Gateway Financial Inc. sweepstakes scam Toronto Ontario Canada

i got a letter saying that we are pleased to inform you that you are one of the declared winners of north american sweepstakes held on august 28th 2008 in the 2nd category and it give me a ticket serial no and that they drew the lucking winning number then it goes on to say that we have made many unsuccessful attempts to contact you regarding this winning you are therefore entitled to the sum of $1000,000 us dollars this is from total prize money of 1 million us dollars that was shared and presented among the other 10 declared 2nd category winners please note that all the participants were selected through a random computer ballot system drawn from over 100,00 names in accordance with our disbursement policy your claim number have been assigned to our north american claims affiliate. your claim number must be kept private to avoid double claim also they put to expedite the processing enclosed is a check in the amount of 4900.00 us dollars which is part of your winning being sent to you the sole purpose of this check is to enable you pay for the applicable government taxes on your big winning you are required to pay a total sum of 3 900 dollars for the government tax this amout is to be paid either by money gram or western union directly to the tax agent when the winning is processed you will receive your final check a lump some payment of 95 100.00 this amount will be sent to you and delivered by ups please do not attempt to use this check until you call you are advised to contact your claim agent immediately for further clarification as indicated below within 5 business days mr david jones 1 905 781 8979 claim agent aso there is a mrs julia miller promotion manager the check was for a one seagate p. llc 250 Broadway new york ny 1007 and the bank is chase manhattan bank


some one needs to stop these scammers b/f someone innocent gets hurt or put in prison for fraud

Melissa478
adrian, Georgia
U.S.A.