STAR CAPITAL SECURITIES INC CHATHAM ONTARIO Star Capital Securities Inc and all the employee's along with Fifth Third Bank should be run out of business CHATHAM ONTARIO Ontario

This is a typical example of a fraudulent check associated with a scam. These scammers are extremely savy -- including 800#'s for contacting them and also for telling you exactly what you want to hear. I have worked for 5/3 Bank for 9 years and have been personally associated with customer's experiencing this type of fraudulent activity. I have directly told customer's that the check (which can be drawn on ANY bank) is a fraudulent item and not to send the money as requested in the letter. Even my experience with this type of fraud has not encouraged people to listen. The idea of there being any possibility of that type of money being awarded seems to draw people in -- usually to something they suspected wasn't right to begin with. Any time you send out a check you are potentially exposing your own checking account to the scammers. They can use your checking and routing number to create copies of your checks and the bank checks. Just because a check says "official check" or "cashier's check" doesn't necessarily prove its true value. Be careful, seek advise from your bankers (not the teller, but a manager) and believe that when we say something is a scam, it usually is. Sorry that you experienced this but the fraud and scamming is only getting worse and more savy.

You expect it to be 5/3's fault that you didn't research something this suspicious? This is one of the most common forms of fraud for some time.

It's too bad you were taken advantage of, but the bank was taken advantage of as well. The bank shouldn't be held responsible.

So the scamsters picked 5/3 Bank as the name to put on their phoney check. Why is this 5/3 Bank's fault? What if these scammers used YOUR name & address on their next phoney check? Would that make it YOUR fault?

So the scamsters picked 5/3 Bank as the name to put on their phoney check. Why is this 5/3 Bank's fault? What if these scammers used YOUR name & address on their next phoney check? Would that make it YOUR fault?

So the scamsters picked 5/3 Bank as the name to put on their phoney check. Why is this 5/3 Bank's fault? What if these scammers used YOUR name & address on their next phoney check? Would that make it YOUR fault?

So the scamsters picked 5/3 Bank as the name to put on their phoney check. Why is this 5/3 Bank's fault? What if these scammers used YOUR name & address on their next phoney check? Would that make it YOUR fault?