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Funny money: don't cash that check.(mail fraud)(Brief article)
What could be better than opening your mail and finding a check for thousands of dollars? Lots of things, if the check is like the ones at right. Unsolicited mail with seemingly valid checks has been showing up in increasing numbers around the U.S. this past year. But those checks are not only fake--they also could cost you hunAdreds of dollars. That has led federal agencies to issue alerts about them.
The temptation takes many forms. Mail we've seen says that you have unAclaimed lottery winnings or have been chosen for a mystery shopping assignAment, perhaps after posting your rEsumE online or auctioning a product. The enAclosed check (we've seen them for up to $4,850) bears the name and address of a real business or financial instituAtion that has no role in the scam, and it might be labeled as a cashier's check or money order. But any phone number listed could be answered by a scammer posing as an employee of the ...
- Tell it the FTC. (car dealerships that perform credit checks on consumers...
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Mannix, Margaret May 4, 1998 700+ words
...raised the question of whom to complain to if a car dealer pulls a credit check on you before you initiate an actual transaction. The answer: You should notify the Federal Trade Commission, which plans to go after dealerships that do this; it needs...
- Online Neutrality Check.(Federal Trade Commission)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Chemical Week December 6, 2000 700+ words
Online marketplaces that claim to be "neutral" may soon need to prove it with a guarantee from a third party, says Paul Penler, director/e-market assurance services at accounting firm Ernst & Young (Cleveland). No uniform standard to judge claims of neutrality online exists today, but FTC is
- Rebates Targeted by Federal Trade Commission - Expertise in Demand.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 18, 2006 700+ words
...spent and 400,000,000 rebate checks are issued every year. -- Marketers...has attracted the attention of the Federal Trade Commission, legislators, and state...Commission for not delivering rebate checks on time, and yet another vowed to...
- Eye-Care Alliance hails Federal Trade Commission ruling.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 1, 1989 700+ words
...CARE ALLIANCE HAILS FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION RULING WASHINGTON...praising Wednesday's Federal Trade Commission action to...to have more frequent check-ups. The ruling is...Eye-Care Alliance; Federal Trade Commission ST: IN...
- Qchex Obtains Key Ruling in Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Case.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 30, 2007 700+ words
...significant setback for the Federal Trade Commission, the...delivering" unauthorized checks via the Qchex website...ability to send "paper checks" online using regular...program's proprietary Check Messenger(TM...magnetic ink at the check's destination...users may cause Qchex ...
- G7, Neovi and Qchex.com to Challenge Novel Legal Theory of the Federal Trade...
- Press release article from: Business Wire May 11, 2009 700+ words
...September 2006, the Federal Trade Commission ("Commission...and sale of Qchex check creation and delivery...delivering their own checks to third parties...from standard paper checks. The resulting visibility...technologically advanced check service for the benefit...consumers to ...
- Debiting technology sprouts through FTC barriers.(CRABGRASS TECHNOLOGY)(Federal...
- Magazine article from: Response Urso, Nicole November 1, 2004 700+ words
...regulation is an ardent task for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), one that...they read an agreement and check a box that gives a marketer...the routing number and the check number. "So with that information...actually physically print out a check. We print out a check and...
- ID theft billion-dollar industry, says Federal Trade Commission.(Portfolio)
- Magazine article from: Mississippi Business Journal Garner, Gary N. July 21, 2008 700+ words
...industry, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC...purchases are made using check and credit cards, it...purchases so you can check it against your statement...card receipts, canceled checks, travel itineraries and tax documents. Check your credit report Reviewing...
