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Hey I was wondering if anyone has had this happen to them; I received a letter from the "Irish Random Lotto" stating I had been randomly selected in a lotto and had won $83,000.00 after taxes. It included a check for $3,000 to cover the transfer of the winnings into the US. The number was a Canadian number. When I called, they instructed me to deposit the check into my bank account, then call the next day and they would tell me what bank to send the money to. I didn't because it sounded fishy, and sure enough I saw a few weeks later a posting in my bank about this scam. They send you a stolen check, or copy checks from some random business, and send them to you. Once you deposit the check, you send money to them. A week later when the bank finds out the check is bad, you have to pay the money back. I have meet so many people that fell for this. And the checks were distributed carefully. Example: you live in NY so the check they sent you was from Texas...somewhere far enough that it took a few days to get to Texas. In the mean time, you have already sent the money before the bank can catch it. I was just wondering if anyone else has been affected by this, or knows someone who has. I think if more people are informed of this, then they wont lose so much money in this scam. Tell me what you think.