Mail Scams

I don't know about anyone else but I think it is from all the GPT's I do that my name gets onto every scam list imaginable. The latest thing I am getting are letters claiming I have won an international lottery and enclosed with the letter is a check that is supposed to help me pay my taxes on the winnings. One check was for $2000 from the Gap, Inc and another today is for $3275. Out of curiosity we looked up this scam online and it turns out if someone were to fall for this and think they truly won the lottery, they'd be arrested when they tried to cash the check. Apparently, if someone writes you a fake check YOU get in trouble for it. They say you have to call them about your winnings and then they try to get you to give them money from your bank account to cover the taxes and since you have this check from them you are supposed to feel secure in doing so. I am going to see if there is somewhere to report this to. I never really minded the junk mail or the transparent scams but something about large checks I cannot cash staring me in the face disturbs me....