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Consumer Alert

Avoiding a money mule scam

Bridget Small

Scammers are looking for people to help them move stolen money.

Fake Check Scams

If someone you don’t know sends you a check and asks for money back, that’s a scam.

Fake checks come in many forms. They might look like business or personal checks, cashier’s checks, money orders

Consumer Alert

Anatomy of a fake check scam

Colleen Tressler

Fake checks drive many types of scams – like those involving phony prize wins, fake jobs, mystery shoppers, online classified ad sales, and others.