Victim Location 35801
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order
Received a check that comes from Deposit Finance Department. There is no address. Just a check sent to business for you to deposit. There is a phone number to call if you have questions. We did not call number and we did not solicit them.
Victim Location 43004
Type of a scam Phishing
On March 6, 2017 our business received a letter in the mail with a check for $68,000.00 claiming that it is for business capital. A business capital check to be used for business expansion. The Check No. is 472160217; however, no bank is listed. To get this deposit, telephone number/877-848-6058 branch/Ohio. Also listed on letter is available and ending balances. At the bottom of the letter is: Questions: Call this number 877 848 6058 to get deposit, your bank account could look like this. (Tracking Code No. 0217-0BS-28789). The check is listed in my husband’s name with our home address.
Victim Location 11222
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order
Received the mail today with a check from Department Finance Department in the amount of $68,000.00. Claiming this is Business Capital Deposit and should be invested in my company. I immediately googles it and seen that people reported this check as a scam.
Victim Location 37771
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order
The check doesn’t have a routing or account number, and at the top it says this is a Business Account Statement
Victim Location 81401
Type of a scam Investment
They sent me a check to cash for $68,000.00 to help build my business. I don’t have a business. There was no address, no information about the business. Just a phone number.
Victim Location 98208
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order
A check for $68,000.00received in postal mail that looks like a real check, front and back, including fingerprint security and color background and watermark. No explanation included. Attached to a faux "Business Account Statement" . Probably some sort of money laundering attempt, or exorbitant interest rate loan, or some other theft attempt.
Victim Location 03801
Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan
Received a fake check in the mail for 36,000$ with a tracking number and no routing number. Called to ask further questions, but need credit account number to give a deposit see attached for more details.
Victim Location 20815
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order
We received the attached at our business location. It appears to be a check for $68,000 but the small print on the reverse side indicates otherwise.
Victim Location 61615
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order
Received check in the mail for $68,000 out of the blue. Attached letter said if I do business with them they will put $99,000 in my bank account.
Victim Location 82501
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order
Our office received the attached document last week. Looks like they are trying to get account information in order to receive the funds listed on the fake check. There is no company name or address on the documentation. Just a toll free number some where in Nebraska.