THIS IS FROM (M.S.& D) PROMOTIONS  LOTTERY AND SWEEPSTAKES SERVICES
654 WINDSOR AVENUE
CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND W8RN4C

I AM SUPPOSED TO HAVE WON 125,000.00 US DOLLARS FROM THE MEGA MILLIONS SWEEPSTAKES HELED ON APRIL THE 8TH, 2011.
THEY HAVE SENT ME A CHECK FOR $4,425.00 TO PAY THE TAX OF &2,944.00 AND I AM SUPPOSE TO CONTAC A CLAIMS AGENT MR. ANDY JACOBS AT 1-778-223-3357.  I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS IS ON THE UP AND UP , OR IF IT IS A SCAM.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THIS CAN BE CHECKED OUT.  ALL I CAN FIND IS A MEDICAL COMPANY BY THE NAME OF MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.

Did you enter a Mega Millions sweepstakes sponsored by MS&D promptions?  If not you could not have won.

Its a scam.  If it was a legitimate promotion they would have paid the $4425 tax directly to the IRS.  They asked you to cash the check then wire the tax money to a name and address they provided, right?  The information they gave, no matter how legitimate it looks, is not the US Internal Revenue Service.  Its their parner, Irving Robert Smith.  Or its some other lie, some way to put your money in their pocket.

The check they sent you will bounce.  It wll take weeks, but it will bounce.  If you wire them money its gone, you'll never get it back.  

Tear up the check and throw it in the trash.  If he sends you anything else, throw it out.  If he calls, hang up on him.  If he e-mails, delete the e-mail.

I did not receive a call but got a letter in the mail with the exact information as Florence Hammons. Please advise what to do.
Thank you
Roxanne Criscera

Are you in the US?  Sending a scam through the US mail is a crime.  Put the letter back in the envelope it came in and tape it shut.  Draw a line through your name and address and write "forward to postal inspectors" under your name.  Then put it back in the mail.  The post office may be able to use that information to catch the scammers.  


Do not contact the scammers.  Do not send them any money.