Atlantic Marketing & Logistics Management Inc Authentic-looking check for $3,770.42 enclosed! In these hard times, who wouldn't want it? WATCH OUT! New York New York

Alice....it isnt your bank account information they're after........its the money they want you to send them. The check is drawn on legit company's and legit banks....it never ever gets sent back to the scammers.

I deal with forged and altered/counterfeit checks almost daily. They are not after YOUR info but rather the money they demand you send them via Western Union or Money gram because they know its virtually impossible to track it that way. Being as most of these losers are outside the USA, they KNOW the USA cant prosecute em. That and the fact that they are long since gone once they get the funds that are sent. The names they use arent for real.....nothing they do is for real other than picking up the money that they get people to send them.

I am glad you caught it though.....kudos for you

I scanned the front and back of the check enclosed in the letter from Atlantic Marketing & Logistics Management Inc. Then, I pasted them onto PowerPoint to consolidate the pictures into one, indicating the front and back and covering specific data to ensure the privacy of our identity.

When I openned the new file in Microsoft Picture Manager to crop the file, I also clicked on Auto Correct to see if could make the print at the back of the check to come out clearer. Lo and behold! The words "VOID" appeared across the face of the check. I looked at the actual check again and you can't see the words "VOID" even if you put the check against the light.

I guess you won't really know that the check is invalid until you try to deposit it. When the Teller processes it, she will tell you it is void when they use their security checks. However, by the time you both find out, your Bank Account Number might already be entered into the banking system such that whoever is behind all this might already have gotten your information thereby making it easy for them to empty your bank account! No wonder the instructions say call them first before you deposit the check!!!