Check in the mail scam
Date: Mon, 11/26/2007 - 08:08
The check was from 5th 3rd Bank. The letter said that my name was selected at random in a lottery is Vienna sponored by Heinekin. I had won 250,000 and the check was to cover 29,00.00 in fees that were required by the Canadian Govt. where the North American division was located to release the rest of the funds. Or something like that. Before depositing the check I was to call a number and speak to a rep of the company.
This is what happens. They tell you to wire the 2900 to them against the check you recived. You are smart and you say not until the check clears. They say OK but you only have a limited time. You deposit the check, your bank clears it. You send them the money. Weeks later you get a notice that the check was counterfeit and you not only owe the bank the money but you are arrested for trying to pass a counterfeit check.
You can go to the FBI but they have to contact the Mounties who have to trace the phone number to someone who probably thinks they have a legitimate job. Meanwhile the real crooks are probably in some other country. The postal authority is powerless because of it being out of the US.
What would you do? I am sitting here with this letter and check and I am not sure who to give it to.
I can't believe all the heartless. creative scum that is feeding off desparate people out there. I imagine hell must be a real big place.
Go to your post office and se if they have sugestions as to who
Go to your post office and se if they have sugestions as to who to send it to, or complain to.My youngest son would fall for something like this- hope he doesn't receive it :lol: karen
Contact the USPIS, US Postal Inspection Service. Also, I am cert
Contact the USPIS, US Postal Inspection Service. Also, I am certain 5th 3rd bank would like to know an instrument was drawn from their bank to be used in an attempt to defraud.
Unfortunately people will fall for that.... Volley, was flipping
Unfortunately people will fall for that.... Volley, was flipping channels and your lamp was on tv last night :lol:
I am living under a rock I suppose. what movie?????
I am living under a rock I suppose. what movie?????
Frogpatch....I am sure you're smart enough not to fall for such
Frogpatch....I am sure you're smart enough not to fall for such ridiculos scams..however the elderly and the young do fall for them...my daughter is 20 and she would probably believe it's legit. However I don't know about fifth/third...but I got a letter from some country in Africa saying CoCoCola had a sweepstake in their country and I was the lucky winner. So I contacted Coke it took them three weeks to respond and they said they didn't have enough time or money to check out all the scams with their name on it. But thanks for informing them?? I agree with Volley...contact the postal inspector they might be interested.
Frog, I jsut won 650,000 British pounds in the Uk lottery. Funny
Frog, I jsut won 650,000 British pounds in the Uk lottery. Funny, Last week I won the Irish lottery.
I used to win a lottery a week at work until they changed our sp
I used to win a lottery a week at work until they changed our spam filter. People in England used to die and leave me money too. I wonder if they would if they knew I was Irish!
Yep, I had someone die in a plane crash in Alaska with the same
Yep, I had someone die in a plane crash in Alaska with the same name as me, and the lawyer wanted to help me clainm their money.
I could never get a "same name as me" scam.... Way to unique of
I could never get a "same name as me" scam.... Way to unique of a name. I know a few people though. In fact had a friend have a warrent out for her arrest for stealing a cop car... Only it was one of the 13 people in the area with the exact same name as her that did it. She was lucky she was away for school at the time....
scam
How horrible!!! I work with the elderly, and I happened to be at work, when one of my 'clients' recieved a phone call...claiming to be a lottery-type company. They told the client she won ALOT of money, but, they needed " insurance money" first, before they send her a check. I called the police. These companies are horrible!! don't settle with them.
poko, I have a very unique last name and we get them all the tim
poko, I have a very unique last name and we get them all the time. The wierd thing one time was that the person named was the same name as a distant uncle that actually did live overseas and it was plausible that he died and left money.....only he was not dead. :lol:
irish lotto
i just won the irish lottery, a canadian sent me a letter and the check for over $3000. oh how i need this money. it makes me sick to think its just sitting on my table and i am not silly enough to cash it. i am unemployed and do online surveys all day enter sweepstakes ect. i get this email at least 3 times a day. but to have it mailed to me was new. wow i really hope no one falls for this.
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fakechecks.org....this is a site sponsored by the USPIS, US POSt
fakechecks.org....this is a site sponsored by the USPIS, US POStal Inspection Service. A very good site to get the up and up on scams and take a "scam test".
Looks like the old '419 scam' has gone postal. Sad. There's a wo
Looks like the old '419 scam' has gone postal. Sad. There's a woman here locally who fell for that type of thing twice in six months.
I think it is terrible, a lot of elderly people fall for this an
I think it is terrible, a lot of elderly people fall for this and end up mailing out money to these fraudulant companies and then there is no way to get their money back. Our attorney generals office took a hard stance on this, there is a lady that took the check to the bank, cashed it and then when it came back fake the bank went after her. You would think that the bank would have a way to check this out. Will they cash any thing, she got in a lot of trouble, I don't think that she had a clue that it was fake and was in a situation where she needed money. I hope they nail the companies pulling this crap soon.