Ridges Financial Services LTD. Is This For Here Or To Go?

This weekend my boyfriend got a rather dubious letter in the mail that contained a very real looking cashier check made out for almost 4000 dollars. The letter told him that he won the "All-State Lottery". For something like 275,000 dollars. All he had to do was deposit that money in his bank and then on Monday, using his routing number, they'd take 3 grand out for taxes and fees. We did a little investigating. The bank address and bank name don't add up. It says the check came from a Southtrust Bank in Florida. There are no banks by that name in Florida. They're all on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. Which means they are probably gone now. Also, and here's the funny part, the address for a Ridges Financial Services LTD that is supposedly the company that is handling the "lottery winnings", came back as an address for a Sonic Drive In in Florida. The return address on the front of the envelope is for Halifax, Nova Scotia and that street doesn't exsist.

This is a scam. What they want is to clean your bank account out. Plain and Simple. I'm writing about this because I am really mad! Thousands of poor doofusses are gonna fall for this. And many of them already have, judging from all the info I have culled from the trusty internet.

We did have a laugh tho. I said that my ex-husband would have cashed the fucker, knowing that it's a scam and not gave a shit if he was suddenly responsible for passing a bogus check. It's a crack addict's dream. 4 grand in cash all in a matter of minutes! That would last for a least a week!

So, if anybody, like the two or three people who might come across this post (hell, it's probably not even two or three, but it is my civic duty to report this) don't fall for this stupid shit. Don't be a moron. Take the letter and "check" to the post office because this is mail fraud. And most importantly, tell everyone you know so this doesn't happen to them.