Same letter same claim # different bank Eaglebank in Maryland $4770Letter is signed by jerry smithLaura Michael promotion manager

I like the size of the check but I am afraid it may be a scam.  Did anyone of you cash the check?  Is it real? please let me know as I need the money to pay off things.  I don't want to be a sucker. Ha ha

Yep this is still going. My check was also drawn on Citizens Bank, Rutland, Vermont. Claim number is also the same DH/SUL-0011. Contacts Bill Hensley and Laura Morgan.
Isn't there anything to do to get these guys?

I also received the same letter & check same claim # & ticket serial #as W.L Curry Jr. Mine is also Howard bank in Ellicott City MD. I also called Bill Hensley & he answered and said to deposit the check, then call back. A sure sign of a scam

This number was on a letter with an enclosed check from "Powerhouse Financial Inc." International Claim Department, 101 King St, Morriston Ont. N0B2C3.

Also in the envelope was a check for $4890.00, dated 1/11/08 supposedly drawn on "National Penn Bank" P.O. Box 547, Boyertown, PA 19512-0547
Check number 34974 - Bank num 88-9353/1131

The name and address on the check are as follows
POWERHOUSE INC.
100 N BROAD ST. SUITE 2
LANSDALE, PA 19446

Anybody want to give odds that this is a fraud?  I'd say the odds are about 10,000 to 1 in favor of a fraud.

I received this mailing in the last couple of days.
It has a pretty canadian stamp with some yellow flower design in the amount of CDN 0.93

I may call them on outbound only VOIP just to see how much of a sucker these folks think I am.

Yup, I got the same letter, though it's from "PowerPOINT Financial Inc", same address in Ontario, same check amount, though drawn on "Bank of the West, West Covina, CA".It's a scam.  First, it was sent in a plain envelope with no return address.  No legitimate agency is going to send a check for $4890 and a notification of winning $250K without making someone sign for it... or at least they'd have their return address on the envelope!The check looks real, and may be, but I guarantee it's either not their account or there is no money in it; either way, if you try to cash it, you'll be charged a bounced check fee, and they're off the hook because in the letter they stated "do not attempt to use this check until you call".Also, the letter states there is a "tax amount of $2895.00... to be paid by either Moneygram or Western Union."  Uff-da!  And THAT is how you know this IS a SCAM.  Any offer that requires you to make any financial transaction by wire is a scam... and if you do, that money is GONE... you can't get it back, and the person receiving it is all but untraceable.  Don't be a sucker!!!I *am* surprised they are using "PowerPoint" as their name now.  Hmmm... well, if the Canadian and US feds can't shut down these guys, I bet MicroSoft could... I think I'll forward the letter I got to Bill Gates and let him go after them for trademark infringement!