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Has anyone fot a letter from Citi Financial  that says they are a winner in a Consumer Promotion Sweepstakes Drawing for shopping at stores like Walmart and Staples.  It says that Citi Financial is out of Fayettville, AR but the drawing was held in the UK.  It came to my husband but if he goes shopping he pays cash.  I do the shopping at Walmart and I use my debit card so my signature is on the recerpt not his.

I received the same letter today, I believe is a fake letter, I'm trying to Google it and there is no doubt in my mind that this is a SCAM. Please protect yourself and research it before you reply and they convince your husband to send them any money.

Best of luck

I got this also and was immediately suspicious- I wanted to find out more because this is an elaborate setup. Did you notice they say "United State" instead of United States. I called the number and a Nigerian sounding man answered the phone. He told me to cash the check tonight. Then tomorrow I will be receiving a overnight delivery with a check for the balance of the 50k. But- he said call first thing in the morning before anything happens to make sure the "check" had went out as scheduled. I guarantee they will say it did not go out yet until I pay the Britain tax.
Obviously they want me to deposit the money (it takes a few days to figure out the check is fake) and in the meantime they will ask you to instantly Western Union $1950 for the tax before any one figures out what happened.

I received this notice in the mail as well. As I research the different elements of the letter I find many questionable details. If you google CITI FINANCIAL it does not come up with a proper website. SCAM. Notice the words used: " we are pleased to advise that you are one of the winners". If you won that much money why would a 3rd party be involved? Also, notice that on the letter, your name is nowhere in the text. hmmmm......mass mailing? Protect yourself. Veryify scams through www.snopes.com

Received same letter w/check yesterday.  However not listed on SNOOPS and if I request fraud investigation will cost $30.  May simply attempt to deposit the ck in my financial instituion and see it it clears - my guess is that it won't - thereby establishing it as a scam.

Actually, it does make snopes, just not under that company name
http://www.snopes.com/fraud/advancefee/lottery.asp

Your bank probably charges more than $30 for depositing a bad check.

I got this letter in the mail stating the I won $50,000. Enclosed was a check of $3250.00 which is supposedly deducted from the prize money. That money will cover the $1950.00 for tax payment. The tax officers name is Mrs. Teresa Jones address 10 Miles Drive, London United kingdom SE28 one. I was supposed to deposit the money and then send a payment through Western Union Money tranfer to cover the taxes in order to get the rest of the $50,000. The promotion Manager is Mrs Betty McKenzie. They want me to contact the payment Handling Officers: Mr.Marvin Anderson or Ms. Malie Frank. THIS IS A SCAM!!!! Please, if you recieve a letter like this report it to the authorities or you local newspaper.

I got the same letter that others have said that they got. I did a search on Google for CITI FINANCIAL and I did find a website for it, is a website for what is now One Main Financial, which was formally called Citi FInancial. The name on the check that it is from and probably drawn on is BREWSKIS INC. I did a search on Google for Brewskis and according to what I found there is a BREWSKIS INC in Fayetteville, Arkansas,. It is on Dickson Street. Now with BREWSKIS INC name listed on the check, this would be the owner the bank account that the check is drawn on, The bank that the check is drawn on is the Bank of Fayetteville, AR.

I say that it does sound to be true. I do suspect that it is some kind of a scam. By sending it through the US Mail, this one is violating the US Postal Laws, that is IF this is some kind of a scam. If there is some way to verify rather the check really is any good or not, then this would be one way that you could use to check this out.

Now I would bet that there will some people that may get this, that will just throw it away and NOT even open it and do anything else with it. I am glad that I found these other posts from people reporting that they have gotten this, So you could report it to the Post Office, you could also report it to the FBI and you could also report it to your states Attorney General's office. And also if you want to, I guess you could report it to the local Police Department.

Yes I recieved the same letter.  There were "typos" and other suspicious parts of the letter. I researched the various parts of the letter and I have concluded that it would not be wise to contact the company or cash the check enclosed.
 The letter is also in a similar format of some of these "Internet Scams" reporting that you have money or a check available; they always want to wire money to you.  
 I'm very grateful to see the previous post; the post confirmed my thoughts of this scam.

i JUST GOT THE SAME LETTER TODAY   1/3/12..... I WILL PROBABLY TURN IT IN... SO OTHERS DON'T GET TRAPPED....

My Dad received the same letter yesterday.  He called # 888-568-1441 and spoke with Ms. Linda Robinson, who told him to cash the check and call her back that same afternoon to give him instructions on how to pay the tax amount: $1920.00 via Western Union Money Transfer.  He didn't cash the check but called me and informed me about the letter telling me that this sounds too good to be true.  I called this morning and spoke with Mr. Marvin Anderson, same #, and told me to have him do the same, cash the check and call Linda back. I being the curious one questioned this as well and decided to google the company.  Thank God I did, thank you all for posting your comments.  You just saved my Dad from paying these Scammers their " $1920.00 tax amount". I will report this.

MARVIN AND LUCY HAVEN'T STOPPED---HOW CAN WE CATCH THEM?  WHY WOULD THEY HANDLE THE TAXES ON MONEY YOU WON?  THEY GET YOUR BANK INFO THIS WAY AND LOOKOUT AFTER THAT!  WHO DO YOU REPORT THIS TO?

I am so glad there are posts on this phone number.  My husbands check is from Walgreens.  When I Binged the phone number, it is for a Private Eye Service.  I think I will take this to our local Police Station.

yes,my husband got the same letter,it really makes you mad.with people's financial issues today,they get your hopes up,but thank god i looked into it also.thanks for you posts! has anyone reported this yet?

I received a similar letter back in 11/14/2011. Except mine has the bank name of BANK OF FAYETTEVILLE
with the address of ONE S BLOCK ST. FAYETTEVILLE AR 72701-6021. the company is supposedly the check
was from is BREWSKIS INC. 408 WEST DICKSON FAYETTEVILLE AR 72701
. Did the research. SCAM!!!!!!!!!

I was looking through your posts - I recieved a letter August 29th, 2012 with a different phone number, but the exact same set up.  Thanks for posting this - looks like another version of the same SCAM.

I also received a letter and check dated 9/21/12 with a different number. It felt suspicious to me. Very happy to have found these posts.

I just received a letter today from Citi Financial Idaho Falls stating I had won $50k in a Consumer Promotion drawing  for Sears Safeway Wal-Mart and Walgreens along with a check for $2950 and the remaining money would be sent via FedEx or UPS.    The drawing also took place in the UK requiring a tax of $1920  to be sent via Western Union.  The phone number is different 877-284-1927 and the contact names are Paul Harrison and Linda Robinson. The check states it is from a Wells Fargo account which looks real.  So the SCAM continues.

I just got one of these letters today. Noted I was one of the winners in the "Consumer Promotion Draw" for all customers of Novartis, Walgreens, Safeway, Sears and Staples. I 'won' $50,000 and they included the check for $1,920.00 because the draw was held in the UK. Supposed to contact Mrs. Tracy Morgan at 877-284-1027. Think they could use better paper...

Just got this same letter and check as did Jan, below. Very Very suspicious when the date on the check is December 31, 2012 and today's date is 3/28/2013, and the check is void after 90 days. It really sounds like their cut is the western union transfer from your account. Why not just deduct the tax from your check to begin with? OH they will have it delivered via Fed Ex Courier? I will be taking this to the US post office.

Marriott INC?? Citibank N.A.?