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Jan/090
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Is this a Scam or Fraud?
Is it a scam or fraud if some one sends you a check in the mail for 2,000 dollars to pay taxes and administration fees for money that they say you have won ($50,000). It's from a agent called Latex Finance Incorporated, an agent of Euro-Million Lotteries. The check looks legit. the check has Netzero-Department CRM , Woodland Hills, CA, in the upper left corner and the name of the bank is Silicon Valley Bank/ Mellon Bank, N.A. Pitsburg, PA. could this be a real check
If this is a scam it is what is called a Lottery Scam where a winner is informed they have won a contest (which they usually have not entered and have no knowledge of) and asked to send money in to claim the prize or they are sent a check and asked to send money back to cover fees associated with claiming the prize...
So whether this is a scam depends on many things. Usually when it is a scam they ask you to send a portion of the money back to pay for taxes and administration fees associated with claiming your prize. They ask you to wire the money back to them so that by the time you realize the check was fradulent the money you sent is gone.
As a bank teller I advise you to take the check to your bank and ask them to examine it. Even if they think it is a good check ask them to put an extended hold on the check so the funds are not available to you until the check has cleared. I will advise that most banks consider 11 days to be an extended hold (according to the US government) but that may not actually be enough time to know if the check has actually cleared. I would advise more like a 21 day hold to be safe.
If they have asked you to send money DO NOT DO IT UNTIL THE CHECK HAS CLEARED YOUR ACCOUNT. I have never had a customer that sent the money they were asked to send and actually had the check clear their account.
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