Warning! If You Get One of These Don't Cash it!

I don't understand how people get these checks and decide that it okay to cash them. That just seems crazy to me. I guess some people are just that gullible. In a day and age where you almost need to question the validity of everything, why would you trust a random check?

OMG! thats a big scam, anyway is there anyway to catch these guys who are behind this?. I really don't appreciate those things specially to those people who have used their money lavishly thinking that their account have been credited without knowing its a scam. Hope mylot is not a scam.

I lot of these letters come with a phrase that you should cash it and send them $1000 and then they well send you more saying that you have won 1 million dollars and this is just a security or something like that. I received on a couple of years ago and called the number on the check to verufy it. I got an automated response that after entering the check number it said it was valid. I still doubted whether it was reall so I did an internet search for the bank and found the corporate headquarters and called them. When I asked them about the check they said it was fake so I needed to distroy it. They said it was a scam and that people would cash the check and send the sender of the check the $1000 in hopes of getting the million then the check would be found to be fake which could take several weeks and then you would be out the money that you spent and the money you sent to the scammer and then all the baounced check fees. These people make money because there are a lot of fools that well do exactly what they want them to do and send them money. They do not care that they are hurting people.

Thanks for the info and I just hate when they do that. I received them in my emails and I just deleate them. If I ever get one of them there would be no way I would ever believe them. Its such a shame we have to be like that. We just cant trust anyone.

That is madness. What do these people gain from sending phoney checks out? It just upsets people for no reason! Some people are very stupid. I think they need to get real jobs rather than keep upsetting others.

It all goes to these words.... if its too good to be true it ususally is. Especially if you did nothing to get it!

I am aware of these scams as they have been going on for a long time, though usually they are sent through email. I used to get notifications like this in my email all the time but not recently. I would definitely never cash something like that, especially if I never played or never heard of the lottery. That is good that your father researched it as he probably saved you a lot of money or worse.

I have already gotten two letters in the past recently stating I've won a sweepstakes. I wish you would of posted it up sooner. I deposited the both checks. The bank returned them stating it was a fraudgulent check. The first time the bank had let it slide, the second time the bank was annoyed and put a hold on my account for a year. Now on account of these stupid people who don't give a damm about anyone other then themselves, I can't have access to my checking account and not only can I have access to my account they had stopped my check cashing privileges at 7-ll. Now I go to walmart or a check cashing place who knows me to get checks cashed!

This is a good warning, and I hope many people read this discussion. There is no such thing as free money. If you have not entered a lottery, you cannot win a lottery. Do not get ripped off! This is a discussion that needs revisiting to keep it at the top.

so how could it be a scam when you already got the check? So what happesns when you encash the check.

Thanxs, yaa looots of online lottery send u these junk stuff...but in the end you loose your money, bye

Well, that is a really good way to mess up someone's life, isn't it? I guess it's a similar mentality to sending out viruses to infect people's computers. The perosn isn't gaining from it in any way other then to cause harm to others. That's just cruel.

some people have nothing else to do and just make stupid jokes on other people. there are a lot of scams all over the internet

omg thats terrible i would be so excited and then its all a lie :(

phishing email from scammers. its a waste of time to open such emails.

Yes I have also received a mail, saying you have won $2,50,000, and asked me pay some tax charges of about $870 but I didnt pay anything to them.

Chances are they are hoping that people will deposit the checks so they can get the bacnk information from them or the routing numbers. There are some checks that have clauses to them, like if you deposit them, you are automatically signed up for a program or to switch your phone service. Sure, these types of checks aren't for thousands of dollars but a lot of people get them and cash them without reading the fine print.

i do not understand why people want to send phony checks in the first place!! i mean, if they are a scam, then why dont they justs end nothing!! its easier that way for them and for the people who got duped too right??

Its quite interesting to have read about this incidence.But one thing I cannot understand how these scammers knew your address.I was also a victim of this kind of scams.It was a Nigerian scam.Thanks for the warning.

I never heard of it until now.Thanks for the info