Terrible new scam! My fiance got a letter from Jet Financial with MISSPELLINGS, which is usually the first RED FLAG. There was a check for $3,900 in his name with an Ohio address. The letter states he won the lottery and people in Canada are a subsidiary of this Ohio company. The Ohio company is an innocent victim in this scam as well because their good name is being associated with a scam to make the scam seem legit. They say the check is for the fees that he will incur for the taxes on the lottery winnings. They want him to wire them the money back. This is how the scam works. You think they gave you money so you send them $3,900 back in the excitement of winning. They keep your $3,900 dollars and disappear with your identity to abuse as well. The check they send you bounces.
If you ever get a check in the mail for a similar sounding scam don't fall for it. If you absolutely can't help yourself then open a new empty account to deposit the check in and ask the bank if they can tell you whether or not it is a valid check before trying to deposit it. Remember you will be charged for bounced check fees possibly three times or more! That is a loss to your finances. Also, I found a video of a guy that deposited the check and the bank told him the check had cleared!!! He sent the money to the scammers only to later find that the bank was mistaken! The check they sent him did NOT clear. He was misinformed by his own bank, and worse, they took no responsibility for it. So despite his careful actions he still got robbed. These type of scams almost always originate from Canada probably due to the laws there making it hard to prosecute them.
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