Victim Location 97754
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order
My story is identical to the one I just read. Only I knew it all along and went along with it so that I could get more info on them and report them. I was selling my parts car on craigslist. Scott Campbell and Alex (I assume Baker), all the info is the same as the other story, address, phone numbers, obviously the same scam. Wanted me to deposit the check (I don’t think so lol)
Victim Location 96786
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order
I posted products for sale on Craigslist for $400.
I get a text from someone who said (in short), “I’ll give you 500, if you can hold it and I’ll send you a check. I will have movers come get it once you have the check and have successfully deposited it.”
So I was basically like “ok sure”
I give them my name and address. They wouldn’t give me their name even though I asked a couple times.
The next day they text me from a DIFFERENT number.
I already had my doubts and now even more.
They said they sent the check to me and provided the tracking number for the postage.
I got the check the next day (yesterday). They texted me and said "it was delivered and I want you to deposit it ASAP via mobile app."
I told them "I want to go to the bank and it’s already closed so I will go tomorrow."
They said they "understood but don’t you have mobile app?"
I said "I do but I have a limit to how much I can deposit and this check is over the limit" (not true, but I needed them to get off my back) I didn’t feel comfortable depositing into my account electronically.
So the next day, I go to the bank to cash it and the banker said it’s a fake check.
So I texted the person and pretended all was well. I said “hey I’m at the bank and they just need your name and address to know who it’s from because the check has a business address on it”
They said "don’t go to the bank, go to the atm or do mobile banking."
So that’s the last I heard from them. They did tell me their name was Alex Baker when they texted me from the second number. And in the packaging the sent the check in, it has the name Scott Campbell and a return address for a residence in Texas.
I looked up both numbers via white pages and they’re both Skype or Google Voice numbers.
I looked up Scott Campbell with the filter of “Corp Christi, Texas” (from the return address) and found one result on Facebook. A guy who lives in Louisiana now, but lived in Corp Christi Texas in 2013.
I looked up the tracking history, and it did for sure start out in Corp Christi Texas.
The check they sent had two business addresses on it: "Buffalo Forklift LLC. 4624 Goodrich Rd, Clarence, NY 14031" and "Bank of America N.A 222 Broadway New York, NY 10038". The check Number is "99463863". The check was written out to me, and signed by an un-readable signature. The full number at the bottom of the check is "09946386302100032248306560388".
The return address on the envelope in which the check came in is, "Scott Campbell Apt E. 1130 E Belmeade Dr. Corp Christi, TX 78412-3820".The USPS Tracking number is "9405501699320158084290".
I hope I have given enough information to find this person, as they are more than likely trying to scam others also. If I would have tried to deposit this check via my mobile app, maybe there was a way that the sender could get my account information and possibly empty my account. I’m not sure how, but hackers know what they’re doing. The phone numbers are not actual cell or landline numbers, so I was unable to find who they belong to. They are skype/google numbers, which anyone can get with a fake name/email, and can change this number anytime. I have saved all the text messages, and have photos of the check and envelope. Please let me know if you need any of that. Please let me know the status as this goes on, and if you find out who is doing this. Thank you.
Victim Location 38012
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order
I received a letter in the mail from Alex Baker detailing my instructions for becoming a "secret shopper". I never registered for any such thing. The letter claimed I need only deposit the enclosed check (written for a sum greater than 2,000 dollars) to begin my "secret shopping".