Marianne Davis/Pedro Quezada Lottery Winner give-away. Internet

I received a letter from a Marianne Davis of Park Point University stating that I had been given a donation with an email address for me to respond to.  I first researched the University and the name and found a website that looked like a legitimate University, and I found her name in the list of faculty members.  I wrote her inquiring about her letter and was told that it was a legitimate notification letter and for me to respond to the email address in the notice.  I did that and received a reply saying he was the Pedro Quezada that had won the New Jersey Lottery and randomly picked people from Google results saying he was going to help them and i was one of them.  I researched him, and found pictures of him and the story on the news.  What he said was true.  Then with that I researched more with the information and found that it was a scam and different amounts were allegedly given to other people.  A catch of course was to send information to a bank with a deposit to open an account.  Once the deposit was made the money would then be transferred.  Yeah right, like a bank knowing you had a few hundred thousand waiting for you to open an account would need a deposit first.  Anyway with this news I felt I should report it.

As the research led me to the University, I doubt, if it is a real University, they are involved, so I notified them and sent them the emails.  Meantime, I hope others are stupid enough to fall for this.