Today I received a letter from a company called Trinity Royal Sweepstakes and Lotteris, Is it real or fake?

I got a letter today in the mail from some sweepstakes company called Trinity sweepstakes and lotteris They say I won alot of money, Does anyone know if they are real or fake?

Today I received a letter from a company called Trinity Royal Sweepstakes and Lotteris, Is it real or fake?
I received the same letter with a check for 3000.00! I called the FBI. They said it was definitely a fraud. Unfortunately after doing further research on the "company" there is no record of any name or address in existence. This is BUNK! It's probably check fraud. They send us a check hoping we will deposit into our bank and then withdraw the funds and send the money back to them via private money gram. Once the bank finds out that the check is fake, we've already withdrawn the funds and are therefore responsible for repaying the bank. But, Trinity just conned us into giving them $$$! By the way, did you talk to a foriegn girl at 902-412-2937? If so, its definetely a crock of BUNK. They told me they were calling me from Las Vegas. The number is a Nova Scotia number! They even provided me an address to send the previously withdrawn funds. The authorities have told me that if you are the winner of a sweepstakes, you will receive payment for your winnings without any check cashing or other "scam type" involvement. Oh - and I looked up the name of the company listed on the check - a computer software company in California! This group is bouncing around so many places around the US and Canada, how could anyone trust such a letter or check to be real. And one more thing, how many sweepstakes official letters have you ever received with MISPELLED WORDS AND BAD PUNCTUATION???!!! Whoever wrote the letter either doesn't know how to use spell check or they don't speak very good English!!! DAMN FOREIGNERS!!!
Reply:i recieved the exact same letter! some bad speller (congratulation!) told me that i won $65,000 in some drawing that was falsely held in Las Vegas. I didn't even remember entering in those sweepstakes! I called the number, and talked to some lady named "Angela Hart" Report Abuse

Reply:i took the check to a bank to have them examine it, and they told me it was fraudulent, and they wanted to keep it for investigation. Report Abuse

Reply:if you really win something, you never have to pay money out of your own pocket to get it. if some "company" tries to tell you that you do, then it is a scam. please don't fall for it. unless losing a bunch of money isn't a problem for you. Report Abuse

Reply:ITS FAKE THERE IS NO SUCH THING IN WORLD WHICH IS FREE
Reply:IF YOU DIDN'T BUY A SWEEPSTAKES TICKET HOW IN THE HELL ARE YOU GOING TO WIN. DA
Reply:Fake.


We get these every couple of weeks at my bank from people trying to deposit them. The hope of the scammer is that you have that balance available (the taxes portion or whatever) and you'll go ahead and wire it or money order it to them before you and your bank figure out the check is bad. Then you are out whatever you sent back to them.
Reply:If it came with a bulk mail stamp, chances are it is fake. One way to find out is to take it to your bank or local police station. They usually know of all the scams going on.
Reply:It's fake, the scam is called the foreign lottery scam.