Reading another board this morning and a lady poster is going on about how she got this cashiers check in the mail for $30k and she deposited it. She was even going to send $2600 back to the sweepstakes like it asked. She didnt but only because she couldnt get threw to their 1800 number. She then goes on to ***** and moan about everyone calling her an idiot for falling for it. She's hoping the $30k in her account will stay there though we've convinced her not to touch it and to call her bank and the police.
Honestly now, who falls for this kind of thing? How fu[Aliceblue][/Aliceblue]cking stupid do you have to be? I'm trying to imagine who would believe such a thing and I'm just stumped. Why? Why after reading and hearing about these scams on the internet and in the news would you do this?
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Is she elderly? Not very worldly? Raised by Mormons? In Nigeria? Any number of reasons, really.
A $30K cashier's check? I'd be hard pressed to not be greedy and deposit it in the bank. Cashier's checks are actually like cash and if they're deposited, and I think that the cancelled check doesn't get forwarded to the Payor.
Either way, I'd be calling the 1-800 number first before I'd be doing anything with it. Asking for $2,600 back from the winnings is the red flag.
Either way, I'd be calling the 1-800 number first before I'd be doing anything with it. Asking for $2,600 back from the winnings is the red flag.
People should stop wasting good oxygen!
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But wasn't there a guy who got a check like this from some scammers dumb enough to have money in the account? Or was it just a generic sweepstakes thing. He got to keep the money or somthing... kudos to someone who knows what I'm talking about and finds the link.
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Here is how the scam operates: the person you are doing business with sends you a check for more than the amount they owe you, and then instructs you to wire the balance back to them. Or, they send a check, and tell you to deposit it, keep part of the amount for your own compensation, and then wire the rest back for one reason or another. The results are the same: the check eventually bounces, and you’re stuck, responsible for the full amount, including what you wired to the scammer.
The checks in these scams are fake, but they look real enough to fool bankers.
The checks in these scams are fake, but they look real enough to fool bankers.
But wasn't there a guy who got a check like this from some scammers dumb enough to have money in the account? Or was it just a generic sweepstakes thing. He got to keep the money or somthing... kudos to someone who knows what I'm talking about and finds the link.
Yeah. Assuming that the check was actually deposited and she has $30k in her account, I'd go and get a cashier's check from the bank for $30k and put it in a safe deposit box until she's sure the whole deal is legit. At that point, she has $30k the sweepstakes people can't touch and has the cash on hand in case the bank tries to debit her account for a false check.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
The Glorious Atomicflea wrote:
Is she elderly? Not very worldly? Raised by Mormons? In Nigeria? Any number of reasons, really.
Having two or three mothers in the same household, both telling the child what to do, has to ***** with a child’s mind. It's like 3 bosses talking to me about those f'ucking TPS reports. I swear I won’t forget to put the cover sheet on them again!
AngryUndead wrote:
But wasn't there a guy who got a check like this from some scammers dumb enough to have money in the account? Or was it just a generic sweepstakes thing. He got to keep the money or somthing... kudos to someone who knows what I'm talking about and finds the link.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Ah, I see now. I was answering on the assumption that it was a true and authentic cashier's check. Nevermemind then.
Thanks! I'd rate you up... but why?
So....did you get to keep the money?
So....did you get to keep the money?
Haha. Nice hand, as we say in the poker world.
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I have a check like this on my fridge. It was sent to us we were told that we won a bunch of money and the first thing we did was have the bank owner run the numbers for the account on the check before we called the authorities.
The check itself looks very real, is issued from a REAL bank but the routing numbers were fake. If the bank doesn't run the numbers before depositing a check that someone brings in claiming they won a lottery that wasn't in the state they live in, then the banker needs to get a new job.
The check itself looks very real, is issued from a REAL bank but the routing numbers were fake. If the bank doesn't run the numbers before depositing a check that someone brings in claiming they won a lottery that wasn't in the state they live in, then the banker needs to get a new job.
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