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I was called directly by a "Mr. Nelson Quinn" on February 27th, of this year. He informed me that I had "won a contest" for the "elderly" (I am sixty. Please, God, let that not be considered "elderly"...). My prize winnings were $950,000 (second place). And, ALL I HAD TO DO to RECEIVE my winnings (here it comes), was fill out some legal forms... and... wait for it... SEND THEM A MONEY ORDER OR CASHIER's CHEQUE IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,200! Payable to the "National Indian Gaming Agency" (who, as I learned in "the company's" second phone call to me, that my agent at the NIGA would be a "Mr. "Nelson Quinn". BOTH calls, BTW, ). I replied (knowing, of course, that this was a scammy scammed scam, but pretending to be someone who, in no way intellectually deficient, but "just wanted to understand"), that I was DELIGHTED to have won! Further, I explained, I would NOT be paying anyone, preemptively or prior to the delivery of MY legitimate prize monies, one CENT. Mr. Quinn, trying desperately to sound like he found my skeptical reaction peculiar, explained that the "NDC" had paid 99% of the insurance on my winnings, but that left 1% still to be paid." I said: "So, Mr. Quinn-Price (both calls were made from gentlemen with the exact same, hard to determine origin-wise, accent), you are telling me that an organization that has the gall to call itself "American Dreamer(s)", awarded me a prize, KNOWING that by covering only 99% of it's value, meant that I, of ALL people, the winner of THEIR contest, would be responsible for "covering" THE REST? And, that if I didn't or couldn't, my winnings would, what? Be returned to non-sender? That's MEGA-RIDICULOUS!. I mean, the guy from Publisher's Clearing House does not, as far as I know, before handing over the six foot long, foam rubber reinforced check to it's winner, say; 'Whoa, Mrs. Whatever, CALM THE FRAK DOWN. You know VERY WELL, bee-otch, that FIRST I gotta see my Twelve Hundred bucks!' Besides, Mr. Quinn-Price-Abu-Abdallah-Rubinstein, I have ALREADY won the damn prize. It is MINE. MINE AND ONLY MINE. I AM EAGER TO ACCEPT IT WITH OPEN ARMS! Just NOT with open wallet. Yet, you, Mr. Universe, like a DRUG DEALER, are WITHOLDING what is mine until YOU score, preemptively, in advance, and with no PROOF whatsoever of your claims, MY 1200 BUCKS!" Mr. Everyone said: "Mr. Keith, you are correct exactly!" I said: "Mr. Price-Quinn-Puri-Almalfi, that is beyond [censored]ic. One does not pay money to get money, especially with money that is his in order to receive money that is HIS. Why don't you people just take the $1,200 out of my winnings! OR, have me sign a certified contract promising to pay you the $1,200 upon delivery and verification of the Cashier's Cheque's validity? But, LISTEN UP:

YOU. ARE. NOT. GETTING. ANY. ??. FROM. ME. IN. ADVANCE. PERIOD!" Mr. Quinn said that since this would be a "state to state transfer" the money was necessary, for the government, for insurance." I said, "NOT. MY. PROBLEM. The responsibility for handling said insurance IS NOT MINE. Further, I am disabled (I actually am) and $1,200 would be HALF of my monthly fixed income. And, I KNOW that your dreamy company would not 1) Withold contest winnings from the disabled, or 2) Would not withhold contest winnings from someone who could not AFFORD TO PAY FOR IT."

I said: "So, here's the scenario: You say you would deliver my prize winnings to me directly, right here to my Manhattan apartment, in the form of a Cashier's Check. Well, my BANK is just four blocks away. Why not have your representative meet me there, only FOUR BLOCKS AWAY - or even just walk there with me - SHOW me the Cashier's Cheque, SHOW it to one of the bank's tellers in order to vouch for it's validity, then I, BEFORE DEPOSITING MY WINNINGS, will HAND your representative $1,200 in cash. Sound good?" Mr. Quinn said, "So, Mr. Keith, you do not WANT your prize. Okay." I said, "You [censored], of COURSE I want my prize! To ME, right now, shredded newspaper is a SIDE DISH! I am merely asking you to meet me half way. I WILL PAY YOU this obscene fee. I will just NOT pay you any of my ??to cover something that should have been covered by the CONTEST GIVER, not the WINNER of the contest! At least, not PRIOR to verifying that, once I do pay this 'fee', I will indeed have a valid Cashier's Check in my hand to immediately deposit into my bank. I GREATLY DESIRE my winnings, they're MINE, after all, and I WILL pay you this appalling 'fee' - just not IN ADVANCE. Not without some sort of verifiable, in-person PROOF that you actually HAVE such a check, that it is made out to ME (with my name correctly spelled), in the amount of $950,000, and that the check is... how you say... REALl!" He hung up to go "talk to a supervisor".

TODAY, March 1st, I received a call from a "Mr. Arthur Price" (I didn't know that the Quinns and the Prices were originally from Kazakhstan), reiterating the "details" of my "win". I reiterated my scenario. HE said that the $1,200 was NOT due to state to state insurance, but for government, and legal "clearance". I decided to say that I do not, and will not, in the foreseeable future, HAVE THE $1,200. HE said, "There is no problem, Mr. Keith. I will have your agent at the "National Indian Gaming Industry", Mr. Nelson Quinn-O'Reilly-Blik-Ok, call you, then supply you with all legal documents INCLUDING a waver of the $1,200. It will be paid, in your name, FOR you. Then we will be able to hand deliver your a Cashier's Cheque for $950,000." I said "Thanks" and we ended the call.

I have NO DOUBT that, should I ever hear from these people again, this "waver" will be weighted with disqualifying speed bumps, and that there is NO WAY these Lithuanian Southern Italians will EVEN deliver me my winnings from a contest that never existed.

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