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Arrogant American
Some of you probably know about this, but for those of you who don't...My wife & I were recently the victims of a scam, where the perpetrators (perps) steal your outgoing mail (bills with checks in them). Then, the checks are "washed" and made blank again. the perps then write and pass the checks under your name & account. The way that you'll catch this is when one of your creditors notifies you that they haven't received payment. That's because it got stolen right out of your own mail box!!! The recommended course of action then, is to get the actual check back from the bank, take it to the police & they will turn the case over to a detective & be investigated. The amounts of the stolen checks are typically small, to avoid attracting attention. In my case $61 & change. Here's the kicker...The cashier even took down a driver's license number & it wasn't mine!!! So don't count on a cashier doing their job the way they're supposed to. I'm going to contact my lawyer on Monday & find out if I can take action against the store (Wal-Mart), for their negligent check acceptance blunder. And I will let you all know what I find out.
The best way to guard yourselves from this scam, is to mail your checks from a post office (I know that it sounds like a pain in the ass, because it is), but that's your safest bet.
The best way to guard yourselves from this scam, is to mail your checks from a post office (I know that it sounds like a pain in the ass, because it is), but that's your safest bet.