How do I find out if a company is legiimate?

Question

I work for an online company called Aika Corporation at aikacorp.biz and with them I transfer money from one client to another one.Today when trying to make a transaction with my wells fargo account the bank put a lien on my account because they're wondering where the money is coming from.Im wondering if Im doing something illiegal. If you can help me please lend your information thanks.

Answer 1

This sounds like a classic wire transfer scam. A company gets people to accept checks, money orders, or cashiers checks and deposit them into their account. The person then sends the balance to the company or someone they designate but the person gets to keep a portion as a fee. Sometimes, something like 10%. What is happening is that the scammers are taking advantage of the delay it takes to cash certain kinds of checks vs. the amount of time that the bank has to make the money available to you. You get the money, pass it on minus you share, and then later when the bank discovers the originals checks were bogus, they come to you for the money. Since you put the money in the account you are responsible for the amount. The people you sent the money to are long gone and impossible to trace. This is done to get bad checks cashed without tracing who is originally responsible. It is a pretty nasty scam. On top of that, the scammers probably would steal your identity now since you probably gave them everything they needed in the job application.

I say, talk with your bank and from there contact the police. I do not know how to help you if this is this type of scam. Sorry.

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I looked at the site they had and it seemed a little fishy. They have offices in 23 countries and they are unheard of? Also, I looked at the phone number they listed for Washington DC. I could not find that number listed anywhere. Did you ever call them? Also, I looked up their address on google maps and looked at the satellite pic and that looks like a residential neighborhood. Definately not place where a multi national company should have an office. Call a pizza place in Washington DC and ask if any of the drivers know the area around 119 U Street. Ask them what kind of neighborhood it is and if there are big businesses there. A realtor is also a good idea. They would be quick to tell you if that street is commercial or residential.

Also, under the Terms & Conditions page, they make reference to the company being in Cuba. Rarely a good sign.

The site says that the company provides services for software development, writing and proofreading, and data entry. Kind of an eclectic business. If any of those are worthy of a multinational business it would be the software development and if they were a multinational software developement company they would be well known. This does not feel like a real company to me. The site has a couple of nice features on it but is ugly. Black and orange. Any decent company would hire someone who could make a good webpage. Another giveaway is that if this is a multi-national company then why is the webpage only in english? There are no options for other languages. It gives no names of people working there. No, hello from the president or anything like that. Also, no graphics except for logos of other companies. A big company would have human faces all over this site to make it feel more friendly. This site screams fraud. You need to contact the FBI immediately!!!

Answer 2

I don't know the Aika corp, but it sounds like they might not be providing your bank with all the routing and contact information that is required. It just looks to the bank's computers and staff that the money is appearing from nowhere and then when you try to transfer out, it's disappearing quickly. They might think you're trying to launder/scam money somehow.
Check out Aika with the better business bureau and check with Western Union to make sure Aika is a legit processor for them.
If so, contact Aika and complain that they are not giving your bank enough info when processing transactions. But I would be leery of any company that didn't do this right.

Answer 3

I don't know if the company is legal. But I would be concerned that the bank put a lien on your account. Are you moving tens of thousands dollars or more at one time? Banks have anti money laundering unit these days and watch suspicious activities and report to FBI. You may already be on the FBI list. Just remember, legitimate businesses move money using bank wire transfers. They don't need to rely on middleman like you unless they want to conceal the origin or/and the destination of the transfer.

Answer 4

Funny

Answer 5

contact the Better Business Bureau. You can find their number in the government section of your phone book.l

Answer 6

I would check with the better business bureau in your area.

Answer 7

ken 22 is wright this way you can see their history and see if thy are having good or bad business dealings. hope is for the good for your sack.

Answer 8

Type the city name and then "corporations.com"

Answer 9

www.BBB.com