Received a 2,500 dollar check.

[Itstjs]

Check came yesterday from a cab company out of North Carolina, with ties to HBT in Texas...Wasnt expecting it, but then again, Ive also invested some money through the Military into Government stocks and bonds, oddly enough for roughly the same amount...Im debating on cashing it, and when/if I do, I figure Ill let it sit in there for a few days in case its one of those scams where they ask for the cash back, but its real tempting to use it to go buy an AR and/or 12 gauge shot gun Ive been wanting...Your thoughts?
Check is also made out through my bank, but oddly enough again, I didnt have to sign for it and it came in a Menella envelope with the USPS paper glued to it.....Looked odd, so maybe I should follow my scenes and not cash it?
Your thoughts please.

 

[ZombieSlayer]

Contact the cab company!
I received a $3,000 check from a University in Washington, DC.
Yup, it looked real but it was fake.
They gave me a number for the FBI. I had to mail it back to them.

 

[Bob_M]

Contact the cab company!
I received a $3,000 check from a University in Washington, DC.
Yup, it looked real but it was fake.
They gave me a number for the FBI. I had to mail it back to them.

Good advise right there. Remember the old saying......If it sounds to good to be true, it probably isn't.

 

[nontechguy]

As long as it wasn't from Nigeria. :laugh:

 

[dcselby1]

If you are able to deposit that check and you spend the money YOU are responsible for the money if it's a bad check. A check out of the blue from you know nothing about from someone you don't know? Doesn't happen. At least in my lifetime.

 

[nontechguy]

So what would happen if you opened a new savings account just for that check and deposited it and just left it there? You haven't broken any laws, and if the check was bogus, (which it probably is), they would just close the account. Nothing lost but time.