Shoppers Direct Shoppers Point of Sale Lottery/Sweepstakes $3950.00 Check Received- Looks Authentic- Call the bank first! Las Vegas , Nevada

My wife received a $3950.00 check today. The envelope was posted in Canada with no return address.
The check was printed on Docugard paper and certainly looked authentic. The letter with the check came from Shoppers Direct in Las Vegas. The lottery drawing she had "won" was in London England. The total winning was $65,000 with this first check sent to assist paying the British Lottery/Sweepstakes Tax and Insurance.

Before calling the enclosed phone number to "activate" the check I called First American Bank in Chicago and got through to the fraud department, emailed all of the info. to a wonderful person who immediately called back to let me know that the check was not good.

I then called the number on the letter and spoke to Ray Owen. He started to tell me that we had won this money and I then told him that I had already called the bank and found that the check was no good.

He hung up.

Michael- Xenia, Ohio