Don’t Cash Those “Free” Checks You Get In The Mail…
5 October 2006This is a new scam that basically targets people who are frugal-minded. You may have seen it from time to time in your junk mail - you get a free check for a small amount, say $10. You can go ahead and deposit it - you’re signed up for a service, and you’ll be billed if you don’t cancel within a certain period. Most people are kind of lax about it - they either don’t read the fine print or assume that the company has no way to contact and bill you. Turns out they do - because many of them got your address from your bank. And they’ve made a deal, so that if you deposit that check, the bank will back them up on the charges - directly from the account you deposited it into. Your best bet is probably to just stay away from this - it seems tempting to get free money, but this money has strings attached.
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