Posted by PAW_Fl on 1/20/06 9:25am
Msg #89812

OT: Cashier's Check Scam

Charles Caruso, VP and compliance officer at 1st Constitution Bank, Cranbury, N.J., alerted ABA to a fast-moving fraud that has spread to eight states in a little more than 24 hours. It involves a letter and "cashier's check" purported to be from 1st Constitution Bank. The phony letter tells individuals "they have won a lottery prize and there is a processing fee that must be wired to a Western Union in Canada before they will receive their $100,000 prize," Caruso said. "The 'cashier's check' is to help ... with the cost of the processing fee, and as soon as they wire it back, plus about $500 more, they [supposedly] will be sent their $100,000 prize." For more information, contact Caruso ( [e-mail address] ).

Reply by TD_CA on 1/20/06 11:37am
Msg #89842

We had the same scam send to us! We already reported it to the Postmaster and the local police department. They even sent us a check for $50,000! The check was bogus!