According to the Consumer Federation of America, 1 in 3 American adults has received a counterfeit check, and of those, 2 percent actually deposit the checks and send money to the scammers.
"That's about the same response that a legitimate direct marketer would get," CFA's Susan Grant told KOMO TV. "And that means that at least 1.3 million people in the United States have been victims."
Consumer reporter Connie Thompson reports on 10 ways that phony check scammers track you down so they can then try to lure you into cashing a check and sending them money.
Among their tactics:
- Phony sweepstakes, lotteries and prize drawings compel you to fill out entry forms.
- Telemarketers coax you out of information to build mailing lists.
- Respond to your classified ads.
- Get you to respond to bogus surveys online.
- Pretending to be your soul mate on dating sites.
- Friending you on social networking sites.
- Government grants.
- Job offers.
- Fake charity appeals.
- Work at home schemes.
Posted by Kristin Alexander All Consuming Blog Moderator at 11/06/2009 11:06:26 AM |
Oct 29, 2009, received a $3944.32 check from FundEX Processing Center, 3442 S Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89108; Phone 1-778-551-1342. Check was drawn by Worden Safety Products LLC, P.O. Box 970, Averill Park, NY 12018, phone 800-424-6257, drawn on KeyBank, West Sand Lake, NY 12496. Was instructed to contact claims manager, John Taylor at above number. Talked to John Taylor. Was told to deposit check. Deposited check at Chase and called Taylor again. Another number of Taylor 702-421-5247. Was asked to send $2500 by Western Union to James Murphy, 219 Malcolm Ave., Madrid, 28021 SPAIN. Taylor told me that after I send the $2500, a FedEx agent and their company courier will deliver $250000.00 winning to my residence within 2 hours. I did not send the money. The $3944.32 was returned by Chase "Account Closed".
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