My father n law received the same letter and he was convinced he had won $ 245,000.00 he called the number and spoke with Allen Johnson. He told my father n law to just take check to the bank. When he took check to bank the bank told him the check was no good thank god the bank refused to take the check I called the Alaska Pacific Energy Corp co. after finding them online and heard a recorded message from the co. president that if I was calling about this check from coast capital that it was a scam so beware plan to report it to the postal service tomorrow!

Here is some info.in case you may want to report this scamU.S..Postal Inspection Service:   Phone  1-+1 888-877-7644                                                    email    www.uspoig.gov                                                    by mail  Office of Inspector General                                                                  Operations Support Group                                                                  222 S.Riverside Plaza                                                                        Suite 1250                                                                   Chicago,IL.60606-6100Federal Trade Commission          Phone  1-877-FTCHELP                                                                  1-+1 877-382-4357Also                                               www.consumerfraudreporting.orgGood luck and be safe .

Not to mention there are typos in the letter - as in "The United State."  Last time I looked, we were still The United States.

Here is some info.in case you may want to report this scam

U.S..Postal Inspection Service:   Phone  1-+1 888-877-7644
                                                   email    www.uspoig.gov
                                                   by mail  Office of Inspector General
                                                                 Operations Support Group
                                                                 222 S.Riverside Plaza
                                                                       Suite 1250
                                                                  Chicago,IL.60606-6100

Federal Trade Commission          Phone  1-877-FTCHELP
                                                                 1-+1 877-382-4357
Also                                               www.consumerfraudreporting.org

Good luck and be safe .

Yes this is a scam. Think about it-you receive a letter out of the blue informing you that you've won all this money. The only thing standing in the way is a $3,500 processing fee.Really? Did you enter an "international sweepstakes".If not ,then how could you possibly win ?It is also illegal to enter a sweepstakes from another country. The check they send you is not real (I checked with the bank).The scam is to have you deposit the check into your account and then later withdraw $3,500 and send a money transfer through Western Union, so of course the money can't be traced .These people are crooks going after your money .My elderly father received this same scam but thankfully he showed it to me first .Please be careful because these people don't care .You can take the entire letter,check and envelope and bring it to the post office as this is also mail fraud.Good luck .

is this a scam?