No call, just a letter. It claims that I've won some sweepstakes in Canada and included a check that I'm supposed to cash and send back to pay the taxes. It's obviously a scam, but the check looks real, so I'm a bit worried that the poor company on the check (it's a real one in Houston, TX) is going to have their bank accounts raided by people cashing these checks. The check is drawn on Bank of America, so I'll be dropping by the local branch with it tomorrow to report it to their corporate security office.
If anyone else gets one of these, report it to the bank. With enough reports, maybe they can finally catch these scumbags. I've found reports of this particular scam on the web as far back as 2005, so they've been operating for quite a while.
No call, just a letter. It claims that I've won some sweepstakes in Canada and included a check that I'm supposed to cash and send back to pay the taxes. It's obviously a scam, but the check looks real, so I'm a bit worried that the poor company on the check (it's a real one in Houston, TX) is going to have their bank accounts raided by people cashing these checks. The check is drawn on Bank of America, so I'll be dropping by the local branch with it tomorrow to report it to their corporate security office.
If anyone else gets one of these, report it to the bank. With enough reports, maybe they can finally catch these scumbags. I've found reports of this particular scam on the web as far back as 2005, so they've been operating for quite a while.