Be careful because : “Congratulations, you’ve just won cash from the North American Lottery!” That letter just keeps on arriving in mailboxes across the metro area.
The deception is to get you to cash what looks like a legitimate certified check.
When one professional educator Rich Strickland got his check for $1400.20, he was told to wire most of it to a Canadian lottery office. “And then once I sent this money(USD420.000 when he looked at the notice). They would send me my lottery winnings.” .
“No legitimate lottery or prize company is going to ask you go pay money to get money,” said Western Union fraud expert Sherry Johnson.
Professional educator Rich Strickland said: “I’ve never heard anything about this. I mean I’ve never heard of this type of scam before at all.
Never cash a check from someone who asks you to wire them money.