I received one of these checks in my mail today. I was very skeptical also. The ink from the check hadn't even dried completely before they put it in the envelope and it bled a little onto the accompanying letter. Same MO as all of your letters. I've won $110,000. Check for $3,969 for "taxes and insurance". blah blah blah. I did try to call the number and the woman who answered sounded like she'd just woken up. Not too with it. It's interesting that somebody actually cashed the check and it cleared. But then it looks like somebody lost $2900 from their checking. I wonder what would happen if we just opened a new account to deposit this check into. Wait for it to clear, then withdraw. If no other money is in the account they can't take it, right? I googled the routing number and confirmed that that's real but haven't called to check on the account.
I am tempted to just try to cash it myself! I knew immediately that it was a scam, but if we can cash these ck's and beat them at their own game that would be really cool!! But i would NEVER deposit the check, don't let them get your account info. They believe we will all fall for this cause we're all so financially desperate! Mom always said, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!"
I also recieved a letter saying i won 110,000.00 from publishers clearing house- I recieved a check from them in the sum of 3,989.00, to pay gov tax- and then i was to pay 2,899.25 through western uninon--Post marked from Canada--From Constant Contact,Inc 1601 Trapelo Road,Waltham,MA 02451===Silicon valley bank, 3003 Tasman Dr, Santa Clara,CA,95054. Claim number HTU 567-703-56MKU--File agent wa Sandra Martins 1-416-897-9387. Do these people realy believe we would fall for something like this, for goodness sakes- it came in a plain white envelope with just my name