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I received a letter from The Clearing House 2460 Bloor Street Tornoto Canada.  I only supposely won $100,000 because 4 other people also won the $500,000 grand prize and it had to be splt 4 ways.  It was odd that the taxes were $3800, but the check was for $4800.  

What raise a red flag was the check was gray, but the top of the check said "The face of this document has colored background on white paper."  This was copied check. I looked up the company on the check online.  Rs Eden is a treatment center for substance abuse. I doubt a treatment center is doing lotteries.  I did not even enter this lottery.  It would have been nice to have that money.

didn't get a call but received a letter from g&f financial group victoria, cananda with the steve brown claims agent. the check was in the amount of $4,980 to help with the "tax bill" of $3990.  i haven't cashed it, i am going to the fbi and hope these crooks get nailed... and i am grateful for your website and the info that i found there.

I received the same letter after G&F sent me one email after the other and I refused to open/reply to it.  They said I won $450,000, sent me the most ridiculous "check" on a Wellsfargo, NA account for $4,950 and wanted me to send them over $3400 in a moneygram.  The letter's grammar and spelling "price" instead of "prize", plus it being printed on a piece of copy paper with no legitimate letterhead; the fact there is no "American family publishing house" sweepstakes, etc., is laughable.  I am turning this over to the Post Office Inspector, Wells Fargo, the FBI, the local police, and the Canadian government.  Now I feel better.

i received a letter from G&L financial Group 56 imperial street victoria, bc v3l y4z tel:1-778-885-8755 stating that i had won $250.000.00, and a check for 4997.00. also from a Steve Brown. And the Tax Agent is a Catheryne Heuge 276 revenue square st.john nb canada. doesn't even have a postal code. It also states that the tax amount is 4200.00, and a person named Frances. N. Ford (Promotions Manager)signed it with a stamp approved and final notice.
         My question is: What happens if you cash the check at a check cashing place? Is it cashable? What would happen to me if i cashed it?

I got a similar letter with a check for 4997.00. what happened when you deposited it into your bank? I want to know if I can cash it or not?

I got the same letter and check in the mail today.  From G&F Financial Group  56 Imperial Street  Victoria, BC V3L Y4Z  Canada  
tEL: 1-778-885-8755

Name  Steve Brown

Promotion Manager  Frances. N. Ford

Tax Agent  Catheryne Heuge
          276 Revenue Square
          St. John NB Canada

Check info is  Cauley Ferrari Maserati
              7070 Orchard Lake Rd
              West Bloomfield, MI 48322

Comerica Bank


another sign I think says it is fake is the check number that is printed at the bottom of the check is printed before the routing number instead of after the account number like it is on all of the checks I am use to seeing.

I recieved a check for $4997.00 from G&F Financial Group stating I won $250K and I call and spoke to a man by the name of Steve Brown. And he told me to deposite the check, even though I was going to close my checking account because I was in the red already, I decided to deposite the check to see what would happen, well I called the bank to see if the check cleared and funny enough the check was no good and they close my account. Wish is ok because like I said I was going to close the acoount any way. But the point is that if any one reciceve a check like that just throw it away because it is no good. So please be aware of the scams that is going on around the world, because of the economy people are trying to do waht ever it takes to get money.

Don't cash you can get in trouble and you bank account they can close it like they did mine. Even though I was going to close my account because i was in the red already, I wanted to see if the check was good, and it wasn't, so when I deposite the check into my account 2 days later I called my bank and I had to talk to an angent, and they told me that the check was no good and they close my account. So don't cash it or deposite the check to your account ok.

The same letter but different phone number 778-865-6055
The guy who answered me with heavy tick accent warning me do not show this letter to my bank because I going to pay more taxes lol lol
He still waiting for my phone call.I did not deposit this check

I am curious to know what happened when this check was deposited.  I had a customer today trying to cash a similar check with all of the information noted in your email.  I did not cash the check and I told the customer that it was a possible scam but she called the number on the letter and was told to cash the check.

I just got a check from Apex Distributors Inc.  The address I typed up on google and it was for a comunity collage.  The chence was for 4997.00 and it was for taxes to be paid through money gram to a Steve Brown with this phone number.  It states that I won 250,000 dollars and this is my help with the tax payment.  I knew this was a fraud from the start.  I am glad I looked up the information and found this website.  I am going to report this to the FBI or local police.

I recieved a document in the mail. and posted here for everyone to see the new fruad going around



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and a check with the following document above

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after copying the check i figured out how they work to scam you heres a picture of the both of them you can figure out how it works after reading the document and check info k

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got a letter too!!! same name steve brown different phone number & different tax agent!! Im glad I had the smarts to take EVERYTHING to my bank before cashing I bank @ a goverment bank so they knew right away!! Im also planning on turning mine over to FBI....He was going to take money away from a single mother we live in a trailor drive a vehichle on its last leg & scrape by as it is & thinga keep gettin harder & harder these days!! I hope this **#@!! gets what he deserves!! called him after leaving bank told him what they said can you believe he got loud & rude with me asked me if I showed them letter when I said of course asked me "can you not follow simple insrtuctions" "told you to leave letter @ home to show no one for security purposes" one phone call had accent & the other it seemed to disappear then 3rd call cause i was pissed about how he spoke to me & hung up on me CAN YOU BELIEVE IT the accent was back!!! GET A ##@**!! JOB like everyone else earn your money instead of stealing it from hard working people you LAZY SON OF A $$@#*!!!!!!

Same players, different names.  My letter was from Trustnet, head office in Utah with a Vancouver area code.  Hmmmmmmmmm...  Not a good start.  Seems I won 50 grand in a "Consumer Promotion Sweepstakes" for customers of Wal-Mart, Sears, Home Depot and Safeway in the U.S. and the U.K.  Well, I have shopped at one or more of those stores in the past, but then so has everyone else.

They enclosed a check, drawn on the Wells Fargo account of LandAmerica Austin Title Company.  The check was bogus looking.  When you figure out the convoluted cover letter, it seems they want me to cash the check and send most of it by Western Union to a "tax agent" in London, but first to call my "claim agent" in the U.S., Steve Brown, at 778-861-5578, a number located in Vancouver, Canada.

So I suppose they expect me to cash their fraudulent check and send the money to them because I believe this shaggy-dog story of my winning a sweepstakes, so they can have the money wired to them while I face bank fraud charges at home.

No, thanks.

is there something i can do if i have already deposite the check.

Canadian cheques (or checks if you want the US spelling) have the cheque number first.

Cheque Number, transit number-bank number, account number.  The format is different from US checks, in the the transit number is 5 digits then a dash and the 3 digit financial institution number.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CanadianChequeSample.png

Just got one myself.  Happy that I'm not a very trusting person, because there is no way in this world I would have cashed the check.  Just isn't exactly likely a check for almost $5000 falls from the sky after doing absolutely nothing to acquire it.  I think it makes this just that much more obvious that the government is doing nothing to prevent this scam being that your posts are from 2008 and we are now almost at 2011.