I recieved a check in the mail today, scam?

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ok, so today i recieved a letter in the mail from the "national financial and security inc" that said exactly this 

Jan 07, 2010

Dear lucky winner,

winning final notification (underlined bold capital letters)

we are please to inform you that you are one of the declared winners of DE-LOTTO AMERICAN SHOPPERS LOTTERS held on dec 03 2009 in the 2nd category.

we have made many unsuccesful attempts to contact you regarding this winning, therefore you are entitled to the sum of 125,000 dollars. this is from the total money of 9million us dollars that was shared and presented to 100 other declared winners. please noted all the participants were selected through a random computer ballot sustem drawn from over 500,000 names.

in accordance with our disbursement policy your prize award money has been forwarded to our clearing/disbursement institution to release your funds to you.

Your claim number is --- --- and has been assigned to our north american claims affiliate. to expedite the processing, enclosed is the check of 3995.00 us dollars. which has been deducted from your winning. the sole purpose of this FIRST CHEQUE is for the payment applicable GOVERNMENT TAXES of your big winnings.

The tax amount is USD 2850.00 to be paid either by WESTERN UNION or MONEYGRAM directly to your tax agent.

PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE THIS CHECK UNTIL YOU CALL. YOU ARE ADVISED TO CONTACT A CLAM AGENT IMMEDIATELY FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION AS INDICATED BELOW WITHIN 5 BUSINESS DAYS. Claims/disbursement agent mark edward. direct line 1-905-782-7161

congratulations michael williams promotion manager.

now when i called that canadian number, the man said to drop the check in our account and to call him back and he'd tell me how to pay the taxes on that check and that i was picked cuz i shopped at walmart target jc penny blah blah blah.

the check is j and c autoworld llc in lynbrook ny.

can someone tell me if this is real?

Legend Lady* · Accepted Answer

Fake  Scam  Please do nothing else  to communicate  with these people. Take it to your post office & turn it over to the post master , They will tell you what steps to take next.*

Lyn G · Answer

Well, Dennis, did you enter that lottery, you know buy a ticket????? No??? You can not win something you did not enter or play. Besides Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, Microsoft, MSN and Aol do not have lotteries, reward programs, promotions, or contests.
When an E-mail or a snail mail offer sounds too good to be true, then it is definitely not true.
It is a scam, that check is a fake. Do not try to cash it, once the bank realizes it is bad, they will come after you for the money, and perhaps even charges against you. 
You can report it to the postal service or the FBI, as it is mail fraud.

scodrinon · Answer

The whole idea behind the SCAM is to get you to wire cash via Western Union or MoneyGram. The check they sent you will take 2-3 days to bounce and in the meantime they hope you'll have wired them cash.

Barkley Hound · Answer

The check for $3995 will bounce in a month or 2 since it is counterfeit or stolen. You will lose the $2850 you wired back to them.

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thankyoumaskedman · Answer

Since they still have a working phone number, you should notify the authorities.
Here is the contact recommendation by the RCMP:
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/scams-fraudes/rep-sig-eng.htm

Anonymous · Answer

scam, you need to bring it and the original envelope to the police along with any emails and the phone nr you were told to call, do not deposit it. They are trying to use you to launder money which is illegal and will land you in prison if you deposit it.

Anonymous · Answer

this whole thing sounds very familiar. i know i read a similar case before.

Anonymous · Answer

SCAMMM.

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