money. Hubbie had to get to work, and I'm not doing anything about this without him but checking more into it.