Hmmm... that "Discreet Bill, Inc." sounds a lot like a porno collection agency. Had I ever used a credit card on a porno website sometime in my past? Not only no, but hell no.
I was supposedly charged on my credit card by "Netfill", or "N-Bill", or "Mid Services corp.", or "Webtel".
The attached letter explains:
The unauthorized charges were incurred by you many years ago, and you may no longer have the credit card that was charged.Oh well of course! No description of the charge, no date of the charge, no identifying the credit card involved. Further I am directed to:
Please cash this check no later than August 10, 2009. After that date , your check could bounce and you could be charged a bank fee.You betcha.
There is a website to go to for more info: http://www.ftc.gov/os/caselist/9823616.shtm
So I went, and it contains a bunch of scanned records of a case in 2000 against the above mentioned folks and companies, finding them guilty, fining them millions, and ordering them to not engage in this sort of stuff for ten years.
Guess what? It's been ten years. I had a Colorado address ten years ago, but this "check" came to me, correct name, correct address, correct Zip, here in Texas.
My conclusion... They are up to something again, and are willing to pay anybody $27.00 - apparently with a real check - to get your bank, your bank account number, your bank routing number, and your signature.
Along with a correct name and current address, what could a few professional scammers do with that sort of information?
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I received the same check had the same questions. Any real info would be appreciated. Thanks Jay
Not a very good scam. They may actually be paying off what they owe. If it is a scam, there will be a bunch of fine print on the back of the check where you sign, that - distilled - means you're signing your life away to some club at $100-300 a year which will be automatically deducted from your account!
Check with BBB.
Also, make sure it's an actual law firm issuing the check, not the rip-off artists themselves. All legitimate class-action lawsuit settlements come issued from either the defendant's attourneys, or the clerk of the court where the case was settled.
I got $168 out of one of them once. They're not all frauds.
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