I just got one of these today.. Check in the amount of 3,545.00 and its to help pay for 2,980.00 in Canadian taxes.. The signature in the letter is obviously fake! it dosen't even say Joan Cooper  in the siggy.. It took all i could to to tell my husband it was fake..

I just received the letter and the check. Lookes good but when I tried to call the number, no one picks up the phone. Then when I try to google some info I only got to this website. Everything else came to a dead end.

I did receive a check and I am stupid , thought it was true.
I tried to cash it and the bank told me it was a scam.
I was told in the letter to go buy something from walgrenns and walmart, try to return something at walmart and send some money western union
rate all of that and then there was an amount that was tobe mine.

Is there anything we can do to get them to stop?

Has anyone cashed the check and went through with the instructions?? It does seem to good to be true.

I also received a letter along with a check in the amount of
$3545.00 and requesting I send by Western Union or Money Gram the amount of $2980.00 U.S. dollars for taxes to Lauren Gessy, Nova Scotia.

Other names listed also, Barbara Brown as well as Joan Cooper (promotional manager.)  The check was drawn on Western Federal Credit Union in Camarillo, CA.

I received a letter and check issued for $3,545.00 from Watts United Credit Union, which was closed in June 2009 by the California Department of Finacial Institutions. The letter was from C.T.F Group Inc. in San Bruno,Ca. I called the phone # and talked to "Barbara Brown", she told me I had to send $2980.00 to Lauren Gessy in Nova Scotia and the money I won would be sent to me tomorrow, so bogus, the other phone # on the letter I received is 1-727-533-6600. This is a huge SCAM!!!!

I received this letter too, from CTF Group.   The check looks real but everything else with the mailing screams, SCAM!

they also have another company nameline of CTF Group Inc. the check is for $3,545.00. the check drawn on western fcu. the account holder is ctf group inc in san bruno, ca.

This phone number is being used by people claiming to be from a company called J2 COMM INC. out of Canada (does not exist).  After receiving this letter along with a check, you are informed that you are the winner of a lottery draw but in order to claim your price you have to send money to pay for Canada's non-resident tax (bogus), you are encouraged to call Tax Agent Lauren Gessy for further instructions on how you can pay taxes on the lottery winnings by sending them your money through Western Union and or Money Gram.  There is another phone number listed as well: 289-892-3827.

they are supposedly called Performance staffing but I honestly think its a scam to try and get peoples CC info

Does anyone know who it is?