Read this ... carefully!
http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/news/cnwin0607/scams.html
Extract:
"In these cases, the depositor most likely will be held responsible for the entire amount of the fraudulent check."
Instead of cashing the check, or sending it back, take it and the envelope in which it came to the post office. They will use it as evidence and pursue the scammer.
I received a call from this number asking for my address so they could send me prize money for a sweepstakes I had won. I guess the first person who won had a jerk for a son and when they called to try to send her the money the person was rude.
2 weeks later I received a check in the mail for 5,000. I don't remember entering, but I'll take free money any day!
Read this ... carefully!
http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/news/cnwin0607/scams.html
Extract:
"In these cases, the depositor most likely will be held responsible for the entire amount of the fraudulent check."
Instead of cashing the check, or sending it back, take it and the envelope in which it came to the post office. They will use it as evidence and pursue the scammer.
This was probably a month and a half ago. I took the check to Bank of America, which was the bank the check was written on, gave them my ID and walked out with the cash. I didn't want to give them a chance to change their
their mind and realize I never entered lol.