Beware of this scam.

Received a letter in the U.S. Mail from Gold Star Securites Inc., International Claims Department 300 2nd St. Midland, Ontario stating I had won $250,000. To claim the winnings, the letter said I should deposit the enclosed check for $4,995, call Kelly Anderson at (905) 783-1975 immediately afterward and send $2,995 by Western Union or Moneygram to pay taxes and claim the rest of the winnings. Mary Brown was listed as the Production Manager. The Check is issued from Keybank, 1 Canal Plz, 7th Floor, Portland, ME 04112. The check number is 69240; routing number is 011200608; account number is 0000032424.

If you Google the Address on the check of Gold Star Securities Inc...... 14 Baxter Boulevard, Portland, ME 04101.....you will find this to be the address of the Portland Housing Authority. Use the Street View hyperlink to view the sign on the corner of Forest and Baxter.....

Same check same "winning  number" 98-44 etc.  New name and phone number.Mark's Securities 100 Mill Rd.  Richmond Alberta Canada 1 (647) 213-3816

Called the number, the lady stated to cash or deposit the check and call back. I cheked with the company and found this site, same scam as all of the other people on this site.

got same check and letter for $250,000 i knew it was too good to be true....

Today, 12/26 I received a letter from Gold Star Securities, Inc. with a check for $4,995 as did several others here.  I was asked to call 1-(905) 783-1975 and not cash the check until I called them. This being a Canadian number which would have been several dollars a minute, I decided to run the Gold Star Securities and found this website.  It is obviously a fake check.  The check is from Bankatlantic from Florida, 6046, 63-8376-2670. Thanks to all who wrote this in.  I may have been foolish enough to try and cash it.  I hope this is being investigated and that these persons are made to pay for sending illegal things to unsuspecting citizens.  Thank you.