BBVA Compass Bank
Complaint 138105 Details

I received a letter received in the mail that includes a cashier's check for $2575.00. The check is from BBVA Compass Bank in Birmingham, AL. The signature is illegible and matches the one on the accompanying letter, which does not included a typed out name. It is entitled FINAL AWARD NOTIFICATION and is supposed to be the first prize of $100,000.00. The letter asks you not to reveal this information until "your funds have been deposited into your account." The check is supposed to pay your fees, taxes, etc. The letter informs you that you must "activate" the check the first by calling Doris Maxwell at a 450 area code (somewhere in Quebec) to start the process. The most interesting thing about this letter is that the name of the addressee is incorrect (not me) but the address obviously is not. There are reference numbers and batch numbers and all kinds of official looking bar codes, etc. A very complicated looking document.