Welch Financial Group Consumer's Reward Program Lottery for lump sum of 39000. Cashiers check drawn on First National Bank, Texas. Buffalo, New York

Its so odd to me that people continue to fall for these types of scams. There has been numerous news reports about these types of things...yet people still fall for it, which is why the scammers continue.

Its very easy to tell when these are scams. They almost always involve some sort of "tax" being paid, Money-Gram or Western Union, and depositing a check then mailing or wiring the money to someone who is supposed to send you the full amount later, typically the person you're wiring the money to lives out of the country.

It doesn't matter what the "company's" name is. It just matters that everyone knows that 1. You will never receive an unsolicited check in the mail. 2. You can not win a lottery without entering it yourself.

I'm happy that you were able to notice it was a scam and did not cash the check. If you had, not only would you have been out of thousands of dollars but you could've also be charged with fraud.