If you get a check that has a corperate logo and a computer signed signature, run it through a copy machine, if the word void appears on the copy the check is real, if the copy looks exactly like the check, the check is fake.
Hopefully someone will read this reply: the scammers buy check printing paper so it looks real but the account is either stolen, fraudulent or flat out fake. The payment goes NSF and you are on the hook for the full check amount and any return payment fees.
As a banker who sees dozens of fake checks, here are some tips: if words overlap, thats a red flag. If font sizes don't match, that's a red flag. If the lettering is faded, that's a red flag. Easiest solution, however is to just call the bank listed and ask to verify it. Simple as that.
Michael Petros I'm sorry but i did that. I was asked by Capital One teller thst they couldn't authenticate the check so i was advised to call the bank on the check. Which i did, and behold, i was made to know that it was a good check. Imagine my surprise when i couldn't access my online accounts! Question? What is your advice on getting an account elsewhere while still waiting for other bank to clear one's name? Wht are the options advised?
Michael Petros micheal how come when i went to deposit my pay roll check one time on my bank atm the atm machine returned the check back out to me because of insufficient funds???? You telling me that If i deposit one of these "fake" checks my banks atm will accept it??? If it accepts this phony check it means that there are funds in that fake checks bank account. I dont get it. Why is my banks atm not accepting my employer's pay roll check because of insufficient funds but will accept a scammers check???????? Please explain!!!!
I got one from wells fargo that looked real had perforation even showed to my credit union teller and checked it out had manager look at it also a new teller that just done taking fake checks all agree was really good looking but no good. Ask to take and notify fbi my tellers are awesome
My husband received one in the mail for $1700. Which at the time we could have used..he showed the letter, it stated he had to be a secret shopper for Walmart. I called the company it was drawn on, and they were so thankful we didn't cash it. Their accounts had been hacked
Why is it that PEOPLE keep falling for this and also people NEVER NEVER NEVER let anyone use your account if they DO NOT have their own account there is a REASON WHY
In 2015 me and my wife sold something online and received a check in the mail. I dropped it off in the after hours box to deposit and 2 days later we are called up to the bank and accused of trying to pass a fraud check. We never had any bad checks or anything before that and had direct deposit going into our account. The bank froze our funds and the manager told us he should be calling the law on us. I begged him to because whoever sent me the check was ripping me off. He closed our account with the bank and at first was not even going to give my wife's direct deposit that had just come in to her and also turned it in against us. We had no clue what was going on. The check had never been processed or cashed. No charges were filed against us. The police found no wrongdoing on our part. But yet our funds were held up, we were kicked out of our bank, we were turned over to the bank systems which now prevents us getting another bank and looks really horrible on us...all because of a check just like this being sent to us for payment. The branch manager at the time of the Wells Fargo in Thomasville NC was just a young arrogant punk who could care less about the actual evidence basically just sent us up s*** creek because he could abuse his seniority like that. I never saw this news report and if I had I would have definitely pursued legal action against him for doing that to us. We got scammed. We got screwed by the bank. And the person that started it all was safely behind a computer somewhere and the police had no way to track him down and said even if they could find him there was no crime because the check was not cashed.
The police basically did not want to investigate because by drafting a fake check there is clear intent to defraud. Similar thing happened to me, person wrote me a bad check and the police said knowingly writing a bad check is not a crime but a civil matter. Now that I am older I would have had the proper state statute with me to show what crime was broken.
Same thing happened to me. I couldn't trace the guy that sent the check. I was expecting payment so I wasn't trying to make trouble for the bank. But they cruelly closed my account anyway and put me on a banned list. I learned the hard way to never do business with anyone on the internet.
Daniel Laprelle plus never send any money to the scammers, If they ask just tell them it hasn't clear the bank yet, tell them to just be patient there no rush here, plus I have more important things I need to take care of 1st😄
I know someone who thought they were doing a secret shopper job for one of those money sending services and got tricked by one of those fake checks. It so crazy cause they thought they were actually doing something for the money.
Exactly! For most people,the thought of getting money without working for it is too tempting to turn down.Everyone should know you can't get something for nothing.People just don't give money away.There are always strings attached.
Someone I know fell for a similar scam. The scammer sent him a check, which he was supposed to deposit and then use that money to go buy "training materials" from the scammer. After he purchased the materials, the check bounced.
I have that check right now. I have to buy stuff to make my mini office at home to work from home. I'm just going to ignore them and not deposit the check. I just don't understand how they will get money from this.
@@luigiramirez29 They hope you will buy the home office gear before the check fully clears. What happens is they will be paid by the money that was already in your checking account. And if you don’t have the funds, depending on your bank, your account will go into the negative and you’ll be hit with overdraft fees.
Geisers and old Boomers are so easy to manipulate, my mother always said they are used to following orders or instructions. Idk Whud up but this is a 3 years old video.
