got a letter and check stated that I had won money I went to deposit the check and the bank say that they will whole the check for 10 days to see if everything ok.

Said that my mother had won $450,000. They sent her a check for $4,000 and told her to deposit the check and send a money gram to them. After the bank discovered that the check was a fake, my mother had to pay back the $4,000. How in the world can the government let them continue to get away with this? They are playing with emotions when people are struggling. I pray that God will avenge my mother.

Thank you \. My husband and I recieved a check for 4950.00. We have been going through trying to see if it is legit. thank you, you have just saved us

It is useless and morally wrong to attempt to cash a check you suspect as being fraudulent. First of all, it won't clear and your bank will charge you a fee for a returned check. If it somehow falls through the cracks and clears, it's still fraudulent. Your bank will have to return the money and will deduct it from your account.

The proper thing to do is provide copies of what you received to your local post office and your state's attorney general (address easily found on the internet). They will take it from there.

This is NOT evidence stolen identity, btw.

I just recieved a letter identical to this one. Question: Was the TD Financial's bank name at the top of the check the same as your bank (coincidence)???  I ask this because I have seen where you take a check to the payee's home bank and ask that they freeze the amount of the check in their account while the check they wrote to you is cleared (cashed out not deposited into your account and wait for it to clear on your account). The only problem with that in this case is their home bank just so happens to be my home bank, so I am guessing my financials would be tied in and they knew this. Which leads to a bigger question, how did they know which was my bank!!!