Just got the same call as everyone else here. As a college student who only has $253 to my name right now, I am really glad I found this site. Thank you to everyone.

The number given to me was 718-690-9758

A friend got the same call and asked me to research it for her. This time he was William Burton from the Justice Dept and they were holding $87,000 in unclaimed sweepstakes winnings for her. He called from 718-690-9758 and instructed her to call 202-407-7179. Law of large numbers, if he makes enough calls he will find somebody who will send him money I guess.

I got a call from someone named Colin Hector 202 609 7034 and he said to call Norman Armstrong at US Customs at phone number 718 285 7889 to claim my prize of $875k. I never called Norman because I knew it was fraud right away. When I told Colin to email me his information his answer was we don't deal with email because it is dangerous to share information via email. I asked Colin if I can call him back and he said yes at the same numebr that called your cell phone. When I called him back it was a cell phone number and why would US Dept of Justice be calling me from a cell phone? makes no sense so I know it's fraud. After reading these posts it helped me confirm. People ask why do people do this? It's because there are people out there that will actually give these thieves money. It's a shame but it must be true because theyre still calling random people. What's really scary is...How are they getting our information, that's what we really have to question. cell phone numbers, names, and addresses...very strange!!

I received to call from John Perrence as well, and I called the number to get a hold of officer Norman Armstrong and when he said that I needed to pay for insurance for the prize I decided it was too sketchy to continue.  I decided to call the Customs office at JFK International Airport to verify if this Norman Armstrong worked there and although they cannot confirm employment at the office, they assured me that it was very likely a scam because Customs and Border Patron NEVER, I repeat, NEVER calls people in that manner; so be careful with this, it's definitely a scam.

I just got off the phone with the same people who you talked too. I said the same thing and the guy hong up on me...lol