@@murphyrod4839, I don't know about that. After all it's the Millennial and following generations that have been manipulated to believe: 1.) There are more than 2 genders. 2.) People can change their gender at will as as often as they like. 3.) Men can get pregnant. 4.) Men can become women and women can become men. Then it's the Millennial and following generations that cannot figure out what they have between their legs.
Did people even think about trying a generic atm and see if the checks can actually be deposited or not because the generic ATMs at or outside a store sometimes allow you to cash fake checks
Exact same thing happened to us when we were selling some furniture. My mom got an offer and they sent a check for way more than we were selling the furniture for. My mom being an auditor and my natural distrust for stuff like this, we did our research before cashing it and found out it's an obvious fake.
I just got one to for the first time. It was for $46.00.. I assumed it was a refund from a few weeks prior for a vehicle service I had gotten thinking my insurance maybe caught a mistake. I deposited the transaction showed that it went through... and then a few days later it shows -$51.00. I called my bank, the teller states since the check didn't go through on the otherside!? So now we have to charge the extra $5.00. This check looked real, I mean it even made it through the transaction process!?! I guess it could have been more, I don't even know where these people got my info.
I was a fake check victim nine years ago. If the check is from somebody I don't know or if they want me to return some of the money, I will rip the check into itty bitty pieces and throw it away. It pays to be cynical and not trust ppl
got one of those and turned it over to my neighbor who is an agent for the US Secret Service. I found out the check looked real but lacked "special features".
I think I’m in the middle of one of these scams, I was “hired” through indeed and got a check to buy my office supply for one of their “trusted vendors” currently waiting for the check to clear. What should I do!?
It's simple folks: If it's too good to be true, probably is. If you get mail, checks or anything that you didn't ask for in your mail, email, phone text, etc. Stop being a curious kitty and just not open it. Toss it. That's it. If unsure, also google up the name on the mail, if nothing pops up, it's bad, if something bad pops up, it's bad. That's it.
I dont understand how this is even a thing? all you gotta do is wait for any cheque to clear , when I deposit cheques in my acc , the amount wont even show on my available balance until its cleared, So why would anyone fall for this? P. T. Barnum was right .
Yes. Do not deposit or cash a check for more than what you really are owed & then send back the difference to sender because you're honest. Your honesty will cost you. Imagine actually being owed $200.67 but "erroneously" sent $5,756.54. If your truly owed $200 ask for a correct reissue. Tear up the wrong check. Unfortunately, victims are told to keep an extra $100 for their troubles & to return the rest. Ouch! A week later the check is fake. Even if real, you may be unwittingly involved yourself in a money laundering scam. Ask yourself this: who sends twice what they owe you? No one.
Guy wanted to send me a check for a car I was selling. Was going to make it for more than purchase price so I could pay his shipping agent who would come out 2 days later.I replied it would be 45 days, if the check cleared , I would then get back in touch with him.Never heard from him again.
Wells fargo sucks so very bad. Went to the downtown portland branch today and did in Beaverton last week. They are all about money money money. I only make $333 SSI and the state for my caregiver because I am so sick sends me $22 a week in state checks that are GOOD. Both times because I cannot get ID because mine expired and the ids are so expensive I was told over and over there was nothing that can be done to cash my checks. Yet they said I could put these checks in a friends bank account that was a Wells Fargo account which is way less safer than going in line to put them through the tellers up frond. I have had an account with Wells Fargo for 29 years and this is how my friend and I are treated. My friend is slow due to many birth defects which are not his falt and he takes 30 meds which is also not his falt. All they said to us today over and over today was there was nothing that we can do about it over and over and over. My friend cannot get ID due to the fact he is dirt dirt poor. Leaving the bank today we encountered three homeless people on the corner trying to get money to survive that said they had $1300,$1500 and $2000 checks that they could not cash at all because they had no id and no agency would help them buy one just like my friend who is slow and it is not his falt at all. All three people got jobs like they are supposed to do and due to this one inadequacy could not get huge checks cashed. Wells Fargo sucks bad and permanantly. All you want is money money money and do not give a damn about anyone or anything. My friend will never be able to get an ID or these three homeless people and they cannot do banking at all. Wells Fargo does not want me or them to bank with them otherwise you would not blame my friend,me or the three homeless people for ALL BANK FRAUD. You need to catch the people that are doing it rather than change the policy for cashing checks and all checks permanantly which changed a month ago. I hate your guts big time Wells Fargo for blaming everyone and me and my friend for bank fraud that is 1000% not our falt. Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I got a fake check in the mail once. I looked at it and ripped it up and threw it away. Don't believe people are giving you money, they are not. They are trying to rip you off.
