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FakeChecks.Org Fraud Education Site

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Here is another site aimed at educating web users on how to protect themselves from phishing scams. The site has videos, stories and a fraud test.

From Fake Checks:

This Web site was created by the National Consumers League (NCL), the nation’s oldest nonprofit consumer organization, as a central source of information and advice about fake check scams. NCL created the site in collaboration with the Alliance for Consumer Fraud Awareness, a coalition of consumer and business organizations, government agencies, and companies that are committed to fighting fake check scams.

Some of the participating organizations are:

* American Bankers Association
* American Express
* BITS/The Financial Services Roundtable
* Capital One
* Fifth Third Bank
* JP Morgan Chase
* Publishers Clearing House
* Visa
* The Western Union Company
* The National Consumers League (NCL)
* United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS)

Check it out.

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  • Patrick McNulty said,

    October 15, 2007 @ 9:22 pm

    I am getting emails saying that I am the recipient of 850,000 from an HSBC bank in London via Fedex with insurance charges. Just sounds to good to be true!

    Dave Lewis said,

    October 15, 2007 @ 9:37 pm

    @Patrick

    HA! I’m afraid so. :D

    Richard Shaver said,

    October 31, 2007 @ 3:02 pm

    I had an email not long ago from the uk online lottery and I had won 502,000 pounds Sterling and go to [REDACTED] @yahoo.co.uk with my winning number. Do you know if this was a scam?

    Dave Lewis said,

    October 31, 2007 @ 4:14 pm

    @Richard

    Well, did you enter a UK lottery? Chances are, no. You can be pretty sure that this is a scam especially with an email address of “yahoo.co.uk” or any other free email account for that matter. If you apply some measure of rationality to the situation you’ll see through the scam.

    cheers

    renetta price said,

    November 18, 2007 @ 10:47 am

    My husband and I have been taking care of his mother’s mail since her death in Illinois. We recently received a come on addressed to her from Union Clearing House out of Vancouver, B.C. Sent a check for $2,990.00 drawn on M&T Bank as the payment of processing fees on the big prize of $67,010. Of course the check is held until you send in that amount to them. Wondered if you are familiar with this scam and how do I let people know about it? I don,t think his mother would have reacted to this without checking with us, but she was 91 years old.

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