has anyone heard of this?someone sent me $10,000 worth of travellers checks,checks are legit?

Question

i mailed them back to address on original envelope,they came back due to ivalid,bogus address.i did have my local bank check them
and they said they are legimate.what should i do?also a note that came with the checks instructed me to take a $1,000,split the rest and mail each half to 2 different people in different countries.this is very strange

Answer 1

You can try to cash them but they will probably come back as fraud. I recieved a great cashiers check which was "valid" in the mail, but upon checking it out - it turns out that it was fraudulently drawn on a nice guys account. He would have been a loser and so would I due to fraud charges and identity theft messiness.

Answer 2

This may be a Philanthropist (I get this stuff all the time, I just give it all away, and more keep coming) which is good. The person checking out your integrity. Do what it ask. You may get more!
Odds are they counterfeit, the bank will not even know until they send them through the process.
A friend's son sold a piano on EBay and the buyer was overseas and paid for shipping and everything..........with these type checks. The bank said they were good and he shipped. Only to find out a few weeks later they were counterfeit checks!!!!! Piano was gone!

Answer 3

The only time I have heard of this subject is in an email. If so then its a fraudulent email. Its spam. It isnt legit. They are just going to "buy your identification".
If this is for real,snailed mail to the recepatant(you). Then send one to me. I will gladly split it with you. lolz

Answer 4

I know that the "send this to this guy in some random country" thing is part of a pyramid scheme. However, if the bank tells you that they're legit, whatever, spend them.

Answer 5

It's a big fat scam! My boyfriend had this happen to him 2 years ago- he cashed them in at his job and ended up being fired b/c of them.

Answer 6

keep it all