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Fake Check Reports & Reviews (48)

- Parksville, NY, USA

Scammer's address 5891 lake wright drive, Norfolk, VA 23502, USA
Country United States
Victim Location NY 12768, USA
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

I received a priority mail from them with a check for $1950. I was told to keep 400 and buy $1500 in gift cards and the other 50 was for fees. I was then told to send text msg with pictures of the gift cards. If I did this in 24 hrs I would receive a $500 bonus if I did it in 48 hrs I would receive a $250 bonus

BBB Note as provided by the Federal Trade Commission: Consumer Alert

A scam story: Secret shopping and fake checks

By Emma Fletcher

Division of Consumer and Business Education, FTC

May 16, 2018

Scammers need a good story to get to your wallet. Once they find one that works, they use it again and again. One of their old favorites brings together fake checks and secret shopping, and we’ve been hearing a lot about it lately.

Here’s how it starts. You get a check in the mail with a job offer as a secret shopper. You deposit the check and see the funds in your account a few days later, and the bank even tells you the check has cleared.

Now you’re off to the store you’ve been asked to shop at and report back on, often a Walmart. Your first assignment is to test the in-store money transfer service, like Western Union or MoneyGram, by sending some of the money you deposited. Or you might be told to use the money to buy reloadable cards or gift cards, such as iTunes cards. You’re instructed to send pictures of the cards or to give the numbers on the cards.

Fast forward days or weeks to the unhappy ending. The bank finds out the check you deposited is a fake, which means you’re on the hook for all that money. How does that even happen? Well, banks must make funds from deposited checks available within days, but uncovering a fake check can take weeks. By the time you try to get the money back from the money transfer service, the scammers are long gone, and they’ve taken all the money off the gift cards, too. (By the way, money orders and cashier’s checks can be faked, too.)

The moral of the story? If anyone ever asks you to deposit a check and then wire or send money in any way, you can bet it’s a scam. No matter what they tell you.

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- Lancaster, SC, USA

Scammer's website ANTITERROSISTINTERPOLE IN GEORGIA
Scammer's address THEY DID NOT GIVE ME A ADRESS NOR CODE, Avondale Estates, GA 30002, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location SC 29720, USA
Total money lost $2,000
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

I HAD A CHECK FROM A ALASKA CUSTOM TO BE SENT TO MY ADRESS THEY MAIL THE CHECK TO ME BUT IT STOP IN GEORGIA AT THE ANTERRIOTERIT PLACE THE SCAN MY CHECK AND SAY I NEED TO PAY THEM BEFORE I GET MY CHECK SO I SENT THEM THE MONEY AND THEY NEVER DID SEND ME MY CHECK

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- Rock Hill, SC, USA

Scammer's phone (800) 956-4442
Scammer's address P. O. Box 74618, Chicago, IL 60675, USA
Country United States
Victim Location SC 29732, USA
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

I received a check in the amount of $100.00 from this person or company. The check said "Please direct any questions to: 800-956-4442. I checked out this phone number on the ScamPulse.com website. It was used in a scam from 2018. I want to know whether this is a scam or a legitimate check for $100.00 that I may cash without incurring some kind of liability or loss of information. I tried to upload a picture of the check, but this form froze up and would not work.

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- Spring, TX, USA

Scammer's phone (949)534-0240
Scammer's address 24422 Avenida De La Carlota Suite 400 Laguna Hills CA 92653, Laguna Hills, CA 92653, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location TX 77373, USA
Total money lost $722
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

Cashiers check

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- Chesapeake, VA, USA

Scammer's phone (571)639-6338
Scammer's address 737 Granby Street, Norfolk, VA 23504, USA
Country United States
Victim Location VA 23324, USA
Total money lost $3,000
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

Scammer used contract signed by Notary public Lauren M******* Reg # 7******. This contract had the lawyer J******** w******** on it. Scammer maintained contact upon till time for payment but was reluctant to pay. Started ditching calls