I just received a check in the mail. Sender was from ZipRecruiter and wanted to pay me for house work. I’m going to deposit the check and keep the money
@iamnobody noone you can take the money they give you before they come take it before realizing the check was fake, dumb ass, leaves you negative but still cash in hand
When you get a check you are supposed to deposit it in your account. You can't spend the money until the check clears. Until then cash you take comes from savings in your account that was there prior to the deposit. If you try and get cash in a situation like this you might get arrested.
Even if you don't take money out the bank will burn you for depositing a bad check. They can even tell you it cleared and days later tell you it bounced. Then they'll often close your account and report you to the banking system. It's not fair if you thought the check was legitimate so be very careful with any checks you get. And don't do business with people you've only met on the internet, I learned the hard way.
That's why you don't deposit it. You cash it then cancel your bank account and change phone numbers. The scam only works if you do what they say. If they send you money then say send me back a certain amount, that's money laundering. But if you just cash it and keep the money its just check fraud which is a lesser crime and easily defendable in court.
I have same problem on 4yrs ago , At that time, I bought a newborn puppy on the website for only 800 dollars, but I received a check for 4,000 yuan. This was the first time I encountered this kind of thing. I just deposited the check without paying too much attention. Into my personal account, I was charged a fine by the bank because of insufficient account balance. The next morning I hurried to the bank for consultation. Later, the staff said that the check might be fake, but the other party left a message in the message asking me immediately Returned three thousand two hundred dollars to them, listening to the voice is a teenager of 17 or 18
when I'm offered one of these fake checks I just keep throwing them out and telling the sender that I never received it so please send me another one. usually after 5 or 6 times they give up.
Rusty Nail better yet dont open the envolope it came in and take it to the police and have them finger print its cpntents, I did this 7 times so far 6 of which have resulted in arrests.
@@rayknotts5846 You're lying. It's not up to the police to investigate this. It's actually the secret service that investigates this type of fraud. All the police do is take reports.
I would think the biggest red flag is not to cash checks for other people using your account specially if they ask you to pull some of that money out and send it back. idc if they say their mother dying. why can't they cases their own chair and send you the exact amount through. wiring... lol can you scam someone through wiring it from one account to another. thank goodness most banks have something like quick pay (chase) now. kinda like paypal but directly from one bank to another, I'm sure they'll soon try to use that too to scam ppl
When ever I sell something on Craigslist it's cash only we meet in person I'm not going to take a check or ship. I was selling a boat on Craigslist a guy came and looked at it said he wanted to buy it took out his check book and started to write a check. I told him cash only he said I could easily take it to a bank and cash it. I said so could he he left and never came back.
I remember that 1 time I received a check like this and the person who sent it was in demand that deposit but I verified 1st and then blocked them. They sent a check for $4500 and I also called the company on the check and gave them all the information from the caller.
Def happened to me! These people lied and sent me a fake check AND filed a fake claim through MY bank!! Now I'm stuck with having to figure out how I can save my bank account. SMH Lesson learned!!
this happened to my cousin she was looking for a work from home job and so she doesn't interview and they say we're going to send you a check so that you can buy this equipment that you're going to need a laptop etc. so they are like and then you keep the rest of the money for your sign-on.. But they tell her that this equipment she hast to buy from the third-party that they ask her to use.but they tell her that this equipment she hast to buy from the third-party that they ask her to use right here if nowhere else is where you should realize it's a scam, because why wouldn't they just pay the people for your equipment and send it to you and then send your sign on bonus separately? in a check to you? luckily, I brought this to her attention and told her I thought it was a terrible idea and so she didn't ever deposit the check. but it was like $10,000 and they wanted her to spend like seven on the "equipment".. we also looked at the company up, and the company was real, but there was no connection to that actual company.
Often the scam works by a person buying an item off of Craigslist. For example a motorcycle. The scammer sends them a check for $500.00 over the asking price and instructs them to send the excess it to a shipping or towing company that will come and pick up the vehicle. Of course the company never arrives. They also say you won a sweepstakes, lottery or were part of some class action lawsuit.
I received a check for $2,350.00 supposedly from American Destiny Real Estate Services LLC located in Canonsburg, PA. The company says its fake, is this common?
Had a couple of "clients" send me exact amounts owed. Did my usual due diligence: check print, spelling, font, routing number lookuo, addresses (one had same address as bank with street, building number, city, state but different zip codes{?}), Contacting the banks (companies and accounts exist {sometimes the company's name is just placed on a random account; in two cases, correct company, address and routing is correct check numbers were correct, funds were available) only to be told two to five days later after the regular holding time for some checks, the checks were fake. Contact the issuing company too to not only see if such a person exist but to alert them of a/several checks with their info is circulating.
Are you refering to your social security number as a bank rounting number if so to late the government has already caught on to that and everything is reversed with a day.
i got one. took it straight to the police department. of course it was fake. with the tracking number and mailed letter i helped put a lowlife in jail.
Cashing a fake check is forgery. Remember what happened to Akela Njoku and Chase? Chase jailed him for depositing a forged check and he lost everything. The lesson I learned from that was: Never cash in a fake check.
