So, Mr. Thief, you thought you could steal money from McCrabby's account, or from the poor, uneducated people you prey upon, by using McCrabby's business account. Well, WE CAUGHT YOU!!! Well, we didn't actually catch YOU, but we caught what you were doing and we stopped it, 20 minutes after your first victim tried to cash a check on McCrabby's business account. How do you like them apples, Mr. Thief??
Yes, you cost McCrabby a little time, and about a hundred bucks to reprint checks for the new account that was opened within 20 minutes to replace the one you hacked. But no more... And, we have copies of the fraud checks you wrote, and of the bogus emails you sent, and we've filed it all with the police -- we realize it probably won't stop you, but.. it stopped you this time; now you can go print some new checks from some other account and start again.
For those honest people reading this post, perhaps an explanation is in order. So, here goes: Some slug of an individual apparently got a copy of, or at least a look at, one of McCrabby's business account checks. By taking that information (routing number and account number) to some printing company, this slug (can't think of a better word) printed up checks under the company name with the existing routing and account numbers.Then, he preyed upon uneducated, poor people, who needed money, and "hired" people on Craigslist, or other places, and sent them $2000 - $2500 in fraudulent checks. He told them to keep the $400-$500 he agreed to pay them, and then to "send on" the remainder to some other slug.
The victim (no other word here, either) goes to his bank, cashes the check, and wires $1500 - $2000 on to some "contractor" or "other service provider," who is "fixing up the home we're moving to" or performing some other service.
A day or two later, when the bank that cashed the check discovers it was bogus, they ask the victim for their money back. The victim, has to return the money they kept, PLUS the "extra" funds that they have already forwarded on to a now-vanished recipient.
Don't fall for this -- if it sounds too good to be true... you know the rest.
Anyway, Mr. Thief (Mr. Slug), we caught it and you aren't getting any money here.
Might we suggest that you take all this energy and effort, and work a legitimate business, where your talents will be recognized and you can still sleep at night.
How's that work for you?
Would you join our site now? We'd love to see you.. You can sign up on the left where it says "join this site") so we can see your picture. And follow us on twitter (@curtmacrae), where we don't post much, but we'd love to see you there. McCrabby has gotten hacked twice on Facebook, so we have left that site for good. Sorry...