I recieved two checks in the mail with my name and address in the upper left, made payable to my gas company and my water/sewer company. They were allegedly written on my bank, Citizens Bank, and were close to what I pay in monthly bills.
There was no accompanying letter and I could not make any sense of them. I wondered if they were rebates, refunds for overcharges, or bonuses for switching gas providers--but none of those things really made sense when I thought it through.
After researching it on the Internet, I found reports on this site and others of similar scams linked to the phone number on the checks. It seems to be a variation on their scam of sending checks made out to individuals that look legit until after someone cashes them.
Don't send them to your utilities; it's a scam and you could be charged with trying to pass a fake check!
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I recieved two checks in the mail with my name and address in the upper left, made payable to my gas company and my water/sewer company. They were allegedly written on my bank, Citizens Bank, and were close to what I pay in monthly bills.
There was no accompanying letter and I could not make any sense of them. I wondered if they were rebates, refunds for overcharges, or bonuses for switching gas providers--but none of those things really made sense when I thought it through.
After researching it on the Internet, I found reports on this site and others of similar scams linked to the phone number on the checks. It seems to be a variation on their scam of sending checks made out to individuals that look legit until after someone cashes them.
Don't send them to your utilities; it's a scam and you could be charged with trying to pass a fake check!