Lmao do you follow the case or you are just spitting shi*? That Man Njoku was released on Monday after they realize that it was a mistake and he requested for apology.
@@samadgafar6889 But still you never cash in a fake check or you can be charged with forgery. Often banks don’t know from right or wrong. If I cashed in a fake check, I would end up like Njoku.
Here is the link to the website that was mentioned. www.ffiec.gov/nicpubweb/nicweb/SearchForm.aspx or you can look up "National Information Center" it is a .gov website
That’s not how it works. I recently got scammed and in the moment you really don’t think this stuff is happening especially if it hasn’t happened to you. These scammers are condescending and manipulative
That's very true. These scammers are very crafty and know how to hide their tracks. I was the victim of a fake check and the bank burned me for it even though I had been doing business with them for years.
A while ago when i was pregnant and hit hard time in my life, babies daddy didnt even had money for a stroller, i thought this check was real, i tried to cash it, almost got police on me, bank closed my bank account....
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If anyone ever has you cash a check and is asking for money in return it's obviously a scam
Exactamundo
What if they hand me cash, and expect a fake check in return? What do I do then?
Didn't eat anything
always!
@@marsflee3815 A better question would be "What dumbass would ask for a fake check?"
If you get a check that has a corperate logo and a computer signed signature, run it through a copy machine, if the word void appears on the copy the check is real, if the copy looks exactly like the check, the check is fake.
Hopefully someone will read this reply: the scammers buy check printing paper so it looks real but the account is either stolen, fraudulent or flat out fake. The payment goes NSF and you are on the hook for the full check amount and any return payment fees.
As a banker who sees dozens of fake checks, here are some tips: if words overlap, thats a red flag. If font sizes don't match, that's a red flag. If the lettering is faded, that's a red flag. Easiest solution, however is to just call the bank listed and ask to verify it. Simple as that.
Michael Petros I'm sorry but i did that. I was asked by Capital One teller thst they couldn't authenticate the check so i was advised to call the bank on the check. Which i did, and behold, i was made to know that it was a good check. Imagine my surprise when i couldn't access my online accounts!
Question? What is your advice on getting an account elsewhere while still waiting for other bank to clear one's name? Wht are the options advised?
what if the check is real, but the payer cancel the check a few days after he gave me?
Michael Bey that happened to my dad, from a check from some dude claiming he was in the military
Michael Petros micheal how come when i went to deposit my pay roll check one time on my bank atm the atm machine returned the check back out to me because of insufficient funds???? You telling me that If i deposit one of these "fake" checks my banks atm will accept it??? If it accepts this phony check it means that there are funds in that fake checks bank account. I dont get it. Why is my banks atm not accepting my employer's pay roll check because of insufficient funds but will accept a scammers check???????? Please explain!!!!
I got one from wells fargo that looked real had perforation even showed to my credit union teller and checked it out had manager look at it also a new teller that just done taking fake checks all agree was really good looking but no good. Ask to take and notify fbi my tellers are awesome
That is an old scam older than the internet! Can't believe people are still falling for that!
Yes, as they say a sucker is born every day.
@@frankroper3274 what if u don’t send it back u keep the money?
they target elderly people
History repeats it self…come on you guys didnt pay attention in school
NOTHING IS "FREE!.
Joey K you gotta grow trees, go get some recourses to grow the trees, for free, please
Michael Wilson you need calories and protein to do daily pushups
Michael Wilson also go drink some water from any lake by you tell me how it goes
what about free samples?
My love is free...
My husband received one in the mail for $1700. Which at the time we could have used..he showed the letter, it stated he had to be a secret shopper for Walmart.
I called the company it was drawn on, and they were so thankful we didn't cash it. Their accounts had been hacked
Why is it that PEOPLE keep falling for this and also people NEVER NEVER NEVER let anyone use your account if they DO NOT have their own account there is a REASON WHY
cause we all know people give out free money and there is no such thing as scams ^_-
Your questions are due to this story being too slapdash and lacking in context.
True
Great advice
Can someone please send me the website that guy used?
In 2015 me and my wife sold something online and received a check in the mail. I dropped it off in the after hours box to deposit and 2 days later we are called up to the bank and accused of trying to pass a fraud check. We never had any bad checks or anything before that and had direct deposit going into our account. The bank froze our funds and the manager told us he should be calling the law on us. I begged him to because whoever sent me the check was ripping me off. He closed our account with the bank and at first was not even going to give my wife's direct deposit that had just come in to her and also turned it in against us. We had no clue what was going on. The check had never been processed or cashed. No charges were filed against us. The police found no wrongdoing on our part. But yet our funds were held up, we were kicked out of our bank, we were turned over to the bank systems which now prevents us getting another bank and looks really horrible on us...all because of a check just like this being sent to us for payment. The branch manager at the time of the Wells Fargo in Thomasville NC was just a young arrogant punk who could care less about the actual evidence basically just sent us up s*** creek because he could abuse his seniority like that. I never saw this news report and if I had I would have definitely pursued legal action against him for doing that to us. We got scammed. We got screwed by the bank. And the person that started it all was safely behind a computer somewhere and the police had no way to track him down and said even if they could find him there was no crime because the check was not cashed.
