Letter arrived in mail dated 10 April in plain envelope with Canadian postmark from firm titled Starmark Financial Inc. The information in the letter stated I'd won a prize of $250K in a "shoppers sweepstakes".
A check from First National Bank, 166 Main St., Greenville, PA for $4890 was enclosed with letter. The firm name on check was Starmark Financial, 11894 Pennsylvania Ave., Meadville, PA 16335. Letter said to call "Lewis McGregor at 905-598-1610" before using check. Letter also stated a tax amount of $2985 had to be paid by Western Union. Claim number on letter was "DH/SUL - 0011", which is the same claim number listed in several other reports about this firm and a frim named Powerpoint Financial which uses the same Ontario address.
Some work on google confimrs a First National Bank in Greenville PA. I was unable to locate a Starmark Financial in either ONT or Meadville PA. Googling the Meadville address on the check for Starmark Financial produced the name of a business that appears to sell shoes.
This appears to be another scam.
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