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- Bradenton, FL, USA

Scammer's address FL, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location FL 34202, USA
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

I believe I, unwittingly, became involved in a Craig’s List “Cashiers Check” scam. I placed an ad to sell a pair of Glass Panel Front Door Inserts on Craig’s List that I no longer needed for $500.00. Shortly after placing my ad I received responses from three individuals who seemed to be the same person. On Apr 1st. I was contacted by a John Katics ([email protected]) asking for the Glass Panels. Then on Apr.2 I received a response from a Gary Lavender([email protected]) and then from a Gary Wright([email protected]). It seemed harmless and genuine at the time and when I questioned him about all the names and email addresses, his response was that he had one email address for his cell phone and the other was for a landline, just for security reasons. He promised to pay for the panels with a cashiers check and was willing to add $50.00 for me to take my ad off of Craig’s List. Through several back and forth email messages he seemed to suggest that a moving company was to pick up the panels and mysteriously said that I should take the money for the panels after cashing the check. Then I should give the movers the balance. At this point I was totally confused until a check arrived carried by USPS. The check was in the amount of $2900.00 and written by Lincoln Recycling Services LLC, 4711 Dell Ave. North Bergen NJ 07047-2815. Strangely the USPS sender was not Gary Lavender or Gary Wright it had someone whose name is Jihong Guo, 1075 S Vail Ave Montebello, CA 90640-6019. By the way, an email from Gary Lavender gave me the tracking number (9405516902374844968055) that turned out to be the same number on the USPS package. I managed to speak with a representative from Lincoln Recycling Services (216 789-5463) and they claimed the check was not genuine or issued by them and was a phony. I don’t know what they are up to but this doesn’t seem to be legal transaction.

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- Macon, GA, USA

Scammer's website Indeed
Scammer's address 123 N Tyndall Pkwy, Callaway, FL 32404, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location GA 31206, USA
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

The scammer was for a job called Ascension Health for a work from home job and wanted to get me to deposit a fake check for work equipment.

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- Brookpark, OH, USA

Scammer's address 174 watercolor way are 103 #315, Cape San Blas, FL 32456, USA
Country United States
Victim Location OH 44142, USA
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

Received a check in the mail in the amount of $4870.00

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- Queen Creek, AZ, USA

Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location AZ 85142, USA
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

I am a minister with The Universal Life Church and they contacted me about a wedding they supposedly wanted me to officiate. They then emailed me saying they were sending me a check for the amount and then emailed me again saying that in the check included the amount for a photographer that bailed. They wanted me to deposit the check, keep my fee, and send them the rest of it.

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Scammer's phone (951) 703-0387
Scammer's website Only contacted me through text
Victim Location SD 57479, USA
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

I received a text from Nathan Teston claiming to be with Small Business Bureau that msg came first came from friend first saying she received $150,000 and check it out. I felt it was a scam but she said no.. SO I took the bate and called the number. Yes fill in information. Address etc with email! Also gave him a copy of my DL. At the end he was requesting I send $2,000. To get $150,000.00. Cash or check ..

now should I be getting a different DL?? Please let me know call or email. Me at

3186399578. You have my email

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Scammer's phone (357) 957-71627
Victim Location AL 35401, USA
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

The scammer asked me to help him pay for a delivery fee for a drilling machine as he is in another country and can’t use his bank account. He said the delivery fee is $5000, and he will send a check for me, the I could deposit the check and pay the delivery man. I didn’t want to do that as I think. $5000 is too much and unreasonable. Then he said he will send a check for $1300 only. Once the check arrived, the total amount was $6500, and the sender of this check is not under his name.

