Watch out for scams over the internet especially on this holiday season. A church from Austin, Texas is way familiar with the types of scams from the Craigslist site. It had been over 6 months now that they have heard of somebody sending out some fake checks that appear as checks from their church. The checks are for amounts that are much higher than what the item is said to be worth. That way the seller would have to send back to the extra amount to the buyer by cash. Unfortunately they will eventually find out that the check was actually fake and so they got scammed of real money.
It is quite unfortunate that churches like the church in Austin are being attacked by this fraudulent activity said one of the accountants of the church. 40/29 had taken the checks to a bank to see if it will pass and the bank employee said the ink quality of the said checks concerned her. The paper does not even have security features. If a fake check has been issued, the person who wishes to withdraw the money will be held responsible for the money by the bank once the check has been proven to be fake.
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