It amused me so I played along got the check, same instructions, $2, 550.00. When I received th SMS, replied my bank had a 21 day hold before releasing funds. Never heard from them again! My question is they are using the USPS, doesn't that constitute mail fraud ? Isn't it illegal use the USPS to fraudulently steal from US residents ??? Why can't the feds investigate and track these a____holes and arrest them?? I know it doesn't stop the scams, it does however stop these individual's....Don't figure, they'll spend year's investigating medical marijuana shops, but a bu nch of thieves. Who knew???
DEF A SCAM! JUST RECIEVED MY MESSAGES ALONG WITH A TEXT TO GO COMPLETE MY ASSIGNMENTS. WHEN I WENT BACK IN THE EMAIL TO FORWARD THE MESSAGE TO A COP THE EMAIL WHICH HE SENT FROM CHANGED . BE AWARE OF THIS!!!!
I received one of those checks in the amount of 1902.00 from a Yolanda Phillips and instructions to go to Walmart and Western Union and I am to deposit the check in my account and when it clears I am take 200.00 out and use 50.00 to shop with at Walmart. I was to send the rest of the money to someone in the Phillipines. This is just a bogus piece of bulls**t.
Good heavens! They send you fake checks in the mail, too? I'd bring the check to my bank and show it to an officer.
The old scams never do go away, do they? These rackets are the same as the ones that say you can work from home -- with a modest start-up fee. If it looks too good to be true, avoid it.
For those of you who want's to be rid of these scammers. Nothing can be done except to reply to their text that you know it's a scam and to say, " some peoples children, where do they come from". Going to your bank is not going to help.