FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) – A Fargo woman is warning of a new scam that targets both those looking to make some extra cash and a downtown business.
It started with a Facebook ad offering a sweet deal.
“It was advertisements for different companies that you can put on your car and they will pay you like $600 a week,” Carol Degenstein said.
Degenstein says she signed up early last week and received an envelope in the mail on Saturday.
“I opened it and I saw this check in there and I’m like, ‘Hmm,’” she said.
$2,400 sat at Degenstein’s fingertips with the attached instruction sheet telling her she could earn another $200 in Amazon gift cards if she deposited the check right away.
“I’m like, ‘Oh! I could pay off my school with this! I can get the dentist work I need done. I can do so much with this money!” she said.
But it all seemed almost too good to be true. So, Degenstein put on her detective hat. A Google search made the check seem legit, as the company name printed on the check brought her to a downtown Fargo business.
However, the Marsh and McLennan Agency says they didn’t send Degenstein that check and had no idea a scam with their company name on it even existed.
“I could have been out so much more,” she said.
Now Degenstein is urging you to be more aware and recommends you to investigate all checks you receive are real.
And most local banks say that if you have concerns on a check, they can help to make sure you don’t lose out.
In a statement today, Marsh and McLennan Agency says they are grateful Degenstein brought the issue to their attention, and say they plan to work with police to investigate the incident further.
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