A letter came with a post mark from Canada. The return address area had HSBC-Finance with no address. A check from as noted below:      
                New York City Transit Authority                                          CHASE
                metrocard refund account                                               JPMorgan Chase Bank  
                metrocard customer claims                                              NEW YORK
                     2 broadway
                new york,ny 1004              
The check was for the amount of $3,900. The letter claims to be from the Capital Direct Lottery Sweepstakes, Division of unclaimed funds,3800 Las Vegas South Las Vegas,NV 89101.
The check was to help cover the taxes. But to activate the check you must call Roy Johnson
the claims manager at 1-778-707-4180. This is the first to do before the check is good,yea right.
The letter also states "We are treating your claim as a most urgent matter". Then why if the "drawing"
was on October 28,2011, if it was urgent you would think contact would have been made within three
days not three months. So much junk is on the letter like your lucky numbers, the amount to the penny
how much the total tax amount will be and a security pin number to identify yourself. This is so they know the person they are ripping off. It gets better this is on the bottom right of the letter.
Special Conveyance Offices - This document bearing the identity of the receiver shall be filed in our corporate facility where all such records are kept. Dated Oct.13,2011. Kenneth Morgan Office Registrar.
If the "drawing" was on 10-28-11 why would it be dated on Oct. 13,2011, fifteen days before the "drawing". If "they" know my address and "they" should, "they" sent the letter,"they" can bring the money anytime.

I recieved the same letter and check in the amount of $3,966.10 drawn off "Gas Innovations WWS, 18005 E. Highway 225, LA Porte, Texas,77571-3329  from the bank of "Texas Citizens Bank, N.A.-Pasadena, TX 77054.  The letter stated we had won $250,000.00. (The tax amount to be paid to Capital Direct Lottery Sweepstakes, a division of unclaimed funds, is $2,500.00.  What's wrong with this picture?  First of all, I wish that was all the taxes we would owe if we won $250,000.00!!!  Uncle Sam would most definitely disagree with their math skills.  Secondly,   The ckeck is a real printed check to include water-mark security, etc. etc.  There is a company "Gas Inovations WWS in LA Porte, Texas.

Now here is the catch!!  These scammers get a copy of real checks and have them made up.  The best way we can get back at them is to contact the companies that the checks are drawn from and let them know what is going on.  They can alert their banks so that they do not become the victums of fraud.

The F.B.I. won't go after them because the scammers keep the amounts under what the F.B.I. fraud dept. regulations allows them to set up a sting.  However, La Porte, Texas Police can. Look out scammers, this one's going to come back and bite you in your A--!

Someone needs to stop these people from being able to take advantage of people. We all need to pray to (god) ,because this world will not get better without him!!!!!!   Watchout for this email address www.canadpost.ca.

I got a letter from AmericaLotterySweepstakes stating I won the lottery, which I never entered. I knew this was a scam from the get go.  But, I decided to play along for the fun of it (of course to the point short of sending them my "tax" payment).  So, I call the number pretending I am an excited winner. I give him the PIN # on the letter.  He asks me for the number on the $3,990.10 check so he can activate the check.  I am told to endorse the check and deposit it in my bank on monday morning and then call for further insturctions.  I ask where do I send the $2,500. taxes, insurance and handling and shipping fees as stated in the letter.  The scammer gets aggitated and says further information will be provided after the check is deposited.  He then instructs me to hold onto the letter, and not to take it to the bank or show anyone as the PIN # assigned to me is secret and can be stolen. On monday he will instruct me on how to receive my +$246K winnings which will be delivered ot my door by UPS or FedEx.  Oh, this is priceless.  Of course I am not depositing the check.  But, I will call on Monday morning and say I did, just to find out the next step.  I am going to pretend to be a winner for as long as I can.  Just for fun.

I received the same letter from Gas Innovations WWS, La Porte, Texas including a check drawn on Texas Citizens Bank in Pasadena, Tx The check was for $3,970.80 with the same instructions listed above.   I threw it in the trash recognizing a scam!   Beware, there are many people out there that think they have "won" the lottery.  Never give anyone personal information, send a check for anything or deposit the check into your bank account.