It is useless and morally wrong to attempt to cash a check you suspect as being fraudulent. First of all, it won't clear and your bank will charge you a fee for a returned check. If it somehow falls through the cracks and clears, it's still fraudulent. Your bank will have to return the money and will deduct it from your account.

The proper thing to do is provide copies of what you received to your local post office and your state's attorney general (address easily found on the internet). They will take it from there.

This is NOT evidence stolen identity, btw.

I too just received the letter from Andrew Mayer, My check was from Bank of the West in Carrollton Texas in the amount of 2,345.00;said I won 590,000 dollars. Please lets get this a***ole, this is cruel!!!! Please Email me with our next move, I am in. We got to put a stop to this immediately.

My family received a letter from Franklin Pleus saying that my mom won something like $590,000 from that stupid check with the watermark and everything. -__- It said to call Andrew Mayer at 1-778-865-1266. And also something about JackPORT Draws? Sheesh. The address was real: 701 Sommerce Road, ANApolis MD 21401. I don't think this guy is very bright in his spelling... He seems like he's so smart with his wording -_-...

"Please be advised, all prize money must be claimed no later than Aug 15th 2008. If you should decide not to claim you cash prize before this date, your cash prize will be returned to A & A Services INC, for charity purpose."

That's exactly from the letter! He's not supposed to put a should there... He has spelling AND grammar problems!

"Guaranteed safe and secure." YEAH RIGHT!

People, don't fall for this!

I recieved the letter too but the agent was from Andrew Mayer -_- the number was different too O.O

I got the same letter.  Same phone number and same contact information.

I recieved a letter today stating the same general things. The business name is A&A Services INC. He is getting smarter so watch out, on my check he had a watermark and microprinting making it a little more convincing. I never believe these things right away, thank God for this website. The check amount was $4034.00 with a winning of $590000. Please beware, Thanks for your posts!!!!

I received the same letter with a check and will be taking it to the authorities.

Oh my gosh, I just received the same letter from a Franklin Pleus and a check for 2,000. I was also skeptical about the letter as I didn't enter any  contests to have won anything and after looking up the company he claimed to be from -- T & P Management, I couldn't find any information on it. I'm just glad I found out from this site about the stupid scam this dumbass is doing.

Same thing from T & P Management.  Franklin Pleus - and to call Andrew Mayer at 778-318-3559.  I too will be contacting the athorities.  I'm glad to have found this site easily when I decided to check things out,  cause it looks pretty ligit, but I didn't think it could be since I haven't entered any drawings.  Lets put a stop to this.

We just received a letter and check from Franklin Pleus. It says to call William Russell at 1-778-319-0210 monday to friday. Well after receiving it and logging on to the internet to do more research, I will be ripping up this stupid check for $4,069.00. This was from a company named LIP INC.
Why are people so stupid?? Don't they know you can realize this is a fake? Apparently not. Let's get these suckers....

I got this letter Franklin Pleus Promotions Manager. Check for 3,258.00 from Raynor Inc. I won second category JACKPOT DRAWS.
The letter said the same thing...don't tell anyone and call Henry Klein at 1-778-862-4955 M-F. I'm turning this over to authorities.

i got the same letter except the name on mine was frances lawson and the promotions manager was franklin pleus.it was drawn off of frost bank in arlinton texas. real bank fake account number :( mine was kind of convincing because i do donate regularly to charity so i figured hey maybe i did win...but i will e reporting this to the propper authorities.. thanks for all the posts on here that made me realize how low people really are. thanks again

I got the same exact letter and check and now, my main purpose in life is to make his life a living hell!

i recieved the same letter but the claims agents name was donald lucky.

I too have received the exact same letter. Along with a check of 4,980.00 I think that all the people who have received this letter should get together and bring a stop to this! I will be speaking with a close friend of mine today, who happens to be a lawyer, to see what can be done. To all the people who have received this letter in the mail, PLEASE do not deposit or cash this phoney check. It will only come back non-sufficent and the a***hole scam artist will benifit from your loss! Get a real job Gerry Smith!

this number was a number for me to call a claims agent in reference to a phony letter that said id won 250,000. and needed to call for further instructions.which of course was , deposit the enclosed check for 4,890.00 to pay nonresident government service tax to a tax agent named Jana Henderson by moneygram. then he said after i deposited the check to call him back for further details about my winnings...the whole time i was on the phone, his little dog was yapping and I could hear a tv on...real business like right? right! Now I just want to call him over and over just to piss him off daily for trying such a scam....please dont fall for this...and report him to the authorities as i will be doing...his name is Gerry Smith and the co name is P.T.B. financial services inc. 1004 airport rd St John NF Canada...he also kept telling me how important it was to not share my letter with anyone because they might try to claim my winnings, how about they might tell me its a scam like I found out by researching this so called sweepstakes association of North America.