Now how weird is this. I called a couple of weeks about a "warehouse" opening in the newspaper. I called the number and they told me that I would be a "secret shopper" and that they will mail the information I needed to get started. I just checked the mailbox and sure enough, there it was. But there was also a 2500 check!! The letter instructed me to keep 250 and send the rest by MoneyGram to someone in Canada. The name of the so-called business is ICM and the check is supposedly drawn on US Bank. At the bottom of the check though it says MoneyGram Payment Services in MN, but ICM is in New York. What should I do?
2007-10-23 13:55:37 · 7 answers · asked by candystripes345 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Credit
This is a scam... the check is no good.. and you will be stuck for the entire amount at your bank...
DON'T DO IT.
GO TO THIS WEB SITE AND TYPE IN SECRET SHOPPER TO FIND OUT ALL THE CURRENT SCAMS.
http://www.snopes.com/
2007-10-23 13:59:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Call the police. It's a common scam. If you follow the instructions, the check will bounce, and you will have to repay the full $2500 to the place where you cashed it, and you will be out the $2250 that you sent by Moneygram to Canada, and you may go to jail.
2007-10-23 21:53:20 · answer #2 · answered by StephenWeinstein 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL....tear up the check immediately. This is a PURE scam. You will deposit the check into your account, send them $250, and that check of theirs will bounce SKY high, because it's most probably a fake account.
You might also report this to the newspaper, since most of them are not interested in promoting such scams.
2007-10-23 21:06:24 · answer #3 · answered by acermill 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
SCAM. Hope you have not given any of your personal information -- if U have given, pls check out credit monitoring services for an year.
2007-10-24 01:32:45 · answer #4 · answered by Sreenu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take the check to your local police department. It is a scam.
2007-10-23 21:02:06 · answer #5 · answered by scmommyof2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I work at the branch that those checks are drawn on my name is acutally the one signed at the bottom of the check. It is FRAUD. the number isn't money gram or even usbank. Please take that check to the police dept in your area
2007-10-24 09:54:48 · answer #6 · answered by Kimberly L 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
send the check to your state's attorney general Fraud division.
should u deposit the check u'll get to enjoy the state or federal correction system for a few yrs.
Or just burn it up.
2007-10-23 21:26:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