THE SMARTLINE GROUP INC. INTERNATIONAL CLAIM DEPARTMENT MORRISTON Ontario

I received a letter from "THE SMARTLINE GROUP INC." yesterday (5-28-09) & it stated that this was the winning final notification. After closely reading it & seeing that i was one of many people that was entitled to my share of $250,000.00 from the $5 Million US dollars winners given away, there was a check for $4980.00 from a U.S. based company with the same name from Minneapolis MN and a Western Bank based in MN. You get a little excited & then you start searching the internet for this type of stuff but nothing came up until i started typing "INTERNATIONAL CLAIM DEPARTMENT" in Google & found this site to be very very helpful.
Also in letter there is this "Please do not use this check until you call your claim agent...."

The scam goes on to say that the tax amount needs to be paid, in the amount of $2995.00, either by MONEYGRAM or WESTERN UNION. This is when my attention to scams became very accurate. There is the 410 scam from Nigeria that these North Americans are trying to pull one over on innocent hard working families & retirees that could ruin them further than the economy.

PLEASE PLEASE tell everyone about this, too good to be true, scam & if you did win a prize like this, you would pay your taxes to your local state & federal agencies through a check to them directly NOT by WESTERN UNION or MONEYGRAM.

See the link here to see the letter: http://basharda96.onlinestoragesolution.com/scam/International_scam.jpg

Emanual D.
Sterling Heights, Michigan
U.S.A.