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[Brit Abroad 166]

I would head down to the local police station and give them all the details. If they are doing their job they will take the information and pass it to the relevant agency/bureau for investigation.

Why? Because it's fraud and it's potentially money laundering. Neither of those charges (or suspicion of them) are anything that USCIS wants to see on an immigrant and it could come back to bite you in the butt later, when you file for citizenship. The problem is that financial records leave trails. Banks record bounced checks and, by law, banks are obliged to maintain records of any financial transactions for a MINIMUM of 7 years.

If it was me, I'd be covering my rear post haste.

[CHUBEE JESS 1]

THIS HAS HAPPEND TO A FRIEND I KNOW DONT CASH CHECK YOU WILL GO TO JAIL TRUST ME.

[wendy&tamer 10]

IT IS FRAUD, I work with the post office and see this type of fraud very often. When something seems too good to be true most of the time IT IS.

[NY_BX 397]

Take the check, make a copy as evidence and file a police report. As long as they don't have your social security number more than likely you're safe. If they do, you must contact the federal trade commission and file another report. Then pull out a credit report with equifax and make sure your credit hasn't been compromised. Once you do all this, file a police report. Then you call the federal trade commission again and give them the police report number.

In the meantime, enroll in Identity Guard. And please, please please, do not absolutely verify any information over the phone. If this company calls you, tell them there's nothing to verify and to please stop calling you. This is a very dangerous scam, not only for the loss of money but for the incredible chances of identity theft. They will continue to target people with brand new social security numbers.

Now, to avoid this from happening again, always check the company your applying for. Go to the Better Business Bureau. Google them, etc.

Good luck!

Edited November 13, 2011 by NY_BX

[Olomi_811 130]

Take the check to the police or your local news station so others know about the fraud being committed.

[boch 0]

Definitely do not try to cash the check. Report them to the police or postmaster and hopefully that will help prevent others from being scammed.

You may also want to consider purchasing some type of identify theft protection. These services will monitor your credit reports and alert you if they notice anything suspicious. That wont stop someone from using your personal information to steal from you, but it will make it harder.

Some examples:LifeLock, TrustedID, Identity Guard.

[bigdog 376]

Go to your bank, or local police fruad unti, fbi with your evidence immediately.

[NY_BX 397]

Definitely do not try to cash the check. Report them to the police or postmaster and hopefully that will help prevent others from being scammed.

You may also want to consider purchasing some type of identify theft protection. These services will monitor your credit reports and alert you if they notice anything suspicious. That wont stop someone from using your personal information to steal from you, but it will make it harder.

Some examples:LifeLock, TrustedID, Identity Guard.

I have Identity Guard. Here in NY, some apartment complexes ask YOU to bring your credit report, instead of having them check it. This is to help the customer because the more credit checks we have on reported, the lower the score becomes. So, if you're applying for several apartments and all of them are taken after they checked your credit, they'll be affecting you unwillingly. They give a list of reputable websites and the number of the 3 agencies where they must provide this free. So I chose Identity Guard. I am pleased with the service. You can enroll your bank accounts, credit cards and of course you ss# for fraud alerts. I get emails of activity alerts if there was something reported on my credit. When you pay off a balance, for example, and a creditor reports that, IG emails you. If something's wrong, you call and they telly ou exactly what to do. I recommend it for anyone, especially if you travel a lot and use credit cards overseas.

Edited November 13, 2011 by NY_BX

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

Actually unless you live where your check came from the post office is the best equipped to deal with this. To use the mail to commit a crime is a serious crime and they will hook up with the feds to try to identify and arrest this person. You can contact the credit agencies and ask them to put an alert on your account so that you have to prove your ID to open new account. Talk to your bank also. I forget the backside of the scam, they sometimes access the account details from the cancelled check and then hit the account and empty it.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

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[D N Medellin COL 75]

To the original poster - shred the check, stop any further communication with the scam'er and move on with you life and job search.

[Roe 3]

Don't worry about your information (name, and address, and phone number, etc) being known. This is all in a phone book! Getting someone's school information and work data is easy as well. These scams are very popular and they want you to think that they know you. They scam hundreds if not thousands of people everyday.

Shred the check and go and enjoy the day!

[kali1229 6]

Take the check to the bank, tell them it's a fraudulent check. Don't even second-guess yourself. The bank will send that check to an agency that deals with fraudulent checks and tries to track down where it originates and lets other know about this kind of fraud. They will also hook up with the appropriate authorities to stop this. I would also get some sort of identity theft protection. These people have information about you and fraudsters are very, VERY smart nowadays. I wouldn't risk it.

I work at a bank and we see these checks often.

[Horees 2]

I would like to thank you all for your support

I really couldn't cannot do without you...

I don't have bank account or credit card yet...but defiantly, once I get them, I'll enroll in any identity protection programs.

I repeat my thanks to all of you. It's highly appreciated

[Shenzhen 34]

Don't be a fool do not cash that check it's 1st of all fake. You will be the one they come after for the whole $3000 dollars of the check. EVER HEARD OF JAIL?

2nd you will not receive any laptops. THIS IS A SCAM SCAM SCAM RUN AWAY. Never post a resume on line with your real data. JUST AN EMAIL. I will tell you another scam my friends daughter in law was selling a wedding dress on ebay for $1500 dollars a guy bought it from England. SHE IS IN USA he sends her check for 2000$ he tells her to cash the check and send him the dress keep the rest for the shipping. She does it the check bounced 2 weeks later the bank is calling her for the 2000 back. She already sent him the dress and and the left over of the 500 bucks. SCAMMED She lost the dress and 500 bucks.

Listen to what people are telling you.