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bigrod33
September 8, 2009
fake check
I received a check for a grant that I didn't apply for. It was from someone named Linda Spaulding. She said that I received a grant for $10, 000.00. The check was for $959.85. After reading the complaints about this I figured how could I receive a grant that I didn't apply for?! Beware!
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RahRah
September 3, 2009
Scam
I too received one of these checks made out for $949.22. I was suppose to return a 4.045% commission to receive "the big check" of $9, 050.78. At first thought wow! Is this from one of the grants that I applied for? Reading the portion about sending in a commission to receive yet more money did not sit well with me. This is from the same lady Linda Spaulding that everyone else has complained about. I am so glad I checked this is out online which brought me here. This is so bad. In times like these when people are struggling to make ends meat and here you have someone that is willing to put you out on the street and loose yet more money. How do these people sleep at night? Please let your friends and family know that if they get anything like this in the mail to report it and not cash it. We need to spread the word.
The envelope was post marked from Santa Clarita, CA.
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SavedbyGrace1
September 2, 2009
fake check recieved
my husband recieved a check- same 957.71 with promise of 9, 042.29 more after cashing and sending 4.03% to Linda Spaulding. I researched it and fake fake fake. I am contacting the bank, and the money pak company to trace the merchant ID number, and the police. I suggest we all do the same. I am glad it did not come in my daughters name. she is just starting college and we have been applying for all kinds of grants and scholarships- which is even why I looked at this at all. BE Careful everyone. - Lisa
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081050
August 20, 2009
Check
I also recived a check saying to send Linda Spalding 402.50. I called the bank they could not give out any info. So I called Moneygram Payment Systems Inc. they verified that the check number has been destroyed. I informed them that I would turn this over to the police.
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privettespring
August 19, 2009
check
do not send me anything else unless it is a real check
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Jane Ward
August 17, 2009
Linda Spaulding
This company sent me a check for $956 that I needed to cash and then return a 4.023% commission or $402.50. Since the check was sort of fuzzy and someone was offering something for nothing I new it was a scam. I looked on this site and here it was. This site is very helpful.
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ncrumby
August 14, 2009
Thanks for the data!
Thank you so much for the previous reports about this scam. I am making a report to the FBI to see if they can do anything. I have been told before that if there is no monetary harm, they can't do anything. Seems like you have to be taken in to get any kind of help. A word to anyone who was taken in... contact your local FBI office immediately. Your bank is not your friend.
Nathan
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noyzkids
August 6, 2009
CHECK
Received a check in the mail from the same Linda Spaulding for 977.00 asking me to cash or deposit into my account and send 4% back to them on a Greendot money pak ... I got the number off the net and called US bank and called and talked to a guy in the fraud department and he told me it was a scam ...PLEASE BEWARE...if anyone can tell me who to report this to it would definitely be appreciated, please post on here and i will check from time time
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Nicolemonica
July 24, 2009
FRAUD- BY CHECK
My husband just received one of these checks in the mail today. We actually almost deposited it. I have contacted the proper authorities to resolve the issue. Thanks for this web site to protect innocent consumers.
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ms missy
July 9, 2009
not an official check
I received the check in the mail also, I actually took the check to US Bank and asked them if it could be cashed because I wasn't about to take it to my bank. I got caught up in another one of those scams before. Hopwever, US Bank said that they could not pull up the account number for the check. I took it to a place where they do money grams, because it also says at the bottom of the check, issued from moneygram payment systems, and money gram had no record of the transaction, nor would anyone else cash the check, please be aware of these things coming in the mail, especially with no return address on the envelope, or phone numbers on the checks.
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