The police basically did not want to investigate because by drafting a fake check there is clear intent to defraud. Similar thing happened to me, person wrote me a bad check and the police said knowingly writing a bad check is not a crime but a civil matter. Now that I am older I would have had the proper state statute with me to show what crime was broken.
The second you deposited that check it was processed through the fed, dear.
Same thing happened to me. I couldn't trace the guy that sent the check. I was expecting payment so I wasn't trying to make trouble for the bank. But they cruelly closed my account anyway and put me on a banned list. I learned the hard way to never do business with anyone on the internet.
deposit the check but wait 10 business days before using the money to make sure the ck clears. 100% of the time the check doesn't clear.
Daniel Laprelle plus never send any money to the scammers, If they ask just tell them it hasn't clear the bank yet, tell them to just be patient there no rush here, plus I have more important things I need to take care of 1st😄
They will close your account anyways. They think bbn you are the scammer,or an idiot that shouldn't bank with them.
I wouldn't deposit it at all, at the minimum they're going to want some fees, and in some cases they have people arrested.
@@georgejones1485 They actually just close your account. For fear of you being an idiot banker or the scammer themselves.
Daniel Laprelle why not ask for a photo of the check then review it beforehand?
I know someone who thought they were doing a secret shopper job for one of those money sending services and got tricked by one of those fake checks. It so crazy cause they thought they were actually doing something for the money.
Well if someones trying to send you more money then owed then its obviously a scam. Who in their right mind would send extra money?
Nug tg a scammer
Facts
My sis fell for this today
It’s called greed.
Exactly! For most people,the thought of getting money without working for it is too tempting to turn down.Everyone should know you can't get something for nothing.People just don't give money away.There are always strings attached.
Someone I know fell for a similar scam. The scammer sent him a check, which he was supposed to deposit and then use that money to go buy "training materials" from the scammer. After he purchased the materials, the check bounced.
forgr kingpin piece of th past in az , faux autographs , faux trash , junk !
That sound like a scam, so I give you a check for you to deposit then you buy the material from me, why even send the check just send the material.
I have that check right now. I have to buy stuff to make my mini office at home to work from home. I'm just going to ignore them and not deposit the check. I just don't understand how they will get money from this.
@@luigiramirez29 They hope you will buy the home office gear before the check fully clears. What happens is they will be paid by the money that was already in your checking account. And if you don’t have the funds, depending on your bank, your account will go into the negative and you’ll be hit with overdraft fees.
No legitimate vendor ever sends a check for more than the amount and asks you to cash it and send money back.
Thank God for old people. I learn all the mistakes to avoid from you guys
Me to learn
Don't worry. After all the old people are dead and gone then you will be the one scammed.
Geisers and old Boomers are so easy to manipulate, my mother always said they are used to following orders or instructions. Idk Whud up but this is a 3 years old video.
@@murphyrod4839, I don't know about that. After all it's the Millennial and following generations that have been manipulated to believe:
1.) There are more than 2 genders.
2.) People can change their gender at will as as often as they like.
3.) Men can get pregnant.
4.) Men can become women and women can become men.
Then it's the Millennial and following generations that cannot figure out what they have between their legs.
Lmao right! They are the reason why their is no generational wealth and why we are trillions in debt so you can call it karma
Did people even think about trying a generic atm and see if the checks can actually be deposited or not because the generic ATMs at or outside a store sometimes allow you to cash fake checks
WOW
Exact same thing happened to us when we were selling some furniture. My mom got an offer and they sent a check for way more than we were selling the furniture for. My mom being an auditor and my natural distrust for stuff like this, we did our research before cashing it and found out it's an obvious fake.
Piece of th Past AZ major conman , faux autographs !.......9 aid him with faux autographs
I just got one to for the first time.
It was for $46.00.. I assumed it was a refund from a few weeks prior for a vehicle service I had gotten thinking my insurance maybe caught a mistake. I deposited the transaction showed that it went through... and then a few days later it shows -$51.00. I called my bank, the teller states since the check didn't go through on the otherside!? So now we have to charge the extra $5.00. This check looked real, I mean it even made it through the transaction process!?! I guess it could have been more, I don't even know where these people got my info.
I was a fake check victim nine years ago. If the check is from somebody I don't know or if they want me to return some of the money, I will rip the check into itty bitty pieces and throw it away. It pays to be cynical and not trust ppl
Cheryl Keil that's exactly what I'll be doing.
can you please tell me how this happened to you, what was it like and how did they get the check across to you
How?
