NORTHERN ROCK PROMOTIONS INC Lottery and Sweepstakes Services Edmonton, Canada MEGA MILLION SWEEPSTAKES SCAM . Staten Island, New York

Something that hit me while I was contemplating this scam, is that it's quite possible for the scammers to be actually originating in the U.S., but using Canada as a base of operations as well... Bogus checks can be printed anywhere, really, and in many places crossing the border is still relatively simple. Once across the border, it can be falling down simple to just get a P.O. box or a shoddy little office for next to nothing and operate out of these resources.

Once the set up is done, it'd be an easy thing to just move about, checking on the "drop" every couple or few days and skim the profits. Another way to add a twist to the trail and shunt the heat across the border.

Not saying it's necessarily the case, but I'm saying the possibility shouldn't be ruled out.

The problem isn't enforcement here in Canada, our RCMP acctually do a pretty good job on this. And have a permanent agency to deal with this problem. Its getting relaiable complaints. Exactly the same thing happens from the USA victimising Canadians and we feel we have more trouble being heard in the US than you have being heard in Canada. Ask your local law enforcement to make a stink with the Canadian government.

"I can't believe that a bank check from CITIGROUP of Delaware, a subsidiary of Citigroup would allow their name on this bogus check."

 Do you really think that Citigroup is ALLOWING the scammers to use their name on bogus checks? Get real. Scammers who manufacture fake checks can put anyone's name on them. If I were to send out scam bogus checks with your name on them, what could you do to stop me?

 The reasons that this scam still exists is twofold. One, there is a huge (I mean really huge) supply of greedy, gullible Americans that think that it is normal for millions of dollars to magically appear in their mailbox. Even when they know they didn't enter the bogus sweepstakes in question. Two, the scammers are in Canada. These same gullible Americans persist in sending untraceable cash via Moneygram and Western Union, to people they don't know in another country. By sending virtually untraceable funds across an international border, the guarantee that no single law enforcement agency will have jurisdiction to put a stop to the scam (assuming the scammers could be found).

 Someday, U.S. and Canadian law enforcement agencies might get around to making a cooperative effort to stop this scam, but don't hold your breath. International law enforcement is not as easy as you may think.