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It involves a letter and cheque purporting to be from the Toronto Musician’s Association and the Toronto Music International Lottery. Specifically, this letter has all the subtle (and not-so-subtle) hallmarks of being a scam. The letter claims that I am a winner of a $45,000 lottery draw; but that since government taxes need to be paid, they are enclosing a $1,990 cheque for me to cash. I am supposed to send the money back to them in order to pay taxes, whereupon they will most likely take off with the money and allow the original cheque to bounce.