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I did not receive a call; I received a letter that pretty much reads the same as the others; it included a check for $4,970.96 to use to pay the "mandatory Non Resident Government Service Tax (GST) of Ca***a, since the final draw was supposedly held in Ca***a.  I called the above number and was told by someone calling himself James Osgood (he had an accent and did not sound like a James Osgood) to deposit the check and call him back when the funds have cleared; he said he thought it should take 24 hours.  I took the check to my bank (it was drawn on a Bank of America account out of Miami) and made the deposit, asking them when the funds will clear.  They told me it will take at least 5 business days.  I called "Mr. Osgood" back and gave him that information, and he told me to call him back on Thursday of next week (this all happened today, Thursday, July 2, 2009).  I will be calling my bank next week to find out if the funds are legitimate.  If so, I'll keep the money but I doubt I'll be calling this person back.  Why keep the money?  Who would I send it back to?  Besides, if the funds are legitimate, we can use them.  It would be nice to have won the $285,000.00 the letter told me I won, but I'll take what I can get.  Once the funds have cleared, I'll trnsfer them to my money market account, where I can use them to pay my property tax.  If they don't clear, I'll ask my bank to begin an investigation.

I just got a letter on the mail that reads:"FOX TRUST FINANCIALNotice Of Payment.We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the winners of our annual Family well-being draw held on June 5th, 2009, under the au****es of GAMES/GAMING****OCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA. Your entree slip with the serial number attached to your name drew the lucky winning numbers **********.You have therefore been approved to receive the sum of US $ 285,000 payable to you by cashier's check. Enclosed is a check of $4,970. This check was deducted from your winnings to****ist you to pay the Non Resident Goverment Service Tax (GST) of Ca***a, since the final draw was held in Ca***a and you are not a Ca***ian resident. Your tax amount $4,930 UD Dollars, payable through your tax agent,****igned to your file, by money order.Taxes must be paid in full before winnings can be released legally. All winnings must be claimed no later than 8 days upon the activation of your check, and will be delivered to you by NORTH WEST COURIER COMPANY.You are advised to contact your claims agent Sharon McNeil at 1-262-320-4179 to give you detailed information on how to make this payment. Please, do not act on this notice until you speak to your agent. Congratulations!CHECK: Southwest Gas CorporationBank Of America, Las Vegas, NevadaMichael KeanPromotions Manager"

Got a letter from them:"FOX TRUST FINANCIALNotice Of Payment.We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the winners of our annual Family well-being draw held on June 5th, 2009, under the au****es of GAMES/GAMING****OCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA. Your entree slip with the serial number attached to your name drew the lucky winning numbers **********.You have therefore been approved to receive the sum of US $ 285,000 payable to you by cashier's check. Enclosed is a check of $4,970. This check was deducted from your winnings to****ist you to pay the Non Resident Goverment Service Tax (GST) of Ca***a, since the final draw was held in Ca***a and you are not a Ca***ian resident. Your tax amount $4,930 UD Dollars, payable through your tax agent,****igned to your file, by money order.Taxes must be paid in full before winnings can be released legally. All winnings must be claimed no later than 8 days upon the activation of your check, and will be delivered to you by NORTH WEST COURIER COMPANY.You are advised to contact your claims agent Sharon McNeil at 1-262-320-4179 to give you detailed information on how to make this payment. Please, do not act on this notice until you speak to your agent. Congratulations!CHECK: Southwest Gas CorporationBank Of America, Las Vegas, NevadaMichael KeanPromotions Manager"

Got a letter:"FOX TRUST FINANCIALNotice Of Payment.We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the winners of our annual Family well-being draw held on June 5th, 2009, under the au****es of GAMES/GAMING****OCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA. Your entree slip with the serial number attached to your name drew the lucky winning numbers **********.You have therefore been approved to receive the sum of US $ 285,000 payable to you by cashier's check. Enclosed is a check of $4,970. This check was deducted from your winnings to****ist you to pay the Non Resident Goverment Service Tax (GST) of Ca***a, since the final draw was held in Ca***a and you are not a Ca***ian resident. Your tax amount $4,930 UD Dollars, payable through your tax agent,****igned to your file, by money order.Taxes must be paid in full before winnings can be released legally. All winnings must be claimed no later than 8 days upon the activation of your check, and will be delivered to you by NORTH WEST COURIER COMPANY.You are advised to contact your claims agent Sharon McNeil at 1-262-320-4179 to give you detailed information on how to make this payment. Please, do not act on this notice until you speak to your agent. Congratulations!CHECK: Southwest Gas CorporationBank Of America, Las Vegas, NevadaMichael KeanPromotions Manager"

I got the same letter, stating I won a contest from Burger King. I decided to check this out as I often enter contests and then forget that I did. I went to my usual BK and spoke to the manager there. She had not heard about this but called her District Manager and he told her that it was legitimate. Now that I see the previous responses I'm a little worried. I will contact the Corporate Headquarters for BK to check this out as well as BOA.Oh, and the contact name was James Osgood, He said he was based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He didn't sound Ca***ian, more like he was somewhere in India.I just looked at the letter a***n. Nova Scotia is mis-spelled as Novo Scotia. sheesh

To busters mom I am a BOA customer and the check is no good. It's not a real bao check. It's a sad copy.Don't whatever you dospend the money as you will pay it back. just got the same letter and check yes****ay And what your suppose to do is pay a tax in a country where you don't live and you recieve a cashiers cceck for 285k. What a joke. If you won that much money they would deduct the taxes and send you a check. Don't get scammed and for God sakes don't spend that money. You might want to contact your bank an tell them what has happened

got the same letter on 7-3-09 from burger king corporation with james osgood as my claims officer.  i will try and get a hold of him on monday and see what is going on.  will take it to bank of america becuase this is where the check is from, to check and see if it is a legitamate check.