all this is lie...i called FBI.

Did you get a check and asked to call that same number?

SWEEPSTAKES MAIL FRAUD WARNING

AIG has received information about a new sweepstakes mail fraud scam in the U.S. The cover letter uses the name "Reader's Digest". The letter is titiled "FROM: THE DESK OF MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT “WITHOUT PREJUDICE” and in the reference section notifies recipients that they have been selected as a winner in the Reader Digest "SWEEPSTAKES DRAW".  The winning prize indicated in letters that we have seen to date is either $127,092, or $81,976.  Enclosed with the letter is a check for one of either $2,967, or $3,812 "to help you cover any charges that may be required before you receive your funds". The check also indicates that the payor is "AIG Annuity Insurance Company".

The letter also contains a phone number. When recipients called the number, they spoke with individuals who identified themselves as AIG representatives. The representatives instructed the recipients to cash the check they received and deliver that cash to a courier. According to the instructions, the courier would then deliver to them the larger "prize" check indicated in the letter. This transaction does not happen. Currently, the AIG Internal Audit Investigative Group (IAIG) is investigating this mail fraud in conjunction with various AIG entities.

All recipients are being asked to send the original cover letter, check and envelope to IAIG in New York at the following address: AIG Internal Audit Investigative Group (IAIG), 32 Old Slip - 28th Floor - New York, NY 10005. Recipients can also contact IAIG by phone or email (877-638-4244, aig.iaig@aig.com).

The check received by the "sweepstakes" recipients is not a valid AIG check and we instruct all recipients not to attempt to cash or deposit this check. Neither AIG nor any of its subsidiary companies sponsors or supports any lottery, sweepstakes or prize contest that resembles the letter referred to above.
My letter was similar in characteristics as this one, mine said I won an "ANNUAL CONSUMER'S PROMOTIONAL DRAW" and enclosed was a check for 4,980.30 made payable to me, an drawn against BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware.My supposed big check was 250,000.00

i got this same check in the mail

I just open the same letter w/the 4,980.30 check and a proposed prize of $250,000!  Thought it sounded too good to be true.  That and the ink stain from the AIG logo was a dead give away!