I received this letter too, from CTF Group.   The check looks real but everything else with the mailing screams, SCAM!

I received a letter and check issued for $3,545.00 from Watts United Credit Union, which was closed in June 2009 by the California Department of Finacial Institutions. The letter was from C.T.F Group Inc. in San Bruno,Ca. I called the phone # and talked to "Barbara Brown", she told me I had to send $2980.00 to Lauren Gessy in Nova Scotia and the money I won would be sent to me tomorrow, so bogus, the other phone # on the letter I received is 1-727-533-6600. This is a huge SCAM!!!!

I also received a letter along with a check in the amount of
$3545.00 and requesting I send by Western Union or Money Gram the amount of $2980.00 U.S. dollars for taxes to Lauren Gessy, Nova Scotia.

Other names listed also, Barbara Brown as well as Joan Cooper (promotional manager.)  The check was drawn on Western Federal Credit Union in Camarillo, CA.

Has anyone cashed the check and went through with the instructions?? It does seem to good to be true.

I did receive a check and I am stupid , thought it was true.
I tried to cash it and the bank told me it was a scam.
I was told in the letter to go buy something from walgrenns and walmart, try to return something at walmart and send some money western union
rate all of that and then there was an amount that was tobe mine.

Is there anything we can do to get them to stop?