Scam: Fooled – Not Me!
In recent months, we have seen a rise in a specific type of scam. We here at Kelly Community hope to give you the tools to protect your money from would-be thieves!
Scenario: You receive an unexpected call from someone claiming to be with the Treasury department. They tell you that a distant relative of yours has died and left you money, and they will send you a check. You received the check in the mail, so you bring it to the credit union to deposit it as the person instructs you to do. The person also instructs you to get a cashier’s check made payable to a specific person, and they will exchange the check for something of value like a car. You then take the check from your account, meet this person and exchange the check form your account for a classic car. The person you gave the check to immediately goes and cashes the check and then you discover the check you received in the mail is fraudulent. Now you are out all of the money, and the classic car is not worth the amount you lost.
What should you do? Hang up the phone! Do not talk about banking business with anyone you do not know when they call you!
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