- Report: #744490
Complaint Review: Trustnet Financial Express - Brighton Massachusetts
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Tina -
Newton, Kansas, United States of America
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Trustnet Financial Express
130 N Beacon Brighton, 02135 Massachusetts, United States of America
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647-839-0134
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Trustnet Financial Express Steve Brown Sent me a fraudulent check, deposited it to my acct like instructed in letter. Bank of America closed my acct. Brighton, Massachusetts
Was sent a check for $3,690.68 along with a letter from Trustnet. I called Steve Brown as requsted in the letter. Steve told me to deposit te check into my checking account then call him back so they can send the balance of $50,000 I won. Several hours afer depositing the check, I tried to look at my bank account online. I was having problems signing on so I called Bank of America. I was then told my account was in the process of being closed due to my deposting a fraudulent check. I had no idea (but should have known better) that it was a hoax. I am on SSI with direct deposit with Bank of America. Now I have no checking account and called SS 1 day too late to stop the direct deposit. I am beyond irate with these people as well as Bank of America and their "policies". So come July 3rd when SS tries to deposit my check into my now closed account, Bank of America will send my check back to SS. I will then have to wait for them to cut me another check. These people have caused me a world o trouble. I called Bank of America, cried, begged and pleaded to no avail.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Karl
Highlands Ranch,Colorado,
USA
Encore presentation of- SCAMERICA POEM
#2Consumer Comment
Fri, June 24, 2011
SCAMERICA POEM
Come to Scamerica
Have a wonderful life
Get married and have children
Then cheat on your wife
Be a lawyer or a banker
Defraud people each day
Get a paycheck and a bonus
Then be on your merry way
SCAMERICA is rotten
SCAMERICA is broke
Controlled by corrupt people
Almost all are a JOKE
Guess this poem is over
The USA's sinking- it's true
A 'S'inking 'C'orrupt country
No longer for me and for you.
End.
"SCAMERICA POEM" was originally posted at this site on May 22, 2010. Just type in 603724 and it appears as 'Consumer Comment #19' at Ripoff Report #603724.
Thank You
WELCOME TO AMERICA- ONE BIG 'SCAM'
Robert
Irvine,California,
U.S.A.
Actually...
#3Consumer Comment
Thu, June 23, 2011
You may want to thank Bank of America..here is why.
This is a scam, and one many decades old at that. These people send you a check, ask you to deposit it and once it clears send back a majority of the check in the form of a Western Union(if they hadn't told you this that would have been the next step). Now, when the check finally comes back as counterfeit(and it will) guess who is on the hook for the money..YOU. So YOU are going to owe the bank the amount of the check. If you think you can just get them to send you another check to make up for their "error"..WRONG. They are LONG gone and remember sending the Western Union, well that is untraceable.
In the past banks would just clear these checks leaving the account holder out several thousand dollars once it came back as a fraudulent check. Banks do appear to catching these on a more regular basis. But since you are trying to deposit a countereit check, they consider that a risk and many banks no longer want that risk that you may do it again so they close out the account.
So while it is a bit inconvienient for you now, just be thankful that they didn't clear the check so you could send the money and owe another few thousand dollars back to the bank wondering why they didn't "protect" you more.
Take this as a learning experience. ANYTIME someone you personally do not know and trust sends you a check asking you to send any portion of it back to them. You have to figure it is a SCAM and under no circumstances should you even try to deposit it.
