Dec
12
2008

What is check fraud?

Check fraud or cashier’s check fraud is a very profitable source of money for hackers. Let me to present this method to you. First, the hackers send thousands of e-mails with a job offer at their fake company. The e-mail shows like a legitimate job offer (which isn’t ) to a out-US company (like Spain, UK, Italy ) and it appears to be send by some of the biggest sites of jobs in US (which is also false). If you fall for this you will reply to them. After that, they will send  you a contract where it is explained with good and chosen words what you need to do for the company. Your job will be to receive and cash  out some checks from the company and retain a fee (which is your salary) and send the rest of the money to them through services like WesternUnion or MoneyGram. After you will sign the contract you will receive the first check in 5-7 days at your home. You will cash it and you will send the rest of the money to them. You’ll be happy because you have earned some bucks without no work, but you are wrong because in a few days the check will bounce and you must pay the debt to the bank. This kind of fraud is real and you must try to avoid it.

The check fraud can be also related with a car sale. You will try to sell your car on the biggest websites from the web. The hackers will email you and they’ll make you a offer that you can’t refuse (yeah right). If your car is $2.000 they will offer you a check of $6-7.000 to ship the car (they also will pay the shipping) and the rest of money also must be sent to them. You can’t believe such an offer, but you are going on. You will receive the check, cash it, send the rest of the money to them, and also prepare the shipping of the car. In a few days you will realize that the check bounced because was a fake check and you must pay.

Another tips to avoid such tip of fraud are: inspect the cashier’s check very good  (if you have another one put them together and look for differences; you will see it fast), ensure that the amount of the check matches in figures and words, contact the financial institution on which the check was drawn to ensure legitimacy, obtain the bank’s telephone number from a reliable source, not from the check itself, be cautious when dealing with individuals outside of your own country.

If you will follow these advices you might have a chance to escape from the check fraud. Otherwise you must pay all the debt and in generally is quite big. Be safe.

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