capital & assets incorporated check what should i do?

Question

Hi my husband just got a check from capital & assets incorporated of almost $5000 and its a real check like it doesnt say if cash a fee of x amount will be charge as i regularly get those kinds of check. along with this real check came a letter with a claim # date 10-02-07 and a phone number 416-------- it says we made unsuccessful attempts to contact you regarding this winning.enttiltled the sum of $170,000 total prize 3.4 million selected through a random computer ballot system drawn from 500,000 names......my question is what do you think.? im calling but no one answer....(serious answers please) what should i do any experience. thanks

Answer 1

No, it is NOT a real check. IF you had actually won something, you would have KNOWN that you were entered. There is NO SUCH THING as a random computer ballot system. This IS a scam. IF they made 'unsuccessful attempts' to contact you, they would NOT send a check to an address that had already FAILED to contact you.

Answer 2

Take a look at this site: http://www.fakechecks.org/prevention.html

These fake check scams are so bad, the post office is making commercials warning about them.