I have receive the same check saying that I was one of the winners in the World Charity Cancers donors Draw organized for all the citizens of North America and European countries for the third quarter, in 2012. A check was the amount of $2,850.00 was sent and the check do look so real. I know I did not enter into any kind of sweepstakes, and I knew right then something wasn't right. So, I called this number on the letter 1-302-689-3960 and the person who answer I could not even understand a word he said, and could not even speak english very well which I knew was a red flag right there.  Please people report this to the www.ftc.gov and click on Business Opportunity Scams and scroll down until you find in the reading you can file a report on the internet.  You can file a complaint on the internet or you can call 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357). This needs to be a stop to this mess deceiving people thinking they have won something and all of this is just a scam.

I got a check for 500 grand. It doesn't make sense why would anyone want to give that amount of money to random people. If they are giving me that 500k then they can, instead of taking $4,000 from me, can take 20k from the 500k and send the rest to me. :D

I was given the number 1-778-232-7350.  These people are really smooth.  They had me going.  They said that I had won a sweepstakes share of $500,000.00, with my part being $50,000.00.  The part that made me a little wary was when they said to not mention that I had won a sweepstakes to Western Union when I wired the money for the insurance (I had to have prepaid insurance to cover the money prior to receiving)  I told them I would call them back and I did some research.  I called the State Attorney General office who verified the were a BIG SCAM.  Then I called the numbers back that were given to me and non worked.  I can see how unsuspecting people can be taken advantage of.  These people need to be put UNDER THE JAIL!!!!!

i received a letter saying i won 150,000.00 and they send me a check for 3,750 i went to my bank account and i deposite the ckeck now idk if its real or not.... its in my bank account right now but now idk what to do.?

I received a letter from International Consumer Promotional Draw
In Las Vegas
THIS IS A TOTAL SCAM!!!!!!!
Do Not I repeat Do Not cash the check report them to the BBB and authorities!!

I got one and it's a BIG SCAM Don't cash any checks!

i received a letter for the national lottery promo and when i called the number back the guy that answered did not speak clear english and sounds like i woke him up. when i questioned him he said it was fatigue from  coming in early that morning but his background noise did not fit that of a legit co.needless to say i tore up the check.the ph nos.are based in vancouver canada,but the bank info had key bank national a**. on it located in ohio

How dare you post this!  YOU KNOW this is a fraud, you alone are the only one claiming this is a legitimate thing.  You just joined the ranks of the disgusting scamers, congrats!

I received one of the above letters and checks today.  It has been rough the last two years and this just makes me mad!  How can these people send out these checks to people during the holidays and get people's hopes up and then rip them off?  I am bringing mine to my lawyer. SOOOO Mr "get paid" I am sure you got the money RIGHT, and you are just as bad as the scamers for just making that comment, shame on you! I have four kids and barely keeping my head above water, and for a minute I thought I had a Christmas miracle, you too are now a part of this ugly thing and your Karma forever scarred.
It is people like this that kill the innocence and wonder of Christmas, but thank the LORD he gave me intelligence and I looked it up!  
I received a letter, check drawn on Key Bank National Assoction Vermillion OH
address Richfield, OH
DONT FALL FOR IT!

National Lottery Promotion suite 312-1105 interstate drive, richfield, ohio 44286 this is a scam. DO NOT CASH THE CASH OR PUT IT INTO YOUR ACC.

I received a letter with a check for 4,954.43 andsaid that I won 200,000.00 the check was from Bank of America. I went to the bank and they told me that it was a scam.

Lying shill !

ya they do need to do something about that if ppl are getting ripped off and getting there hopes up you shoould all deposit your checks in a new account with nothing in it but the check and do the process they want you to do there going to withdrwl the the money sometime at some point rght that's wyhen the banks can trace the withdrwl whether if it's direct or if it's a online transfer everything has a number to be traced im not f.b.i or any of that but the bank can track them threw a transfer faster than phonecalls to the fraud bank's and fruad numbers they send in there letters they have to withdrawl there money sometime someway that's when the bank will trace the withdrawl directly to who and whomever so think....ppl ....think...

i took mine to the bank and everything was legit so do better research next time

I just received a letter yesterday too and i asked my 101 questions bc i knew it was a scam just bc everytime i would ask the guy was an a hole and just didn't seem to want to answer my question . It's pathetic that they targeted a single mother of 3 boys who doesn't receive any child support bc her ex husband is " self employed" and lies about what he makes and yeah sometimes i am pretty gullible especially since i am always filling out walmart and target surverys. I was told to call " John Sanchez" and like every other letter says Eric Morales at the bottom of the check.. and the more questions i asked it just seemed as if " john" was getting annoyed he told me a person would come to my house and personally deliver the check. That's scary especially being alone with my boys!

