I'm getting $10.5M!!!

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Angler;2644657;2644657 said:
No, you are. I read over your email again, and it is so official sounding; I think it's legitimate.
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yay! :D
 
You wouldn't believe the amount of people that still fall for this, it blows my mind. I work in banking and get at least 15-20 people per week coming in with these letters trying to accept wires or cash checks they get with letters like this. What they want is for you to release your routing and account numbers so they can make the counterfeit checks like the ones in reverse's post. The worst one I've seen was a customer of mine that got taken for a couple hundred grand. Unfortunately he never thought twice about giving them his numbers because the amount promised was so big. All the withdrawals were made in a 48 hour period. The worst thing about scams like this on is that FDIC insurance does not cover this type of thing, so he had to pay us back the money from his own pocket. the only thing he could do was file a police report, but unless they catch whoever the funds went to (usually out of the country) he's stuck.
 
sunnyman;2644694; said:
You wouldn't believe the amount of people that still fall for this, it blows my mind. I work in banking and get at least 15-20 people per week coming in with these letters trying to accept wires or cash checks they get with letters like this. What they want is for you to release your routing and account numbers so they can make the counterfeit checks like the ones in reverse's post. The worst one I've seen was a customer of mine that got taken for a couple hundred grand. Unfortunately he never thought twice about giving them his numbers because the amount promised was so big. All the withdrawals were made in a 48 hour period. The worst thing about scams like this on is that FDIC insurance does not cover this type of thing, so he had to pay us back the money from his own pocket. the only thing he could do was file a police report, but unless they catch whoever the funds went to (usually out of the country) he's stuck.
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Why would FDIC cover fraud losses, that fund is to protect depositor's in the event of a bank failure.

And the check guys do not care about your account number, they just want you to cash the check and wire off the money, then the check is returned against your account. And you pay.

The people looking for the account numbers are the wire fraud guys, they need your account and routing number so they can fax or call in a request to wire money, many times the wire are going to Russia as of late.


Lots of fraud........mailed in checks, directly to the bank are the latest. The bank deposits the check that is mailed in, the con artist calls you and tells you to check your balance, you realize there is an extra 3000 in your account. They tell you they wired you the money but they need you to wire a portion back to them. After you wire out the money, the counterfeit, mailed in check, is returned and you are out some money.

Happens a lot around the holidays....
 
I work at a bank as well and yes we see at least 5 of these a week. The sad thing is - people get burned, when common sense tells you 'when something seems "to good to be true" - it is'...:cry:
 
still cant believe that people continue to fall for this stuff. are they that desperate? or just really gullible?
 
Sorry Cardona this was yours too

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