rec'd letter postmarked from Canada with a check for $3977 indicating I'd won through a "computerized ballot system".
The check is from American Homecare Supply in PA (a real company owned by Air Products) but the contact info to "activate" the check is "Mike Scott" in Winnipeg and the phone number is a mobile number.
Bogus?  who knows.  Anyone try to cash their check?

did your check every clear?

Cashed my check yesterday and deposited in the bank, waiting for it to clear if it does! Will call Jack Smith again today.

I took the check to the bank - they called the number to verify and got a hang-up.  They are turning in the information to the fraud unit.

I got exactly the same message, including the same phone number and agent Jack Smith.  Was this legit?  I enter sweepstakes all the time (otherwise not a gambler), but somehow thought I'd be getting the message of a win some other way.  Something here feels fishy.  Thanks.

Received a check for $1950 from Triple A Supplies, Inc. in NY. Took to the bank and they say the routing # is legitimate.  Got a letter also stating I had won through a computerized ballot system drawn from Readers Digest, Publishers Clearing House, etc. I have called the number and an agent Jack Smith said just to cash the check.  When I do so he told me that once the check is cleared, other prize money will be sent in the form of a certified check.  (Jack Smith has a foreign accent).Check is postmarked from Canada. I asked him if he needed a bank account # or any ID and he said no he did not.

got a check too for $4,685.17 with a 3 page Shadow Shopper trainee enrollment form. Telling me to deposit check in my account and send about $4100 of it back by Moneygram. Did some checking on my own, and found out these are scams to make us give them our own money.'Cause all we're doing is depositing a check withdrawing it back for whatever use. Then later on the bank realizes the check's a forgery and then you owe the bank. And if you already wired the part that the scammers requested, then they just got paid and your stuck in debt. I WOULD BE VERY CAREFUL, BEFORE CASHING ANY FREE MONEY. ESPECIALLY WITH CANADA. P.S. My scammer's phone # is 204-951-7812.

Recd a check in mail from American Homecare Supply with letter stating I had won sweepstakes drawing from Readers Digest, Publishers Clearing House, etc.  Letter was postmarked in Canada. Contact name was Mike Scott, Phone No. 204-951-7714.  Never called them.

Rec'd a ck from EMSCO with a letter stating won unclaimed prize money; drawn from Readers Digest Publishers Clearing house. The letter had the above phone number. The postmark on letter was from Canada.
Contact Agent's name on letter was Martin Foley.
No Telephone call received to my knowlege.