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Second, seemingly legit, job posting that's contacted me after the fact to download Signal/Telegram. I'm in now way going to do it, not that dumb, just wondering if this is a new trend I'm not aware of?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I've never heard of this type of scam, but out of curiosity, what if I were to take their real looking fake check to one of those many terrible check cashing places? Would it end up being the scammers trying to claw back money from the check cashing place and those 2 groups fighting while I walk away with some cash? Cuz I'd be OK with that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

They report you to the cops for passing bad checks, which is criminal fraud.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

What would happen is:

  1. You take the check and cash it (assuming they accept it at all)
  2. They find out it's fake
  3. You have to give the money back before Rocco rings your doorbell with a baseball bat in hand

Doesn't seem worth it to me.

In truth though, they'd never accept the check. 99% of the time, scammers send an image of a check, then ask you to print it and use mobile deposit to put in your account. That way, nobody ever touches it and realizes it's a shitty jpeg on printer paper. It wouldn't fool anyone IRL.

Sometimes, they might send an actual check that they stole and doctored up, but that's too much work for a scammer most of the time.