I received a letter claiming I had one 125k in the De-Lotto north American Sweepstakes Lottery held on July 13th 2007. Included was a check for $4875.00. The letter stated to deposit the check then send $2875 by Wester Union or Moneygram directly to the tax agent.
I called up and spoke to a represenitve, and he gave me full details about everything. Might I add that the check looks very real. It had water-marks and everything.
I went to the bank and the girl said it was fake. I looked at the check more clearly and relized that the company is in Canada, but the check is from a bank in the U.S. but there is no address for that bank. There is an address for MayFair Financial Services but it has a P.O. Box and there is a typo. It says Evensville,,Indiana 47703.
I called the represenitve back and told him that the bank wouldnt take the check that it was probably a fake. The man said he would report this to his boss and that I should call him back on Monday.