Victim Location 29403
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order
I had a bike rack on sale on Craigslist. Someone offered to buy it, but couldn’t pick it up because of a family emergency ("I had to run to the hospital because my father was in the er"). I said OK, there was no hurry. After that, a rigarmarole began about sending a check with a larger amount with a "tip" for my inconvenience, and how I should download a mobile banking app. I cancelled the transaction, since it was clearly fraudulent. Today I received a check for $2500 for a transaction which would have been for $25 if it had been completed in the normal way. I called the company on the check, SD Info Services LLC, and they had some more nonsense about how they had told the bank to hold all transactions and they were investigating. When I asked to be connected to their lawyer to add my experience to their "investigation," there was no lawyer. I then called Key Bank fraud hotline to let them know about the affair. Obviously I am not cashing the check, but equally obviously this SD Info Services is not on the up and up.