What I thought was weird was that the number on my phone came up as just "834."  I said to myself, "Who calls from a three digit number besides my phone company?" --- probably people who want to hide their number. They tried to give me some sort of crap about winning second place in a sweepstakes. The worst part was that I could barely understand the person talking to me on the phone..and they had very bad conversational skills, which to me, was a good indication something wasn't right.  

I can't remember exactly what the company was, but it sounded like he said they were some sort of Law Office.

My husband received a letter and check in the mail today.  The check seems authentic as far as we can tell.  

We have decided to report this to the USPS. Have you done this yet - what was the outcome?  I'd love to see these people punished, so I want to take the correct course of action.

MY FATHER-IN-LAW RECEIVED A LETTER ON 1/26/08. HE GAVE IT TO ME AND I DID SOME CHECKING. THE ADDRESS GIVEN FOR BDP INTERNATIONAL 510 WALNUT, PHILADELPHIA, PA COMES BACK TO PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE CO., PENN MUTUAL INSURANCE AND IMPERIAL PARKING ALL AT THE SAME ADDRESS. 1265 FINCH AVE IS IN TORONTO, ON. THE YORK FINACIAL SEVICES I FOUND WAS IN NEW SOUTH WALES AND IS ALSO AN INSURANCE CO. BDP INTERNATIONAL IS A GLOBAL LOGISTICS CO.  
THE POSTAL CODE FOR YORK FINANCIAL SERVICES DOES NOT EXSIST IN CANADA. IF PEOPLE JUST DO SOME CHECKING THEY WILL FIND THAT THIS IS A FRAUD. PLUS MY FATHER-IN-LAWS LETTER SAID HIS TICKET NUMBER HAD BEEN CHOOSEN. HE DID NOT ENTER ANY CONTEST OR LOTTERY. ANOTHER GOOD INDICATION THAT THIS IS A FRAUD. OH AND ROSE DENNISON WAS ROSE NORMAN IN MY LETTER  THANKS FOR LISTING

I received the letter as well.  This is a scam and I will report this type of fraud to the USPS and hopefully the people behind this will be put behind bars.  York Financial Services per the BBB has no complaints, but they are not registered with them either.  The contact agent that I was to contact was Rose Dennison @ 647-834-0792.  I called just to point out the fact that I knew about this kind of scam from Dateline NBC, FDIC and other financial institutions.  It is highly illegal to participate and or collect winnings in any kind of lottery, sweepstakes, contests and the like that are out of the USA.  I was instructed to take the check which was in the amount of $1,950.00 and deposit it into my bank account then send $1,400.00 of that via Western Union or Money Gram to pay off the taxes before the remaining balance of $118,050 would be released to me.  I feel sorry for the people that fell for this horrible scam.  I googled "cashier check fraud" to see if there are many releated instances and there was a lot.  If you scan the cashier check to your computer you can clearly see "VOID" many times.  In other words this is a SCAM so please don't fall into their sick pathetic trap.

I RECEIVED THE SAME LETTER.IT SEEMS KIND OF VERY GOOD PLANNED FRAUD, MAKE SURE DO NOT DEPOSIT CHECK WITH COMMERECE BANK . THRER IS NO BANK BRANCH IN KANSAS CITY, MO 64141

I recieved the exact same letter only my check was for 1,950.00 to cover taxes.  what do you think? mine came on 11/26/07

received a letter stating I had won $120,000 with a check for $3,550 attached, that I should deposit and use $2,400 to pay earnings tax....blah, blah, blah..........
anyone else?