Rcvd letter and check for $4880 in mail today with a letter explaining what the check was for and what to do with the funds AFTER I cashed the check. I was extremely suspicious. My first clue was the fact that although this company was trusting me with supposedly $4880 of 'their' money they couldn't seem to afford a separate phone and fax line. I continued to read the letter. I'll call the number on the very official looking cashier's check and verify if the check is good and if the funds are present. The check is drawn on a small bank hq'd in Huntington, TX.
I dialed the toll free number listed on THE CHECK for the bank, I was given a series of options, I chose, 'verify check'. I was transferred to a woman, who immediately arose my suspicions! Instead of FIRST asking me for the ACCOUNT number on the check, she asked me for the check number, once given that, she asked for the Payee (WHAT?), THE LAST thing she asked me for was the account number. I never at ANY point told her that this was a cashier's check. A legit bank verification session does NOT proceed in this manner! After she eagerly 'verified' the check was 'valid' our call was concluded.
Now, I pretty much knew from the start of my verification that this was bogus, in addition to the above, I noticed that a distinct TX twang was missing from her voice and was also missing from the voice of the automated answer girl. A small TX bank?? but no one has a TX twang. I'm on the phone with someone in TX for like 5 min and I hang up and sound like a Texan and this woman lives and works in TX and sounds french canadian?? Possible yes, but highly unlikely, REMEMBER SMALL TEXAS BANK!!
So I got online and looked up Huntington State Bank. It does exsist, has a website and no toll free number. So I call the number listed on their website for the HQ in Huntington, TX and I call that number to verify the check. I spoke to a VERY Texas speaking young woman who was wonderful. She FIRST asked me the ACCOUNT NUMBER the check was drawn (THIS IS PROPER VERIFICATION PROCEDURE). Once I gave her that, she IMMEDIATELY told me the check was fraudulent, counterfit and DO NOT CASH IT!!
I am so very gratelful that I researches this b4 I got scammed. BE WARNED WORK FROM HOME OPP IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE! Even the most educated of us could be potential victims. DO your homework!
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