Letter from Lexington Duke about free airline tickets
I received a comment on a previous post about the same letter with the name of “Lexington Duke.” (See other posts here.) Please comment if you received one and help me fill in missing information. Scan it and send it to me if you can.
It tells you that you have qualified for an award of 2 roundtrip airline tickets. It says to call 1-866-963-7223 (or 866-963-7205 or 866-951-8033). It looks like it was actually signed by Jacqueline Pope, the Vice President of the Travel Awards Division.
The www.lexingtonduke.com website exists. Here’s the whois info: http://www.whois.net/whois/lexingtonduke.com — registered August 12, 2010.
They hand write the address on the envelope and use a real stamp.
I have found the answers to this mystery thanks to the great work of the folks at BBB in Tucson, AZ:
http://www.bbb.org/tucson/business-reviews/travel-clubs/southwest-travel-club-in-tucson-az-20007983
http://www.bbb.org/tucson/business-reviews/prize-promotions/patterson-bell-in-tucson-az-20027549
An actual story: http://www.kgun9.com/Global/story.asp?S=12741861
I am the proud recipient of a replica of this letter with the name of Madden Hall. See my earlier blog post about that letter.
Here are some things that seem to be related in some way:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xent8f_lexington-duke-866-963-7216_travel
Notice anything similar to lexingtonduke.com with these?
Garrison Finley: http://www.garrisonfinley.com/
Sampson Phelps: http://www.sampsonphelps.com/
Burton Malone: http://www.burtonmalone.com/
Strickland Penn: http://stricklandpenn.com/
Maddox Wright: http://www.maddoxwright.com/
Harris Fields: http://www.harrisfields.com/
Hamilton Gates: http://hamiltongates.com/ (http://twitter.com/hamiltongates)
Madden Hall: http://maddenhall.com/ (http://twitter.com/maddenhall)
Davidson Powell: http://davidsonpowell.com/ (http://twitter.com/davidsonpowell)
Nicholson Barnes: http://www.nicholsonbarnes.com/ (http://twitter.com/nicholsonbarnes)
Warner Rowe: http://www.warnerrowe.com/ (http://twitter.com/warnerrowe)
Larson Keller: http://www.larsonkeller.com/ (http://twitter.com/larsonkeller)
Robinson Rhodes: http://www.robinsonrhodes.com
Stanton Carney: http://www.stantoncarney.com/
Swanson Carr: http://www.swansoncarr.com/
Morrison Banks: http://www.morrisonbanks.com/
Stanton Carney: http://www.stantoncarney.com/
Zimmerman Cain: http://zimmermancain.com/
Thompson Fuller: http://www.thompsonfuller.com/
Foster Simmons: http://www.fostersimmons.com/
Shelton White: http://sheltonwhite.com/
Gilbert Turner: http://gilbertturner.com/
Richardson Blake: http://www.richardsonblake.com/
Sutton Perry: http://www.suttonperry.com/
Chapman Lane
Sullivan Lang
Spencer Burns
Hammond Reed
Lambert Steel
Peterson Burke
Watson Brooks
Bradley Tate
Stevens Cole
Hudson Stone
Hoffman Sims
Patterson Bell
Emerson Ross
Welsh McCormick
Jefferson Greer
Henderson Gill
Here are some other links to info these folks:
http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/tag/airline-ticket/
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?sduid=0&t=2027392
http://willbradyjournal2.blogspot.com/2010/07/scams-nicholson-barnes.html
Someone is not happy:
Oh look what someone posted about me anonymously, of course: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/5201222/brian_morris_tech_fraud/
What a coincidence! Look at how these videos compare:
Hamilton Gates: http://www.kewego.com/video/iLyROoaf8KVL.html
Beware of me: http://www.kewego.com/video/iLyROoaf8NfI.html
TEXT:
(Please help me post a copy of the letter and envelope here.)
I am pleased to inform you that you have qualified for an award of 2 roundtrip airline tickets. Congratulations. These tickets are valid for travel anywhere in the Continental U.S. The retail value of this award is up to $1,400.00. Certain restrictions apply.
We have attempted contacting you several times without success. This is our last attempt. If we do not hear from you soon, we may need to issue the ticket vouchers to the alternate.
Please call me today at 866-963-7223 (or 866-963-7205 or 866-951-8033).
Regards,
Jacqueline Pope
Vice President, Travel Awards Division
info@lexingtonduke.com — www.lexingtonduke.com
???? at the bottom
received same letter a few days ago; also hand written on the outside, no return address. Same exact letter. Thanks for posting this- I have forwarded it to the US Postal Service for mail fraud.
I’ve received the exact same letter. Signed by Jacqueline Pope. Its one of those, sounds to good to be true, sort of things. They spelled my first name wrong which was a huge red flag for me as well. My letter starts with;
NOTE: You must respond no later than September 22nd, 2010
Thanks for the information.