Received a call from this number stating that I had won $35,000.00 in a sweepstakes.  The sweepstakes was described as being from my name and zip code being asked and given from Home Depot or one of several other places.  My address was then confirmed and a check was sent to me to be able to prepay any taxes.  I received the check and deposited it.  I was to call them back when the check had cleared and the funds were available.  This was on a Thursday.  My bank had cleared the check overnight but I was unable to get in touch with them on Friday.  On Monday morning, I looked at my account on line and discovered that the amount of the check was being reversed in my account.  I called the Marketing Co. and was able to reach someone.  I explained what had happened in my checking account.  I was informed that they had made an error and did not follow the correct procedures.  I was then informed that this had been corrected and it should clear my bank now.  On Tuesday am, the matter looked as if it had been reconciled.  I called the number back and was told to go to a Western Union and send $3,100.00 to a location in Ontario Canada.
to cover my taxes.  I was instructed to send the money with the "in minutes" option.  I was also told that I was to call back when I had sent the money and they would send the remainder of the $35,000.00 to me.  At this point everything became a whole dolloar amount and was not balancing.  I started getting a little suspicious due to this and a comment that was made in the same conversation about the bank they were using.  The check that I received was on a Prosperity Bank and the agent stated that they used Bank of America.  On my way to Western Union, I decided to stop at my bank and see if they could look into this and tell me if it was a scam or not.  My bank had put a 7 day hold on the check and then the Fraud Dept had put an additional hold on it.  The Customer Service Representative at my bank, Chase, made a call to their Fraud Department and the person at the Fraud Dept that answered stated that they had a contact in Prosperty Bank and made a phone call.  Prosperity Bank verified that the check was a fraudulant check.
I worked with two separant people at the phone number given.  I worked with an Andrea and a Lexis.

Received a call from this number stating that I had won $35,000.00 in a sweepstakes.  The sweepstakes was described as being from my name and zip code being asked and given from Home Depot or one of several other places.  My address was then confirmed and a check was sent to me to be able to prepay any taxes.  I received the check and deposited it.  I was to call them back when the check had cleared and the funds were available.  This was on a Thursday.  My bank had cleared the check overnight but I was unable to get in touch with them on Friday.  On Monday morning, I looked at my account on line and discovered that the amount of the check was being reversed in my account.  I called the Marketing Co. and was able to reach someone.  I explained what had happened in my checking account.  I was informed that they had made an error and did not follow the correct procedures.  I was then informed that this had been corrected and it should clear my bank now.  On Tuesday am, the matter looked as if it had been reconciled.  I called the number back and was told to go to a Western Union and send $3,100.00 to a location in Ontario Canada.to cover my taxes.  I was instructed to send the money with the "in minutes" option.  I was also told that I was to call back when I had sent the money and they would send the remainder of the $35,000.00 to me.  At this point everything became a whole dolloar amount and was not balancing.  I started getting a little suspicious due to this and a comment that was made in the same conversation about the bank they were using.  The check that I received was on a Prosperity Bank and the agent stated that they used Bank of America.  On my way to Western Union, I decided to stop at my bank and see if they could look into this and tell me if it was a scam or not.  My bank had put a 7 day hold on the check and then the Fraud Dept had put an additional hold on it.  The Customer Service Representative at my bank, Chase, made a call to their Fraud Department and the person at the Fraud Dept that answered stated that they had a contact in Prosperty Bank and made a phone call.  Prosperity Bank verified that the check was a fraudulant check.I worked with two separant people at the phone number given.  I worked with an Andrea and a Lexis.

I Hav e the very same story as Bill. It's as though I wrote it myself. I'm so angry right now, It's worthlss talking about it. PLEASE EVERYONE don't trust this. It's a SCAM and a waste of time.

Received a similar letter and check-if was pretty fetchy-i called the number no-answer- had the police look at it and said it's was a scam-mine said that it was an award claim notification and that i had won $8000- received a check for $987 and the rest to be claimed i had to take it to my tax agent and it would sent to them to make sure the proper taxes were taken out plus a processing fee. JUST SHRED IT!!!