fraud

[imwicked]

I got a check in the mail for $1500.00 from a company that wanted me to do a survey for them. I would get $300 right off the top and $250 to spend at a store like walmart. Then with the rest of the money I was suppose to send it by western union to someone they would let me know after I got the money from my bank. I thought this was to good to be true but I did a little checking. I called the company that sent me the check, someone answered. I looked the bank up the check was from and it was a real bank. But I still didn't believe it so I took it to my personal bank and they said it was a fraud. Thank goodness I didn't cash the check. Anyone else have something like this happen to them?

[mawhite63]

It happens a lot. Those checks look so real that a lot of people fall for them. I got one many years ago that was claiming I had won a sweepstakes, but the problem was I had never gotten any type of winner confirmation letter, form or email so alarms went off right away. One minute of googling and I could see it was a fraud.

I called the company that the bank account had been drafted on just to let them know someone was using their name, and they already had a police case opened on it. They gave me the name and number of the investigator working on it and he just had me fax him a copy of the check and letter I received.

[imwicked]

It happens a lot. Those checks look so real that a lot of people fall for them. I got one many years ago that was claiming I had won a sweepstakes, but the problem was I had never gotten any type of winner confirmation letter, form or email so alarms went off right away. One minute of googling and I could see it was a fraud.

I called the company that the bank account had been drafted on just to let them know someone was using their name, and they already had a police case opened on it. They gave me the name and number of the investigator working on it and he just had me fax him a copy of the check and letter I received.

My bank took the check and letter and was going to send it to their fraud department.