"Equity Reimbursement" --- yea, right

I received a check in the mail today --- in one of those hermetically sealed envelopes like payroll checks come in. The ones with the pain-in-the-neck perforations and all. Can you believe it ... it was a check for $260,000! All I had to do was endorse the back to receive my "equity reimbursement". This was sent to me as a "reward" for "investing in the high appreciating properties" located in my area. Oh, and by the way, the check is not really a check. I'm supposed to call an 800# to "activate" my reward. Guess what, it's a home equity loan ... whoopie. I don't even want to know what the interest rate is. Aargh. This kind of mailing is what gives my business a bad name.