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Scammer's phone (323) 518-7059
Scammer's website Snapchat
Victim Location FL 33905, USA
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

They offered to help me fix my car n to write me 2 checks to deposit in my account n to send the remaining of the money to a church

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Scammer's phone (750) 000-00007
Victim Location VA 23606, USA
Type of a scam Identity Theft

I received a check for 2940.00 for no reason and it says to go buy a bunch of gift cards and take pictures of them and then send them to [email protected]

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Scammer's phone (602) 791-6997
Scammer's address Gilbert, AZ, USA
Total money lost $1,320
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

Took them cement bags was paid with a check of the company name when deposit my bank said it didn’t have fund and I was charged the amount of the check that I had despostes which was what they had paid me. There name used was Dominic Carstensen and also Alexandra Carstensen

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Scammer's phone (305) 791-0299
Scammer's website none
Scammer's address none, Omaha, NE 68114, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

Lori Taylor contacted me (Elk Roofing, Llc) through the ScamPulse.com and asked for an estimate for a new roof. She accepted the proposal and sent a check for $8976.00. I suspected this could be a scam because she was pressuring me to deposit the check and start the work. I looked up the address of the house and found that it was on the market to be sold so I called the real estate agent and he had no idea who Lori Taylor was. I then called the company that issued the check (Macroreal United) and found out that Lori Taylor was writing fake checks in their name and they had to close their account at Wells Fargo because several fake checks had gone through and the account was overdrawn. MacroReal United has had at least 7 calls inquiring about suspected fake checks and several that were deposited. They appear to be targeting contractors all around the country.

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Scammer's email [email protected]
Victim Location TX 75644, USA
Total money lost $500
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

I didn't they didn't get my money they could destroy my life financially. I received a FedEx envelope with a cashiers check and instructions for buying gift cards at Walmart it was an investigation of walmart and that they are not supposed to sell a certain number of cards and amounts at the same time. I was ti buy five 400.00 cards and what was left was mine and I was leary... So I decided I would just snap a shot front and back of cashier check and deposit it. Wells Fargo called a couple of hours later and told me that they were closing my account because check was no good. I said I didn't write it nor did I try cashing it or even spend anything why would I be treated like that. I thought I was protected by the bank. Boy, was I wrong my bank treated me like a criminal! Really? I got another direct deposit the following month and the next month I was trying to pay bills and my card was declined and they closed my account. Doesn't end there they have attached a "code" to my ss# and I can't open a bank account anywhere and it's been a month with zero dollars and I don't know if I can get Nov. I am going to be evicted I am at a loss for even thought much less words

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Scammer's phone 2485877571
Scammer's address 3400 Avenue of the Arts B116, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Victim Location PA 19131, USA
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

I just received this scam in the mail, it came priority mail with my correct name and address, the check is fake, lucky I can spot a scam a mile away, please warn others about this, especially the elderly.

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Scammer's phone 407-212-5639
Scammer's website Buymypod.com
Scammer's address 161 Blue Rock Rd, Burnsville, NC 28714, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Victim Location CA 93308, USA
Total money lost $47
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

I sent my used ipod in good condition to this company months ago they had a Norton security certificate, so I felt safe. I sent my ipod & received an email saying I would be paid in 3-6 days. It never came, so I emailed them again where they assured me they would send me a new one. It never came, I finally texted the number from their website for help & they wanted to pay me through a cash app. I said I preferred a check gave them all my address information again, still no check. Finally I was thrilled four months later to receive a check in the mail with a tracking number package & it didn't clear the bank thanks to insufficient funds in their bank account. So I got charged $12.00 for their returned check.

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Scammer's phone 18332339782
Scammer's address 300 Foulk Road suite 100, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Victim Location WI 53121, USA
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

I received cashiers told to do this and this I called the company stated they don't send items out like that so tore check up

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Victim Location 82801
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

Potential buyer sent me an overnight Cashiers Check, with extra money, $3,300, for shipping. You just deposit the check, then when it clears, you wire the shipping company the extra money! You wouldn’t think these FAKE CHECKS will clear, but they can for a short time, before bank realizes their bad . By then you send them funds and that’s it ! Your screwed !

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