Also received similar SCAM letter/check

Company: Starluck Casino Joe Adams and Michael Peri
Address : PO Box 9000, St. Johns, US Virgin Island 804, United States
URL: starluckcasino.com

Upon receiving a similarly situated letter/check (although the amounts differ, the claim number does not, nor do the addresses), I immediately was suspcious. I suppose that like the OP, I am just not lucky enough to actually have something like this happen to me. Here's what I've found so far (opened letter less than 12 hours ago):

Letter of notification:

Trusted Brands Alliance Financial Services
P.O. BOX 9000 St Johns, U.S. Virgin Island 00804
Sponsors: Publishers Clearing House, Readers Digest, and Online Games

Check Amount enclosed: $3,950.00 USD
Total Prize amount: $65.400.00USD

Same verbage on scam, same general idea, although omitted was the Casino reference.


Letter signed by: Paul Smith (signature is not even close to, or could be mistaken for the aforementioned).

I have already contacted the local FBI office, and an awaiting a call back. I am very tempted to go to my bank, open a separate account, deposit this check, and let the whole process run its course. Depending on whether the FBI or my bank take me seriously, I may go to the media with this. I am gonna bury these bastards. If they got me all excited that I may have won (but like I said, I'm never that lucky) some money, then I feel justified in hunting them down. It's across state lines, and it involves more than $500...it's FBI territory, it's check fraud, and it's wrong.

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