WARNING – Beware of Check Cashing Fraud

DMB Financial, LLC discovered last week that letters have been mailed out to consumers across the country from DMB Financial Management regarding the consumers’ winnings in the “NBC International Sweepstake”. These letters are not from DMB Financial, and are in fact fraudulent and a scam.

Here is how the scam works. Included with the letter is a check for $3,115.00 in the name of the consumer. The letter directs the consumer to contact a telephone number so that the company can educate the consumer on how to claim their winnings. When the consumer contacts the company, a representative from the company asks the consumer to deposit the check into the consumer’s bank account to cover the processing fees. The representative then asks the consumer to send the company $3,115.00 either through a wire or Western Union for the processing fees. The check then bounces leaving the consumer out the $3,115.00.

If you have received a letter from “DMB Financial Management, LLC” with our address on it (“152 Conant Street, Beverly, MA 01915”), do not call the company or deposit the check and please contact us immediately with the details. DMB has contacted the local and federal authorities to help us stop this scam immediately.

If you have any questions or suspect you have been a victim of this fraud, please contact Matthew Guthrie by e-mail (mguthrie@dmbfinance.com), or by phone at 866-810-3210.

We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate everyone’s help in stopping this scam.