My mom received a letter in the mail that looks an awful lot like the typical Nigerian scam email. This number is listed as a contact number for a "Prize Claim Agent" by the name of "Mike Morris."
This letter states that my mother was the winner of a Lottery drawing in the UK, has a VERY real check (though I suspect the routing and account information is fake) included which is made out from the payer "Gas & More" in Humble, TX, and is drawn from "Humble Community Bank" in the amount of $3,980. The area code for this number, as noted above, is in Ontario, Canada.
I got a letter this week also. The Community Bank looks legit on the Google search. Branches all over Houston. Will be calling tomorrow to the bank and this agent to find out if all legit. How about you?
I got a letter very much like the one your mom got but the bank check was from PNC bank from a company in Schaumberg Il. a legit company but the holding company Enterprise Holding inc, is sketchy
These people should be stopped this is so wrong. But who do you report it to?
If you got the check in the USPS mail, once you're pretty sure it's bogus, you can contact the Postal Inspectors. They are federal agents and are authorized to investigate crimes involving the use of the US mail. They are in the phone book, any post office can put you in contact and here's their web site:
postalinspectors.uspis.gov/