British Lotto Commission
Sent a check for $3500, Wanted me to cash it and send them the money to cover taxes and charges on $165, 000 I supposedly won. Ontario

I received a valid looking check for $3500, which was to pay a tax and clearance fee for my $165, 000 Lotto winnings.

I was to cash the check and send the money to them. Out of 8, 000, 000 names, my name won in the third category. Just like everybody else. I was to contact my "agent" of Excel Disbursment Company, a subsidiary of British Lottery Commission.

They spelled subsidiary "subsicidiary".
Of course if I had done this, I would have been out the $3500 plus bank penalties.