Timeline for Received an unexpected cashiers check for over $2K from another state - is this some scam?
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| May 29, 2018 at 15:14 | comment | added | Fattie | It's a straightforward, common scam. | |
| Apr 24, 2017 at 17:32 | comment | added | Shannon Severance | Trying to cash a scam check may not be likely to land you in jail, but if it does .... "Shinnick said, he'd spent about $14,000 clearing his name." sfgate.com/business/article/… Google will find you many more instances of scam victims spending money to stay out of jail. | |
| Dec 3, 2015 at 8:10 | comment | added | Online User | Please take this check to a local police department near you. Now that you know it is more likely fake, make sure you report the check and take it to a police department. They'll figure it out and they will track him/her. | |
| Dec 2, 2015 at 17:40 | comment | added | Bobson | Just worth mentioning: This scam doesn't necessarily imply that her mystery shopper job is also illegitimate. It could be unrelated, or could be that the scammers got her address from that company somehow. | |
| Dec 2, 2015 at 3:21 | comment | added | user2338816 | Printing "CASHIER'S CHECK" on a form that resembles a 'check' doesn't create a "cashier's check". | |
| Dec 1, 2015 at 18:24 | comment | added | Hannover Fist | They want the shopper (your sis-in-law) to send $2000 from the cashier's check to the next shopper? Definitely a scam. They want her to cash the check, send them the money, then she gets stuck when the bank figures out that the check is fake. | |
| Dec 1, 2015 at 14:57 | comment | added | Dan Henderson | @littleadv it's not made out to me. That would be fraud. | |
| Dec 1, 2015 at 5:09 | comment | added | littleadv | @DanHenderson you have the image - print it out, give it a try. | |
| Dec 1, 2015 at 5:08 | comment | added | Dan Henderson | @littleadv I honestly think that being told "this check is no good" is a far more likely scenario than "you're under arrest". | |
| Dec 1, 2015 at 5:04 | comment | added | littleadv | @DanHenderson that would be considerations for your subsequent release and not having you charged with a crime. If you're convincing enough. | |
| Dec 1, 2015 at 4:43 | comment | added | Dan Henderson | @littleadv Well if you knew it was forged, sure. But I was more thinking if either: (A) you suspected something might be off, so you wanted to go to the bank it was written from so that you wouldn't get burned if it was (assuming said bank would only cash it if it were legit), or (B) you, in good faith, believed everything was completely above-board, but you happen to not have a bank account, so you go to that bank because their logo and address is on it. | |
| Dec 1, 2015 at 4:27 | comment | added | littleadv | @DanHenderson trying to cash a forged check doesn't seem a good enough reason for you? | |
| Dec 1, 2015 at 4:08 | comment | added | Dan Henderson | @littleadv What? Why? | |
| Dec 1, 2015 at 3:39 | comment | added | littleadv | @DanHenderson he would most likely get arrested. | |
| Dec 1, 2015 at 0:40 | comment | added | Dan Henderson | What would happen if OP drove to Minot, ND, and took this check into the Bremer Bank branch on 1st St SW, and asked them to cash it? (assuming OP does not have an account with that bank) | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 20:05 | answer | added | Concerned user | timeline score: -6 | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 15:17 | comment | added | keshlam | @random832: Banks may ask folks, especially the elderly, whether they're certain they aren't being scammed. Walmart employees aren't paid to care. | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 15:15 | comment | added | keshlam | consumer.ftc.gov/scam-alerts | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 15:01 | comment | added | Random832 | I'm surprised they're specifically demanding walmart money orders and not cashier's checks - a cashier's check would probably work for the scam, and wouldn't raise the question of "okay, why isn't this a walmart money order?" | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 14:27 | answer | added | gnasher729 | timeline score: 26 | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 13:53 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackFinance/status/671326116473360385 | ||
| Nov 30, 2015 at 13:38 | answer | added | user35338 | timeline score: 18 | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 13:24 | comment | added | user25276 | thank you for pointing that out @Mormegil. I will have to be a bit more careful in the future. | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 13:23 | history | edited | user25276 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 30, 2015 at 7:20 | comment | added | littleadv | Also, just noticed the "drawee"... Note that it is not the same bank name as on the left-top corner of the check. The left-top corner says "Bremer Bank", while the "Drawee" lists a totally different institution. | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 7:19 | history | edited | user25276 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 30, 2015 at 7:16 | comment | added | littleadv | Because MoneyGram doesn't issue cashier's checks, only official checks, which they issue themselves. | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 7:13 | comment | added | user25276 | Thank you @littleadv. A question for you: how is "Drawer: Moneygram" a giveaway in this case? | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 7:11 | history | edited | user25276 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 30, 2015 at 7:09 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Nov 30, 2015 at 7:08 | answer | added | BrenBarn | timeline score: 122 | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 6:55 | comment | added | littleadv | Yes, it is most likely a scam. "Drawer: Moneygram" is one of the giveaways, IMHO. | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 6:53 | history | asked | user25276 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |