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February 01, 2013 08:45PM
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/14/2013 04:23PM by CAscotch.
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February 01, 2013 09:00PM
Maybe she was scamming us since none of the numbers add upwinking smiley

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February 01, 2013 09:24PM
I don't think she is scamming us. I think the inability to add and the ability to be taken in by the scam might be sadly related, though.
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February 02, 2013 06:20PM
My sister-in-law is a bank teller and she says they see at least one of these scam checks every single day at the branch she works in (and this is in a small town in Ohio). That bank has a set script that they read to the folks who bring them in. Basically, it tells them that these checks are likely to be a scam, don't cash them unless they were sent from someone you personally know, proceed with caution, blah blah blah. She said what's sad is that even with the warning over 90% of people still insist on going through with the transaction and then get mad at the bank when they find out they were had.
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February 02, 2013 06:29PM
They should require the customer to sign a statement acknowledging the message and make them write "I agree that if this check is found to be fraudulent that I will reimburse the bank out of my own pocket every penny that was advanced to me."

That might give a few of them pause. We are so conditioned by credit card policies to think that we don't have to lose money, of the loss is limited to $50, if we are fraud victims and that's just not true in these scam situations involving checks.

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