I just received a check in the mail for $3,990!
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Eric in Tampa Wrote:
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> @pam I would notify the FBI.
Ooooh, FBI huh, I will think about that one. All of my life I have worked hard to never, ever have to notify the FBI of anything lol! What about the FTC?
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> @pam I would notify the FBI.
Ooooh, FBI huh, I will think about that one. All of my life I have worked hard to never, ever have to notify the FBI of anything lol! What about the FTC?
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Motivation increases when we assume large responsibilities with a short deadline.
Motivation increases when we assume large responsibilities with a short deadline.
Meh, reporting it won't do anything, IME. My employer was on the receiving end of that scam once. She knew the check was fake so she called the supposed issuer, reported it to the FBI, and made a police report. Nothing ever came of it because those checks are a dime a dozen and so difficult to track.
For those newbies that might stumble upon this post: Ask yourself: Would you send someone you don't know, a check for nearly $4,000 in another country/state and expect them to go to the bank, cash it and send back most of the money to you?
Very trusting, I say...
Very trusting, I say...
We trust them with nitrous oxide, operating picks and drills in our mouths and molding molten metal to our teeth.
Seems only right that the dental folks should be able to trust us a little.
Pass the laughing gas, please.
Seems only right that the dental folks should be able to trust us a little.
Pass the laughing gas, please.
Yeah you can take it to your local PO because it is mail fraud, but do not expect a response because, fortunately you did not act on it. But Maybe it will be put in some database. Posting here is your best effort. Thanks.
Thanks for your replies you all, my parents taught me long ago that no one is going to give you anything in life with no strings attached.
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Motivation increases when we assume large responsibilities with a short deadline.
Motivation increases when we assume large responsibilities with a short deadline.
Call the issuing bank and ask to speak to someone in the fraud department. I had a scammer contact me through my photo business. The local police [who I'm on excellent terms with], didn't want anything to do with it. I thought for a moment about bypassing the desk Sgt. and going to the Chief, but then I looked the bank up online and called them. I was able to supply the email headers and the mailing label, with tracking number.
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Have PV-500 & willing to travel.
"Answers are easy. It's asking the right questions which is hard." (The Fourth Doctor, The Face of Evil, 1977)
"Somedays you're the pigeon, somedays you're the statue.” J. Andrew Taylor
"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him." Galileo Galilei
Have PV-500 & willing to travel.
"Answers are easy. It's asking the right questions which is hard." (The Fourth Doctor, The Face of Evil, 1977)
"Somedays you're the pigeon, somedays you're the statue.” J. Andrew Taylor
"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him." Galileo Galilei
I just want to say it's nice to hear from someone who received the check and immediately saw the fraud in it, then came here to tell us about it. We see so many posting here that bought into this type scam...
SteveSoCal Wrote:
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> I just want to say it's nice to hear from someone
> who received the check and immediately saw the
> fraud in it, then came here to tell us about it.
> We see so many posting here that bought into this
> type scam...
Thank you Steve! :-)
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> I just want to say it's nice to hear from someone
> who received the check and immediately saw the
> fraud in it, then came here to tell us about it.
> We see so many posting here that bought into this
> type scam...
Thank you Steve! :-)
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Motivation increases when we assume large responsibilities with a short deadline.
Motivation increases when we assume large responsibilities with a short deadline.
I had a experience like this and took it to the state police and they did submit it to their fraud division.
I never did hear anything more about it, ( nor did id expect to),I can only imagine all of the claims that they get a month.
I never did hear anything more about it, ( nor did id expect to),I can only imagine all of the claims that they get a month.
After about 2 months of mystery shopping this happened to me. Fed Ex delivered to my door 2 money orders for $945 with the usual instructions. Take to your bank, send us money, keep some - the usual scam. It may look like a money order but there is no water mark on those fake checks. Too bad some people actually fall for it.
teriraia Wrote:
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> After about 2 months of mystery shopping this
> happened to me. Fed Ex delivered to my door 2
> money orders for $945 with the usual instructions.
> Take to your bank, send us money, keep some - the
> usual scam. It may look like a money order but
> there is no water mark on those fake checks. Too
> bad some people actually fall for it.
That's right, it's a shame that they prey on people like that.
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> After about 2 months of mystery shopping this
> happened to me. Fed Ex delivered to my door 2
> money orders for $945 with the usual instructions.
> Take to your bank, send us money, keep some - the
> usual scam. It may look like a money order but
> there is no water mark on those fake checks. Too
> bad some people actually fall for it.
That's right, it's a shame that they prey on people like that.
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Motivation increases when we assume large responsibilities with a short deadline.
Motivation increases when we assume large responsibilities with a short deadline.
You could report it to your local Postmaster. (These scams also fall under mail fraud)
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