I got 2 checks and a credit card from skylight saying its direct deposit into my acct I have been trying for the last 2 weeks to stop whatever is going on with this and ask them what the hell this card is but once i ask to talk to an agent they say i need to activate my card so they can charge me to talk to someone and then i sit there for 20 min waiting for someone to answer the phone... It sounds like someone picks up and leaves it on a table...

I just received this same scam letter and I was advised by a worker from a local store, she worked with Western Union and told me about these types of scams, hopefully this will help someone form falling for this BS, I was lucky, I reported it to United State Postal Service.

thankfull for all of you. I just received a letter fromEdgewater Financlal Service Inc. and check for 4,250.00. as the rest of you i wass going to make a call the check looks so real PNC bank, Jeannette, pa.. i fell bad if some elderly people in my town get this and follow the instruction. Saved and thankfull.

I have no idea who this is.

I got the same letter but check amount was different $4750.00  they said deposit it  and send 3990.00 to the tax agent, western union, when i said they had to wait til this weekend he said no go to bank now i said my bank is closed  i got in touch with bbb in canada waitting to get reply from them. Oh yes i knew better then to deposit the check

I recived this same letter. Sounds to good to be true. Let's call it BS and move on.

received exact same letter, same amts. only differences are tele#  778-317-1061 and contacts
(crowne financial is spelled the same on my letter and check also)

chris jackson---claim agent
martha taylor---tax agent

all the rest is EXACTLY  the same  (all addresses included)
I checked out the REGIONS BANK in little rock, the address on the chk. is 400 w. capitol.  I checked out all of these banks in little rock, they exist but none with this address. The listing for this address is.... Regions Center Building Management.  I don't know if this is part of the bank, but it doesn't sound like it. The point is the bank name and address don't match.

well my cousin deposit hers and her bank call her and said the bank put a freeze on it because it is fake and somebody is scaming to get your account number,and you know they get your bank info and other personal data.SO BEWARE OF THE SCAMERS!!!!!!!!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

I received the same letter, but the check was for $4,870.00.  Just four days eariler, I received a phone call saying I had won $450,000.00 from Las Vagas and all I had to do was give them $750.00 and I would receive the money. I new it was a scam because I have never been to Las Vagas. The persons I talked to had an Eastern accent. I told them it was a scam and they could keep the money that really didn't exist. These people need to get a real job.

I received a similar letter yesterday.

But it comes from CrownPlaza Financial Services INC, with the same 117 Bayview Street, Suite 209 St Johns NL A1H 1A2 Canada, the letter is post marked from Canada, the Tel # is the same 1-778-895-4654. Guess what! I won $170,000 and I was sent a check for $4,870.00 to pay my non-resident tax services of $3990.00 through Western Union.  

Debbie Jones is the claim agent
Janice Cooper is the tax agent
Ralf Ferguson is the Promotions Manager which ends the letter wil final notice as well

I enter contests all the time "bored" and figure what the heck. So at first I was like yeah like I really won. So I became curious and did a little surfing to check things out.

The check is very real looking, I researched some of the address and places listed on the check in the US and they are real places in Little Rock, AR. But what through me off as mentioned before it stated final notice (never received any other). The letter was post marked from Canada and the address lists Canada but the tax agent was from 2125 Woodside Drive, London, United Kingdom. I couldn't figure out why there were so many locations (across the world) involved in a sweepstakes drawing for Wal-Mart, Kmart or Target and a few others. And I also wondered why they would be paying my taxes for me; as most contest winners have to pay their own taxes. Also the Crowne Plaza listed on the check is spelled differently than Crownplaza listed on the letter. But again figuring what the heck I kept looking and found this site.

NC please let us know what happened. I am very sorry that you believed this BS as I sure that most of us had hopes due to the financial crisis alot of us face; it is worth a thought (only a brief one but a thought and hope none the less).

I don't know what kind of world be are coming to but people need to stop abusing the hopes and dreams that people have to live a better life. If you would work and take care of each other we wouldn't be in the boat that we are.

Well take care and God bless all.

Got the same thing in the mail, knew it was a scam right away. I didn't enter any contest or sweepstakes, so winning is a bit hard! My daddy always told me " if it looks too good to be true, then you can be it isn't!" Too bad some folks will fall for this and lose thier hard earned money!

clamed i won 170,000.00. crock of s*** scams.

