I too received a letter with a check from Eastern Bank in Lynn, Massachusetts. The check was for 1995.00 to pay taxes. I called the number on the letter and was advised to cash the check and get a money order for this amount. I was then to call back and they would give me the address of who to send it to and after the taxes were paid I would receive my winnings via UPS, I think she said.
The bank is real, but the phone number on the check is not the banks real phone number. When asked why they didn't just keep the tax money, she said because it was in my name and they did not have the authority to do that. Huh, morals? Too funny. I plan to take this to the bank and the local PD so that someone else doesn't get burned.
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