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You have withdrawn the money from your account or cashed the drafts at your bank but have not spent or sent the money.  You still have all the cash in hand.

Cease all correspondence with the scammers.  Do not open or answers their emails.  If you have caller ID, do not answer their calls.  If you do answer the phone, hang up as soon as you realize who is calling you.  If they persist, blow a whistle into the telephone.  If you are being threatened, please go here: http://www.fraudaid.com/threats.htm

If you have been corresponding with the scammers by email and/or have gone to a web site they told you is theirs, you are at high risk of Identity Theft even if you have bad credit.  Go here: www.fraudaid.com/id_theft.htm.

File a Scam Email Report with our Law Enforcement Support Division.  You will find step-by-step graphic instructions for your email service here: www.fraudaid.com/find_headers.htm.

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You have withdrawn the money from your account or cashed the drafts at your bank  but have not spent or sent the money

  Contact your credit union by phone and speak with the Operations Officer, Manager, Assistant Operations Officer, or Assistant Manager.

  Take note of the date and time of your call, and the name and title of the person you speak to.  Keep this information in a safe place.

  Explain that you just found out you are a scam victim and that the draft(s) you deposited will be coming back.  State that you have the money in hand and are re-depositing it.

  If possible, make your re-deposit at a different branch and take a trusted witness with you who is not an employee of the bank.

  Make sure you don't leave without your deposit receipt.

  Ask to be given the returned drafts or a copy of the returned drafts so yu can file a law enforcement report.

  File a report with the FBI online (not at the local Field Office): http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx.  Be sure to keep the acknowledgment email.

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  File an FDIC report:

R Make a copy of the of what the returned draft(s).

R On a separate piece of paper, write:

Counterfeit draft received.

 

You can contact me at:

Jane Doe

123 Main Street

Anytown, State, Zip

(555) 123-4567

  Send to:

FDIC

Special Activities Section

550 17th Street, N.W.

Room F-4040

Washington, D.C. 20429

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If your circumstances do not fit the above solution or if you have difficulties negotiating with your bank or law enforcement please write to so we can review your problem and offer alternate solutions or intervention.