Starmark Financial Inc. (Morriston ONT); Starmark Inc. (Meadville PA) Sweepstakes winning claim with bogus check and request to send payment Meadville Pennsylvania

Letter arrived in mail dated 10 April in plain envelope with Canadian postmark from firm titled Starmark Financial Inc. The information in the letter stated I'd won a prize of $250K in a "shoppers sweepstakes".

A check from First National Bank, 166 Main St., Greenville, PA for $4890 was enclosed with letter. The firm name on check was Starmark Financial, 11894 Pennsylvania Ave., Meadville, PA 16335. Letter said to call "Lewis McGregor at 905-598-1610" before using check. Letter also stated a tax amount of $2985 had to be paid by Western Union. Claim number on letter was "DH/SUL - 0011", which is the same claim number listed in several other reports about this firm and a frim named Powerpoint Financial which uses the same Ontario address.

Some work on google confimrs a First National Bank in Greenville PA. I was unable to locate a Starmark Financial in either ONT or Meadville PA. Googling the Meadville address on the check for Starmark Financial produced the name of a business that appears to sell shoes.

This appears to be another scam.

Wc
sville, South Carolina
U.S.A.