I received a check in the mail from them with no other information I called the bank it is a US bank and they said the account is valid and the check will clear but I am still unsure about if I should cash it any suggestions? Has anyone dealt with them before?
2007-07-08 10:15:50 · 15 answers · asked by dslane 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
I called wells fargo which is where the check is written on and they called me back and contacted the person whos account it was written on it is a scam I am not sure why or what the motivation is because they did not ask me for anything so I am sending the check on to wells fargo for them to investigate.
2007-07-09 09:05:54 · update #1
okay I received emails from these peole today telling me to cash the check and then send them all of it but 10% they gave me western unon instructions and if I had questions to email my phone number and they would contact me the bank has already informed me that this is a fraudulent check so I never chashed it I just forwarded it to the ban that it was written on along with the emails that I received so if anyone gets one of these checks DO NOT CASH IT AND DO NOT DEPOSIT IT it is fraud and I think it will wreak havoc on your bank account! thanks for all of the responses!
2007-07-11 15:50:37 · update #2
I also received a check, and it is post dated for July 16. Also I received 2 emails with instructions for what to do with the check. I called First Hawaiian Bank and they told me to take the check to my bank. FOR EVERYONE THAT HAS RECEIVED A CHECK.... I have been doing my research because I also didn't know what to do with the check. It turns out that there are many different variations of this, but all of them are scams. If you cash the check into your bank account, the bank says funds are "available" from the check, but before the check has actually cleared. Then you end up owing all of that money to your bank!! I am going to take my check up to the bank and also report it to the police. I will post again to let you all know what I am told to do so that you can do the same. If you would like to read more about the scam and all of the variations the scam go to this website. http://www.joewein.net/419/419scam.htm
2007-07-11 04:19:53 · answer #1 · answered by cheerbaby4life 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't have an answer but I'd like to join you on trying to find what this is about because today as I opened up my mail I also recieved a check with no information on it but that is was named cash live from the UK. Please keep me informed I don't know what to do? Thank you
as of 7/11/07 that is todayI had been looking at the answers that everyone imputed and there was no answers on what to do I asked everyone around me and half said if was a fake check the other's said try to cash check and see what happens I stud by and watched no one came with answers so I decided to go to a check cashing store I didn't want to deposit it because if it was a fake I didn't want these people to have my bank account information. The teller asked me for phone #'s which I didn't have then she photocopied the check and the envelope in which it came then faxed it to the corporate office. After a couple of minutes she came back and told me it was a fraudulent check. THIS IS ALL A SCAM AND ANYONE THAT HAS RECEIVED A CHECK SHOULD JUST SHEDD IT. she wouldn't let me keep the check but I kept a copy of it. I will be contacting my local news to see if they can investigate who is behind this scam.
2007-07-09 23:10:26 · answer #2 · answered by aferdityme 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boy oh boy,is it a scam ever clever? This is my first one that I ever got half pinned with,and I say half pinned because thank GOD that I couldn't send the money the way they specified on their instructions. You see Western Union wouldn't allow me to send more than $999.99 to Russia and I wanted to send $2,834.13,I've already cashed the check and according to their instructions I could send up to "$3,000 per day not to exceed $50,000 a month",so that was my first red flag up,then I checked the postmark and to my surprise it is from Sirkeci,this is a train station in an area in the Eminönü district of the city of Istanbul, Turkey,second red flag up,and upon some more research I come to find out that even tough my bank on line access tells me the check cleared,that was not the case and had I been successful in the transfer process the check would have bounced back and I've would have lost the original amount plus $39 dollars for NSF in the account. I still lost seven dollars to the bank for processing and that after pleading to them if they were planning to make money after my reporting the issue to them and out of my misfortune. My bank told me that they were reporting this issue to Fraud Alert and the Feds. Moral of the story: DAMMMMMN IT! If it looks almost too legit to pursue,it probably isn't.
2007-07-11 14:37:34 · answer #3 · answered by Carlos P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is definitely a scam. Contact your FB I department...www.fbi.com. The checks sent are truly valid. The banks will validate that the accounts exist and they have the money. These accounts are being stolen by the idiots in the UK and they are drawing off of them. Let's bombard the FBI with complaints so they will find these idiots and put them away.
2007-07-11 12:25:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I received a check also yesterday. It is very suspicious cause it has no letter informing me of anything. Just a check made out in my name. I dont know who it came from or why. If it is a scam... I dont know who they are scamming the bank or what?
2007-07-11 06:50:38 · answer #5 · answered by ~vV KING Vv~ W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you never heard of them, why would they have sent you money if they are legit? Are there some kind of instructions for it, like to send part of the money to someone and keep the rest? Anything printed on the check?
This sure sounds like a scam.
2007-07-08 10:29:28 · answer #6 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just received one too... Can anyone give me an update on their experience with these checks? Has anyone cashed one? Any responses to the investigations?
2007-07-10 10:17:34 · answer #7 · answered by MsMilene 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, If you own a shredder ,ease your mind by shredding the check. The check is good for so many days ,then it will become void.When unsure, get rid of it.There are so many scams out there ,it`s scary.The old saying, if it sounds to good to be true ,it is.Maybe they want your signature on the back of the check? Good Luck.
2007-07-08 10:36:55 · answer #8 · answered by rosco 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CASH THE CHECK!!!!!
The check is fraudulent and you can be arrested and face criminal charges if you attempt to cash the check. DO NOT DEPOSIT THE CHECK INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT! I believe that this is the true intention of the sender to acquire your account number and withdraw all of your money!
AGAIN, I AM COGNIZANT OF HARD TIMES AND SITUATIONS THAT MAKE OFFERS LIKE THIS SO TEMPTING, PLEASE DO NOT CASH THESE CHECKS!
I am trying to look after all of you! Don't do this!!!!
2007-07-12 04:47:34 · answer #9 · answered by Marilyn M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hadn't until I received one of these also. May I ask what you decided to do? I took it the bank here and there are looking into it.
2007-07-09 08:26:07 · answer #10 · answered by blj1924 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