Cheryl Keil I was fake check victim 3 times
Got my account closed
@@sherrysherrydillarddillard6398 and you fell for it three times? How stupid are you?
How about deposit one of these get the police called on you get sent to jail have your account closed and lose your job because of it
pavy415 it doesn’t work like that
congrats Franco you have been repoted for scamming :-)
so did i .. twice since the top of the page .. lol
Can happen. Depositing a fraudulent check is fraud.
Not gonna happen.
got one of those and turned it over to my neighbor who is an agent for the US Secret Service. I found out the check looked real but lacked "special features".
I think I’m in the middle of one of these scams, I was “hired” through indeed and got a check to buy my office supply for one of their “trusted vendors” currently waiting for the check to clear. What should I do!?
Fresa hey I need a job what's your employer
Fresa yo what happens dude ???? I think the same thing happing to me rn. Dude hit me on indeed and sent me a check for 1800 to get office supply
Add make deposit
What ever happened
Idk I don't see anything else posted, maybe this person went to jail????
Unless you know you are expecting checks in the mail do not attempt cashing them tear them up and throw them away.
I got a check like this once 5 years ago. I took it into my chase branch and had the manager take a look at it. She was able to confirm it was fake.
A link to the website would be helpful...
It's simple folks: If it's too good to be true, probably is.
If you get mail, checks or anything that you didn't ask for in your mail, email, phone text, etc. Stop being a curious kitty and just not open it. Toss it. That's it. If unsure, also google up the name on the mail, if nothing pops up, it's bad, if something bad pops up, it's bad. That's it.
If people weren't greedy it would be much, much harder to scam them.
Very true! Banks are not secure enough because they care about money more
I've had this happen to me so many times now that I just take the check and usually throw a shred it.
If it seems to good to be true then there is a high probability it's not
Don’t pull out the money until the check clears.
I got one from Walmart telling me to deposit it immediately I deposited it in file 13 the trash can
so what id we deposit the check get the cash and not send any , cant we just pay our banks back?
I just can't believe the United States still use cheques. Such an antiquated system the UK pretty much stopped using 20 odd years ago...
David B right lol
We use checks not cheques.
Whats that website again?
This happened to me recently unfortunately
Christian Gil and what happened?
I dont understand how this is even a thing? all you gotta do is wait for any cheque to clear , when I deposit cheques in my acc , the amount wont even show on my available balance until its cleared, So why would anyone fall for this? P. T. Barnum was right .
Omg that shadow guys voice will give me nightmares for weeks 😭😭😭
Yes. Do not deposit or cash a check for more than what you really are owed & then send back the difference to sender because you're honest. Your honesty will cost you. Imagine actually being owed $200.67 but "erroneously" sent $5,756.54. If your truly owed $200 ask for a correct reissue. Tear up the wrong check. Unfortunately, victims are told to keep an extra $100 for their troubles & to return the rest. Ouch! A week later the check is fake. Even if real, you may be unwittingly involved yourself in a money laundering scam. Ask yourself this: who sends twice what they owe you? No one.
never give money to anyone unless u r receiving something in return right there and then. period
Thank you for showing us the website but it’s literally tiny. I can’t see what the website is to check.
Guy wanted to send me a check for a car I was selling. Was going to make it for more than purchase price so I could pay his shipping agent who would come out 2 days later.I replied it would be 45 days, if the check cleared , I would then get back in touch with him.Never heard from him again.
Jon Smith wow same thing happend to me....
Wells fargo sucks so very bad. Went to the downtown portland branch today and did in Beaverton last week. They are all about money money money. I only make $333 SSI and the state for my caregiver because I am so sick sends me $22 a week in state checks that are GOOD. Both times because I cannot get ID because mine expired and the ids are so expensive I was told over and over there was nothing that can be done to cash my checks. Yet they said I could put these checks in a friends bank account that was a Wells Fargo account which is way less safer than going in line to put them through the tellers up frond. I have had an account with Wells Fargo for 29 years and this is how my friend and I are treated. My friend is slow due to many birth defects which are not his falt and he takes 30 meds which is also not his falt. All they said to us today over and over today was there was nothing that we can do about it over and over and over. My friend cannot get ID due to the fact he is dirt dirt poor. Leaving the bank today we encountered three homeless people on the corner trying to get money to survive that said they had $1300,$1500 and $2000 checks that they could not cash at all because they had no id and no agency would help them buy one just like my friend who is slow and it is not his falt at all. All three people got jobs like they are supposed to do and due to this one inadequacy could not get huge checks cashed. Wells Fargo sucks bad and permanantly. All you want is money money money and do not give a damn about anyone or anything. My friend will never be able to get an ID or these three homeless people and they cannot do banking at all. Wells Fargo does not want me or them to bank with them otherwise you would not blame my friend,me or the three homeless people for ALL BANK FRAUD. You need to catch the people that are doing it rather than change the policy for cashing checks and all checks permanantly which changed a month ago. I hate your guts big time Wells Fargo for blaming everyone and me and my friend for bank fraud that is 1000% not our falt. Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I got a fake check in the mail once. I looked at it and ripped it up and threw it away. Don't believe people are giving you money, they are not. They are trying to rip you off.
