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Letter: Watch out for check scams

Ann Pearson writes:
There is another scam hitting older persons; you get a letter from "Kroger" asking you to cash a large check and buy iTunes cards and rate the stores. You deposit the check and go buy what they ask only to find out the cashiers checks they sent you are fake. Whatever amount of money you have spent is out of your pocket.

There have been 2 victims of this scam in Adair County alone. You have sent them the numbers to the iTunes cards already so they have what they want and you are liable for the money you spent and people are told there is nothing anyone can do about it, you're just out your money and "you should have known better". --Ann Pearson
Comments re article 99810 Scam switches your bank deposit to a con artist's account

Ann -- Thanks very much for bringing this to everyone's attention. Any deal that involves depositing a check in order to withdraw the funds from your own account to purchase/send on to another person should be viewed with caution. Read more about similar scams at FTC.gov




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