I got a check today for $2995.75, and a letter from Mega 2000 held in London, England. My name had been attached to a coupon wiht a serial number and I was the lucky winner! It looked real! I called the number, and talked to "Melissa Brown, of Express Financial Group" at 204-887-2978. The sponsor check was enclosed to assist me in my international clearance fees and all I had to do was put it in the bank, and then after it cleared , Western Union $2836 to Carol Smith, at 4025 Warden Street, Victoria BC H4BIC5, then after a mere 5% fee of $6,000 I would get the remainder of $114,000. Well it sounded good, but weird. I had heard of the internet scams, but not scams in the mail. Then I looked on the internet and found this site, still not quite ready to let go of my thousands of pending winnings, I looked up the name of the company on the check, The Eberly Company, in Los Beverly Hills, and it was a real company, with that address.. so I called the number and the tired lady on the other end said, yes, it's a scam, she's had thirty calls, please fax her a copy of the check, the bank knows, the FBI,FTC, all kinds of people are aware of it. Then that I should "shread the check for my protection" which I didn't understand until reading some of these other posts.. Thanks for the info. Too bad, I agree with eveyone else, the money would have come in handy!
All I lost was a little time. Thanks!