How do i get one of these checks
I just received a check in the mail. Sender was from ZipRecruiter and wanted to pay me for house work. I’m going to deposit the check and keep the money
How did it go?
Wat happened
@iamnobody noone you can take the money they give you before they come take it before realizing the check was fake, dumb ass, leaves you negative but still cash in hand
When you get a check you are supposed to deposit it in your account. You can't spend the money until the check clears. Until then cash you take comes from savings in your account that was there prior to the deposit. If you try and get cash in a situation like this you might get arrested.
Doesn't matter if the check cleared. It can be reversed weeks or even months later. Happens all the time.
Even if you don't take money out the bank will burn you for depositing a bad check. They can even tell you it cleared and days later tell you it bounced. Then they'll often close your account and report you to the banking system. It's not fair if you thought the check was legitimate so be very careful with any checks you get. And don't do business with people you've only met on the internet, I learned the hard way.
In the United Kingdom the cheque is more or less extinct. If someone even wants to pay by cheque it a huge red flag.
We in the USA still use them. They’re less common, but still accepted.
I just fell victim today and it’s sickening! Thanks for these red flag 🚩 alerts!
I learned this in forensics class, you gotta understand what's different between a real and fake check
What site is that?
That's why you don't deposit it. You cash it then cancel your bank account and change phone numbers.
The scam only works if you do what they say. If they send you money then say send me back a certain amount, that's money laundering. But if you just cash it and keep the money its just check fraud which is a lesser crime and easily defendable in court.
Thank You
Thanks! I almost fell for this one😨🥰👍🏻
I have same problem on 4yrs ago , At that time, I bought a newborn puppy on the website for only 800 dollars, but I received a check for 4,000 yuan. This was the first time I encountered this kind of thing. I just deposited the check without paying too much attention. Into my personal account, I was charged a fine by the bank because of insufficient account balance. The next morning I hurried to the bank for consultation. Later, the staff said that the check might be fake, but the other party left a message in the message asking me immediately Returned three thousand two hundred dollars to them, listening to the voice is a teenager of 17 or 18
I fell victim to this years ago
There needs to be a website where consumers can check the validity of a check.
did you not watch the video?
its called your bank moron
we did ;however, i cannot find that site they were looking at.
when I'm offered one of these fake checks I just keep throwing them out and telling the sender that I never received it so please send me another one. usually after 5 or 6 times they give up.
Rusty Nail ....hahahahaha yep.
Rusty Nail better yet dont open the envolope it came in and take it to the police and have them finger print its cpntents, I did this 7 times so far 6 of which have resulted in arrests.
@@rayknotts5846 You're lying. It's not up to the police to investigate this. It's actually the secret service that investigates this type of fraud. All the police do is take reports.
I would think the biggest red flag is not to cash checks for other people using your account specially if they ask you to pull some of that money out and send it back. idc if they say their mother dying. why can't they cases their own chair and send you the exact amount through. wiring... lol can you scam someone through wiring it from one account to another. thank goodness most banks have something like quick pay (chase) now. kinda like paypal but directly from one bank to another, I'm sure they'll soon try to use that too to scam ppl
sakura You beautiful! Can I have your #?
deposit it and wait for any check to clear before spending or sending!
When ever I sell something on Craigslist it's cash only we meet in person I'm not going to take a check or ship. I was selling a boat on Craigslist a guy came and looked at it said he wanted to buy it took out his check book and started to write a check. I told him cash only he said I could easily take it to a bank and cash it. I said so could he he left and never came back.
I remember that 1 time I received a check like this and the person who sent it was in demand that deposit but I verified 1st and then blocked them. They sent a check for $4500 and I also called the company on the check and gave them all the information from the caller.
I sent almost $2000 to them. I got the receipts and phone numbers names and everything back in 2015.
Ignorant people fall for this.
Anyone know where I can get in contact with one of these “Job scams”
Def happened to me! These people lied and sent me a fake check AND filed a fake claim through MY bank!! Now I'm stuck with having to figure out how I can save my bank account. SMH Lesson learned!!
That sounds scary :((
this happened to my cousin she was looking for a work from home job and so she doesn't interview and they say we're going to send you a check so that you can buy this equipment that you're going to need a laptop etc. so they are like and then you keep the rest of the money for your sign-on.. But they tell her that this equipment she hast to buy from the third-party that they ask her to use.but they tell her that this equipment she hast to buy from the third-party that they ask her to use right here if nowhere else is where you should realize it's a scam, because why wouldn't they just pay the people for your equipment and send it to you and then send your sign on bonus separately? in a check to you? luckily, I brought this to her attention and told her I thought it was a terrible idea and so she didn't ever deposit the check. but it was like $10,000 and they wanted her to spend like seven on the "equipment".. we also looked at the company up, and the company was real, but there was no connection to that actual company.
