NOBLE DISTRIBUTION E. AM I BEING SCAMMED? ripoff HOUSTON Texas

That check is not from the scammer's bank account.

The check is sometimes forged using a laser printer and knowledge of a third party's bank account number. They can get those numbers by stealing a laptop from a bank or other company that has account information. The check then has all the right numbers on it to fool the victim's bank long enough for them to send cash via wire.

Alternatively, the company's blank checks were stolen -- from the mail or a break-in. In that case, the checks are real, but the signature is forged. Those checks take even longer to be discovered since they are even sometimes accepted by the issuing bank, and the fraud is only discoveed when the account holder notices a lower-than expected balance, or even not until the bank statement is examined the next month.

Eventually the check gets returned as fraudulent. The money that was deposited to the victim's account is then debited. The money from the fake check never existed in the first place.

So cashing the check can only ever hurt the victim. There is no monetary risk to the scammer.
Turn the check into your police department, or a branch of the bank.

That check is not from the scammer's bank account.

The check is sometimes forged using a laser printer and knowledge of a third party's bank account number. They can get those numbers by stealing a laptop from a bank or other company that has account information. The check then has all the right numbers on it to fool the victim's bank long enough for them to send cash via wire.

Alternatively, the company's blank checks were stolen -- from the mail or a break-in. In that case, the checks are real, but the signature is forged. Those checks take even longer to be discovered since they are even sometimes accepted by the issuing bank, and the fraud is only discoveed when the account holder notices a lower-than expected balance, or even not until the bank statement is examined the next month.

Eventually the check gets returned as fraudulent. The money that was deposited to the victim's account is then debited. The money from the fake check never existed in the first place.

So cashing the check can only ever hurt the victim. There is no monetary risk to the scammer.
Turn the check into your police department, or a branch of the bank.

That check is not from the scammer's bank account.

The check is sometimes forged using a laser printer and knowledge of a third party's bank account number. They can get those numbers by stealing a laptop from a bank or other company that has account information. The check then has all the right numbers on it to fool the victim's bank long enough for them to send cash via wire.

Alternatively, the company's blank checks were stolen -- from the mail or a break-in. In that case, the checks are real, but the signature is forged. Those checks take even longer to be discovered since they are even sometimes accepted by the issuing bank, and the fraud is only discoveed when the account holder notices a lower-than expected balance, or even not until the bank statement is examined the next month.

Eventually the check gets returned as fraudulent. The money that was deposited to the victim's account is then debited. The money from the fake check never existed in the first place.

So cashing the check can only ever hurt the victim. There is no monetary risk to the scammer.
Turn the check into your police department, or a branch of the bank.

That check is not from the scammer's bank account.

The check is sometimes forged using a laser printer and knowledge of a third party's bank account number. They can get those numbers by stealing a laptop from a bank or other company that has account information. The check then has all the right numbers on it to fool the victim's bank long enough for them to send cash via wire.

Alternatively, the company's blank checks were stolen -- from the mail or a break-in. In that case, the checks are real, but the signature is forged. Those checks take even longer to be discovered since they are even sometimes accepted by the issuing bank, and the fraud is only discoveed when the account holder notices a lower-than expected balance, or even not until the bank statement is examined the next month.

Eventually the check gets returned as fraudulent. The money that was deposited to the victim's account is then debited. The money from the fake check never existed in the first place.

So cashing the check can only ever hurt the victim. There is no monetary risk to the scammer.
Turn the check into your police department, or a branch of the bank.