I received a letter today from the same company, i called the guy but his name supposedly was stanley gomez with an accent. The check was for $4,989.43 and told me to deposit so that he can send my winnings of 200K after the check had cleared. It sounds too good to be true, so I will not be dopositing but going to the bank and checking for funds. I know it's a scam I mean really what about tax purposes, all winnings have to be reported so when I asked him that question he said to keep it quiet... bunck of BS!

I too have also gotten a letter today, I was really happy that I had won something till I looked online and saw how this was just a scam, I was really disappointed :(

So just to make sure everyone gets an update:

National Lottery Promotion
suite 112-1105 Interstate Drive, Richfield, OH 44286

Told me to contact a Montel Ariza, and call 1-778-891-8733 to claim my 200,000 US winnings.
Sincerely,
Eric Morales

Fax: 1-847-223-4545

It also had images from different companies on the bottom such as:
Zellers
Kmart
Macy's
Walmart
Target
The Home Depot
Sears
BBB

Also when I looked up where the check was from it sent me here:
http://www.natl.com/
where they tell you on the front page in bright yellow to not cash any check that is from here because it is a scam:

Important Notice Regarding Lottery Promotion Scam

If you received a letter saying you won a prize and a check from National Interstate, do not attempt to cash the check and do not call the telephone numbers in the letter. We encourage you to report it to your local authorities.

National Interstate is not involved in any way with the letter and did not issue these checks.

Please call our office at 330-659-8900 during normal business hours, to obtain further information. Or email your contact information to submitinfo@natl.com.

i just received a letter and check today. there is a address under the company name on the check and i verified the routing number from that bank and it is validated. the phone numbers are the same 778 area code.

This phone number "1-778-323-5962" is now also claiming to be John Sanchez (too bad he has a ridiculous thick non-hispanic accent).  I just recieved a letter saying I'd won 200,000 and a check for 3989.43 ..All the addresses are Richfield Ohio except the envelope which is seattle, washington.  The other number on the letter is 1-778-323-6788
Just wanted to add this post since it seems their game (names and addresses) have changed!

ALSO MOST MAIL OF ANY KIND HAS A EMAIL ADDRESS  NOW DAYS BUT AS EVERYONE SEE THEY DONT....IM JUST SICK AT THESES PEOPLE....ALSO THERE CELL COMPANY NAME IS FIDO SOLUTIONS INC..I THINK ITS SAD IF I CAN FIND THAT OUT Y CANT THEY FIND THESE DUMMYS AND Y ARE THEY JUST LETING THESE PEOPLE KEEP DOING THIS TO EVERYONE...THEY SOULD DO SOMETHING IM MAD AT THEM AND THE BBB AND THE FBI U GUY RUN AROUND DOING OTHER STUFF GET IT THIS AND KEEP PEOPLE FROM GETING THERE MONET TOOK....AND FEELING REALLY DUM I KNOW IF I WOULDNT HAVE SET AND TOOK MORE THEN TO LOOKS I MAY HAVE BEEN DUM TO..I GOT ON LNE AND JUST LOOKED UP EVERYTHING UNTILL I FOUND ALL I NEED TO IM SO HAPPY I HAVE A COMPUTER BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DONT.. GET TO WORK AND DO SOMETHING BBB AND THE FBI WHAT ARE U WAITING FOR?????????

well i think alot of people are being scamed thank God we all dont get to happy and just run to the bank...its not just 770-323-6788 its also 778-323-5962 the first number is a man claming to be a JOHN PETERS and the other is PATRICK LEE.... CONGRATULATIONS YAH OK U GUY ARE PLAYEN WITH PEOPLE and that is just rong im a mother of four young boys and im very glad that im not dum...i also think that when they get picked up that everyone they have made belive that something good has happend to them or taken someones money that we all get together and have a say on how much time they should get in jail and any money found should be given to who ever had there money taken and the people who got happy for just aminit should have say in what ever to...i think they are very sick people and God,well see that u get the pain that u to no good man and ur people and who ever helped u get what u deserve...i can only hope that they put this on the news because alot of people dont get on the computer..and its just sad who really know how many people have goten happy or lost there money due to dum people who dont want to work a job and just live free well dummys u will live in jail for free one day.....also no one called me,i got a later the address was MEGA BUCKS PROMOTIONAL  56 EGAN DRIVE  JUNEAU,AK 99801  THE BANK INFO WAS GLODBELT ENTEREPRISES, INC.DBA  GOLDBELT HOTEL-JUNEAU TRUST ACCOUNT 51 EGAN DRIVE JUNEAU,AK 99801 THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK ALASKA VALLEY  CENTRE BRANCH and it looks so real the only thing that didnt seem right that really made me think was i didnt live here when they did the dralling on july 5th 2011so how did they get my new adress lol dummys they also had a claim number man oh man what i would really do to these people....I LIVE IN OHIO HOW DO THEY HAVE STUFF SO FARE AWAY AND REALLY THINK PEOPLE WOULD JUST BLEVE THEM BUT PEOPLE DO WISH FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN LIKE THIS SO I REALLY FEEL FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LOST MONEY TO THESE PEOPLE...KARMA IS COMING FOR EVERYONE WHO PLAYED A PART IN THIS SICK MONNEY GAME.....

