It is CLEARLY a scam. Throw the letter away immediately. You never EVER have to pay for something you WON! Please educate yourself next time.

what happened after you cashed it/

Got the same check. Try cashing it and post it on what happens.

I just got this same thign in the mail from SBC Financial Inc.
The check is from T-mobile via US Bank.  I think I am going to try cashing the check and see what happens.(not calling or paying anything, but just trying to cash the possibly fake check.)

Has anyone else done this?

received same letter w/$4,800. check and instructions to pay processing fee to collect balance of $75,200. prize winnings.  letter was mailed to me in maryland usa from canada and addressed to my maiden name which is what appears in the phone book.  since i was born in canada and was just up there to renew my passport i thought this might be real.
i googled the company that wrote the check and found it to be 'for real' but a manufacturing company, i then googled the finance company that sent the letter, it doesn't exist....go figure.....  finally i googled this phone # and got the answers i needed.
i am amazed at the quality of the check, it looks real and the fact that someone spent $1. to mail it to me from canada makes this a well planned scam.  there has got to be a gov't place i can send this stuff to in order for these yahoos to be caught and prosecuted.  guess i'll do more research.....

I received the same scam letter.  Reading the above mentioned post about the "guy with the heavy African accent"...made me remember...Just a few months ago my gmail and facebook were hacked when I signed up to go to Haiti (I am a nurse). The guy took my facebook and email and was asking all of my contacts to send me money in London.  I have a friend that is a bigshot with the internet.  He tracked the re-routes back to Nigeria.  Now that I got this letter in the mail, it makes me think they might be related.  Be careful everybody.

Recieved the exact same letter dated June 21, 2010, but with Tower Automotive as the account holder, and  Wachovia Bank as the bank the check was drafted on, I too, only had to cash the check and give $2,950. in processing fee to recieve my remaining $75,200.  If I don't want the money they will give it to United Nations Childrens Fund.  Be smart don't fall this scam.

received same scam letter. called help me Howard  of channel 11 with no luck'

Received an obvious scam letter in the mail today w/ this phone # as a contact #. Letter tells me that I've won $80K and can receive the proceeds if I provide a $2950 processing fee..... good one!

As an added bonus the money not claimed is going to go to the United Nations Children's Fund. Also a nice touch.

Letter is signed by Jake Smith
Check for $4,800 to me signed by TP O'neill

did the check get cleared by the bank

did the bank clear the check

Received the letter from HBC Financial Inc. with a GE (General Electric) symbol on it and a check with "ACCO Brands Corporation" listed as the account holder. I went to the web site: http://www.accobrands.com/ and clicked on the link: April 5, 2010, Fraudulent Check Alert, Alert: "Consumer Research Program - Secret Shopper," Fraudulent Letters and Checks (http://www.accobrands.com/Content/20100405161646060.pdf) where is shows an example check with the same RTN and account info. The number 407-608-4442 is listed as the phone number on the letter. When I called it, a man with a heavy African accent answered the phone with, "HBC Financial. May I have your PIN number?" When I started to mention the ACCO Brands website article about fraudulent checks, the call mysteriously dropped. Definitely a scam.

How? What happened?

It wasn't me...but my friend did getted scammed.

My friend got the same thing.  Did you find out what this is????

Received letter stating that I had won large sum, but first must pay a fee of thousands to receive.