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Jul 23, 2015
>> I received a bank check for four times the asking price? <<
Do NOT attempt to cash that check!
Instead, bring it and the envelope in which it came to your local post office.
The postmaster will pursue "using the mails to defraud".
Read this ... carefully!
http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/news/cnwin0607/scams.html
Extract:
"In these cases, the depositor most likely will be held responsible for the entire amount of the fraudulent check."
Do NOT attempt to cash that check!
Instead, bring it and the envelope in which it came to your local post office.
The postmaster will pursue "using the mails to defraud".
Read this ... carefully!
http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/news/cnwin0607/scams.html
Extract:
"In these cases, the depositor most likely will be held responsible for the entire amount of the fraudulent check."