I didnt get a phone call, but i recieved Mega bucks Promotional something i won on July 5, 2011. But i never knew anything till September 22, 2011. I won $200,000.00, and only recieved a check for $5,150.00. The guy John Peters was whom i needed to talk to thank god for my bank who helped me check everything out.There was no money in the account and this guys number is 1-778-323-5962. biggest scam. I called John back and asked him why did you say go deposit it when theres no money. I just wanted answers. Well dont do anythign they say or deal with any of them. please please....

So... what happened?

yes they sent me a letter in the mail saying i was a winner in a lottery of a very large amont of money and i have ran into him befor i check the number out and remembered the name he contacted me befor why can't they catch these people? they have not ask for know yet just for me to put it in the bank.

so tell us...what ever happend?

I got a letter from International Consumer Promotional Draw, Las Vegas,NV with a check for $5,126.66.   WOW, that was a nice size check!!!   It said to call David Montgomery at 1-912-330-4479.  He had a foreign accent and that tipped me off right away.  The name and accent didn't fit.  Sounded Asian and I had trouble understanding him.   He said to cash the check and they would call me next week.   I went on line and read all your notes, thanks.  The check dated 7/1/11 was from ICM Insurance Company, Duluth, GA and the bank on the check was Eastside Commercial Bank, Duluth, GA.  The check was signed by.....Woodrow Wilson!!!  Boy are they ever stupid!    I called my bank here and they said to call Eastside Bank.  Eastside Bank said they have had about 80 people call with the same letter.  Sorry...its a scam just like I thought.  I hope I didn't spend too much money on that 912 call but the operator said it was a Georgia number.  I wasn't on long.

This number is a scam it tells you you won readers digest. Sends you a check and then they try to get you to deposit it Becareful of this number.

letter dated April 22, 2011. the letterhead read Readers Digest. the letter
informed me that I was one of three winners randomly selected selected finalists to have one in three chance of winning $245,000.00 in sweepstakes
that would be credited to my claim code (W65D-Y11) A CHECK WAS ENCLOSED IN THE LETTER FOR $3,965.10   FARMERS Mid- Century
Insurance Company of Texas   the address of the bank was 2500 South Fifth Avenue  Pocatello,Id. 83204, also printed on the check was Citibank
Deleware, A subsidary of Citicorp One Penn Way, New Castle, De 19720
to activate the claim and the enclosed check I was to call 1-778-323-1911
yep, I called the number several times, what the heck..it looked real..but
i did expect a scam if i had to send them any money of any amt. i got an answering machine asking for my name and address. the name given on the phone and letter was Monique Madisen. hour to call was 7am to 6pm pacific standard time...Today is June 1, 2011 and the call still gets through
to the answering machine. I,m going to call until the number is shut down or until i get someone and i will really play along with them and act real stupid and maybe i can trick them into thinking they can get more money from me.
maybe they can be caught with a trace on the call, a voice print, and help from the local police in their locality. I am hopping they are smart  enough to monitor the feed back on the scam....

I received a letter from the "International Consumer Promotional Draw" in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The check is for $4974.00 written on Frontier Bank with the Snohomish County District Court Cascade Division as payer address.  Like everyone else's it has a number of 778-323-6788, however when I tried to call, it was unavailable.  The other name on the letter is Chris Chandler whose number is 604-773-4790.  His number was also unreachable.  As a college student, I've had the opportunity to deal with the Nigerian scams and such with people acting like they worked for the FBI so I didn't take it too seriously.  The bank that came up when I went to check Frontier Bank was Union Bank and the courthouse deals mostly with traffic and misdemeanors, and neither had a live body to talk to.  Since they are using a court as a "base" , one wonders if the FBI should be truly called in this time.B7

I received a check for $4974.00 and the check looked so real I could not believe it. I called the customer care rep and the name was Micheal Washington but he had an accent.  People really think you have no sense..but I do.  I went back and forth with this guy on the phone and he was really trying yo convince me that the check was good and to just deposit it in a new account.  I told him I was not depositing anything until I checked the legitimacy of this check and I thought this was a scam.  He said that it seemed like I was trying to make it seem that I had someone else's winning. I laughed because they would do anything to scam people.