My husband just got the identical letter in the mail.  It is really sad, because I am sure when people see what they think is a real check, they try to cash it, especially in these desperate times.  It probably would have been a bit more convincing if it didn't say he won 1,700,000 dollars!

I received the same letter, but the check was for $4,670.00.  It's a very clever scam.

received a letter with a check for $4670.00 wanting me to call 778-895-4654 and talk to Chris Jackson. Claimed I won $120,000

Add another letter and check, $3670, to the list.  I liked the way the added Kmart, Best Buy and others to it.  The font for the company looks really lame, but it got my heart racing for a few seconds.  

Skylight Financial Services Inc.
From the Consumer Portection Department
117 Bayview Street, Suite 209
St John's, NL A1H 1A2 Canada
Tel: 1-778-895-4654

Telephone Chris Jackson

This is a version of fake-check-for-Western-Union-money scam. The check they send you is fake but it takes a few days after depositing it to find out it's fake. The money you wire them via Western Union (Moneygram, etc.) is your own real money, the wiring process only takes short hours and the money irretrievable. Owing to the difference in processing times, the scammers will have your real money in hand before your bank learns their check is bad. You'll lose the money you send them and may be prosecuted for passing a bad check. You are effectively acting in the capacity of a bank for the scammer in exchanging your own money for his bad check. It's a scam. Take the check to the police and file a complaint with the US Postal Service Inspectors https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/forms/MailFraudComplaint.aspx

I received the same exact letter and check today - knew it was a scam.  Unfortunatley, others may not..very sad!

I just received the same identical letter and check.  I got excited for a moment just as your parents did.  Are you assuming it is fraudulent because of the routing number?  Someone else wrote they then started receiving hang up calls all day long.  It's so tempting to follow through, but it now seems the best thing to do is to simply shred the letter and check.

My folks received this letter today, the phone number changed to 1-778-858-8458. Dated 11/12/2010. and a check for 4,670. Tom is right, the routing number is fishy...check number first. Good catch.  I went to the FTC website that is posted in here, and reported the fraud. My parents hopes and dreams of 120,K to recover a foreclosure situation just left the building.  The check is water marked and embossed, which made it look very real. Thankfully they called me first before taking action.  I'm so tired of the scams. As the economy gets worse, the scams increase.  Its a load of crap.

Received same letter dated 11/09/10, along with the check for $3,670.00.  The check sure looks real, but along the bottom, the bank routing number looks odd, as does the fact the check number comes first instead of last.  Don't know what happens if you deposit the check, so NC, please let us know!

With phoney cashiers checks, sometimes the bank allows withdrawls after x number of days, but when the check is returned to the bank they immediately take the funds out of your account and get nasty if you don't have sufficient funds.

Did the check clear?  Did they gain access to your account info?

I received an identical letter today on 11/11/2010.  Enclosed with a "real" looking check for $3670.  I know this is a SCAM.  If I have won $120,000, you think SKYLIGHT FINANCIAL SERVICE INC. would mail me a form letter from ST JOHN,S, NL A1H 1A2 CANADA without registered or certified mail.

Don't bother to cash check or call vicious people.  It is a SCAM.  BEWARE!

I just got the same letter and a check for $3670.00 - immediately suspicious about it as it says on it "Final Notice" and well.......I've not gotten any other notice, and it was an out of country phone #.  The tax agent listed on it is in the UK.  So phone # & address in Canada, Tax agent in UK - not trusting this at all.  Thinking I will actually call my local police department tomorrow though.  
NC - my worries in you cashing the check would be that when they have the cleared check, wondering if that gives them some linking info to your account.  I would contact your bank immediately and your local police department as well.

I got the same letter.  Amazing how real the check looks, but when I see Western Union involved I immediately smell SCAM.  "NC" let us all know what happened since you deposit the check.  WHat I think is pretty bad is that these people know where we live.

Did any of you guys deposit the "check"???
 because i did and now i am afraid of what can happing to my acount...please some one let me know if you did deposit.

I got an identical letter today.  I'm glad I found information confirming my suspicions of fraudulent conduct.

If you have the name and address of the intended WU receipient-scammer in the UK, report it to UK's equivalent of the FTC here  https://secure.consumerdirect.gov.uk/reportascam.aspx

Ditto on all the above.  Apparently they have tons of $ to give away.  I called the # from my work # which also happens to be the fraud dept of my local phone company and am now getting hang up calls all day afterwards.  BEWARE!!!

No phone call, but I did get the letter and "check".  Very real looking.  Didn't bother to call, I have better things to do.