My 91 year old ma recieved this letter from Universal Trust and Finance In from Ontario, CA
informing her she won $250, 000 in an unclaimed lottery from 2009.
Naturally they want her to wire them $2985 to cover "taxes" and even enclosed a real looking
check for $4885.
It mentions a "Tom Howrad(sic)" at 1-647-863-6920 as being the contact.

Can't something be done about these scam artists preying on senior citizens? I hate to think what
would have happened had she opened this mail instead of me!

Got the same letter... My fist clue that it was a scam was a canadian address with an american phone number...(Country code 1). Second clue was extremely poor grammer. Third clue was cheap, generic envelope with not return address. Honestly, if you're going to rip people off, at least take the time to make it look legit!

I recived a check saying that my mother won a lottery. my mother had been dead for 5 years, to top it off it was sent to me the day after mothers day. Luckly i didnt send any money to the scum that are sending out this mail. i just cant belive that people are making money by ripping good people off. this needs to stop.