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[quote=Anonymous]My DH is a freelance writer and someone tried to scam him with a fake check. Hired him to write, sent him a check for more than his fee saying extra it was for part two of assignment. He said it felt hinky and started looking closely. Check was a forgery, info stollen from a small church in the Midwest. He is a journalist and so reported scam to FBI, called the church to alert them…and then started trying to figure out who the scammers are and what their plan was. He told them he cashed check (he didn’t) and they then told him second part of assignment was cancelled, and to send back half of fee. He worked for days to try to identify anyone, but it was all stollen info and addresses and identities.

FBI and local police never even called him back. Total fraud was for about $6,000 and it just is too small for them to care, I think.

It pissed my DH off because they are defrauding churches and journalists who already paid so poorly. If you want to steal, can’t you steal from the rich? (Joking)

We think scammers found DH on LinkedIn. Not sure how they got his rate, but they seemed to know it.

Freelancers, beware.[/quote]

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