When you intially open this hoax you think it is something entirely different, like a retirement fund has been closed without your permission, or a class action suit from stocks you had invested in that actually paid out a decent amount (not the $1.23 you're used to!) until you read, please read, carefully this predatory letter aimed at the gullible and people in situations that would make them believe that this could actually happen and happen to them.
This is a scam to get you to send (this letter varies a bit from others) $2985 to cover "government taxes" before you cash their enclosed check in the amount of $4890 (to "expidite processing") Believe me, this account is already closed if it ever existed in the first place. You will NOT receive $250, 000.00 less the $4890.00 useless check in your hands.
Any company that requests that you send them money, money that is only to be sent by Western Union or Moneygram so that it's instant cash for them, in exchange for a paper check in a large amount made out in your name that cannot be cashed until they receive your real money (see above), will only lighten your bank account not solve your money problems.
However simple the reminder is that if it's too good to be true it is, people still fall for scams like this and most likely folks that can least afford it. There are many out there that are looking for fast money and are willing to go to any length to get it. We need tougher laws for people who perpetrate these scams on the vulnerable.
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