All the companies should stop making checks simply just stop printing out checks q
Take the check to the bank manager. He'll be able to tell you in less than a minute.
Why would of you cash a check you hadn’t earned and therefore knew that you were not entitled? Sounds like the scammer got scammed.
Often the scam works by a person buying an item off of Craigslist. For example a motorcycle. The scammer sends them a check for $500.00 over the asking price and instructs them to send the excess it to a shipping or towing company that will come and pick up the vehicle. Of course the company never arrives. They also say you won a sweepstakes, lottery or were part of some class action lawsuit.
just got one today 4850 wow im rich i sure did need it
Did you get locked out your acc
@@adrian21o no
Why did u get it?
PLEASE TELL ME the link address to the fdic site that validates checks. You skimmed over that part pretty quickly.
I received a check for $2,350.00 supposedly from American Destiny Real Estate Services LLC located in Canonsburg, PA. The company says its fake, is this common?
What's the name of this website to check the check
I was sent one then tried to cash it they called the cops and I went to jail for this even got convicted years ago!
What was the website to check checks
Had a couple of "clients" send me exact amounts owed. Did my usual due diligence: check print, spelling, font, routing number lookuo, addresses (one had same address as bank with street, building number, city, state but different zip codes{?}), Contacting the banks (companies and accounts exist {sometimes the company's name is just placed on a random account; in two cases, correct company, address and routing is correct check numbers were correct, funds were available) only to be told two to five days later after the regular holding time for some checks, the checks were fake. Contact the issuing company too to not only see if such a person exist but to alert them of a/several checks with their info is circulating.
Can someone reply to me that federal reserve website they were talking about I don't find it anywhere
victor vargas search up natioanal information center
Are you refering to your social security number as a bank rounting number if so to late the government has already caught on to that and everything is reversed with a day.
@@daveturner9491 thank you, I was looking for this website also.
Did she get arrested for this?
What's the website you used to check it
i got one. took it straight to the police department. of course it was fake. with the tracking number and mailed letter i helped put a lowlife in jail.
Couldn’t I deposit the check and then just not send the money back?
Confused by a check? If it's not earned or the exact amount owed, shred it and forget it.
That’s suspicious a huge red flag is you get a check and then they turns around and tells you to cash it and send them some of the money back.🤔
Start with the employee that raised the concern in the first place. It all starts there.
Robin Hensley ...
I just had this happen to me who do I contact to report?
I got the exact location of a ripper from a reliable hacker
I suppose if people see it as a windfall and don't follow up with the bank, that can be a problem.
Cashing a fake check is forgery. Remember what happened to Akela Njoku and Chase? Chase jailed him for depositing a forged check and he lost everything. The lesson I learned from that was: Never cash in a fake check.
Lmao do you follow the case or you are just spitting shi*? That Man Njoku was released on Monday after they realize that it was a mistake and he requested for apology.
@@samadgafar6889 But still you never cash in a fake check or you can be charged with forgery. Often banks don’t know from right or wrong. If I cashed in a fake check, I would end up like Njoku.
@G Kab He was Nigerian.
The point js some people don’t know it’s fake.
I got one for $20 and I refuse to deposit it
I get routing and account numbers mixed up
What's the website
Here is the link to the website that was mentioned.
www.ffiec.gov/nicpubweb/nicweb/SearchForm.aspx
or you can look up "National Information Center" it is a .gov website
This has been going on so long I'm actually surprised these saps are still falling for it.
Wow. It's truly sad that anybody would fall for such a blatant scam. So many people in this world lack common sense
Exactly!!!
That’s not how it works. I recently got scammed and in the moment you really don’t think this stuff is happening especially if it hasn’t happened to you. These scammers are condescending and manipulative
That's very true. These scammers are very crafty and know how to hide their tracks. I was the victim of a fake check and the bank burned me for it even though I had been doing business with them for years.
I got a check In the . Mail what do I do. Help
Wats the name of the federal reserve website?
One came on for me i tore it up thank God for the internet i have kids i really needed it smh
I have a question please, can a bank take 12 business days to clear your check??
It's illegal to take that long to clear a check because of economic concerns. Banks can reclaim funds if the check is "rotten."
A while ago when i was pregnant and hit hard time in my life, babies daddy didnt even had money for a stroller, i thought this check was real, i tried to cash it, almost got police on me, bank closed my bank account....
I saw one of those checks once and threw it in the garbage without a second thought, it's just common sense.
I got one and I just called the Bank of the check and the account had been closed.