A bank teller's warning saved me from a phishing trap

Back in March I was at my local Chase branch on Main Street in Austin trying to deposit a check. The teller glanced at it and said 'you know this is fake, right?' I was about to cash a check from a 'new client' who had emailed me about a concrete job. Turned out the email was a scam, they wanted me to deposit the check and send back the difference. That teller walked me through how the scam works, she'd seen it three times that week alone. She showed me the misspelled bank routing number and the weird font on the check. Now I always verify any payment email by calling the company directly from their website, not the number in the email. Has anyone else had a stranger or service worker catch something your own brain missed? What red flags do you check for before touching a check these days?

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ray_campbell463d ago

Fake check" and I'd have deposited it while bragging about my "new client"!

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