Mercantile Bank of St. Louis NA

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Permalink Reply by Scamraider on July 17, 2009 at 9:50am

Hi Marie,

Thanks so much for joining -- we'd love to help you, but we need some additional details first.

Was this an unsolicited check? Did it arrive with a letter? Did they ask you to do anything with this money?

Did you attempt to cash this check? And did you inquire with Mercantile Bank of St. Louis as to whether this was a legitimate check?

Please let us know and we'll provide you with as much detail as possible, pending further investigation by our staff.

Best -- Scamraiders.com

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Permalink Reply by Marie Johnson on July 17, 2009 at 9:57am

No it came by UPS express overnite delivery and no one has asked me to do anything with this money.

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Permalink Reply by Marie Johnson on July 17, 2009 at 9:58am

Also my bank deposited the check and told me it would clear next week.
I am quite anxious though!

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Permalink Reply by Marie Johnson on July 17, 2009 at 9:59am

And it was typed on original watermark FDIC bank paper.

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Permalink Reply by Marie Johnson on July 18, 2009 at 4:56pm

I gave my replies, will someone help me with this?

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Permalink Reply by Scamraider on July 19, 2009 at 2:25pm

Hi Marie,

We haven't seen a scam like this before -- as far as we can tell, World Wide Technology is a legitimate information technology company, based in St. Louis. If the check was made out to you and there was not a letter accompanying the it, the company may have erroneously sent it to you. World Wide does seem to employ quite a few freelancers -- have you performed any freelance work in recent months?

Instead of depositing the check, we would have recommended calling WorldWide and asking to speak to someone in accounting about this payment and why you might have received it.

If this, indeed, is the same company, you can find out more at www.wwt.com.

Please follow up if you receive more information -- we'd love to let our other members know -- and we'll continue to monitor for more information, as well.

Best, Scamraiders.com

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Permalink Reply by martin tapia on August 28, 2009 at 7:38am

hello i have a situation i was looking for a job on craigslist and someone contackted me about a position with their company. i recived a cashiers check of $3,250.00 and they want me to either go to the bank and cash it or deposit into my bank acct and when it clears to send the remaining via western union to an adress they provided minus my 10% and western union fees is this a scam there was no senders info on the ups envolope as well as no company information

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Permalink Reply by Terri Price on September 11, 2009 at 4:10am

This sounds like a scam to me/i bank at Wells Fargo and I rec'd a 2000.00 check from them. I went to Wells Fargo and this check was a scam. usually if your bank places a hold on the check and it is a scam the check comes back after you have already withdrawn the money and you are still liable if the check does come back after the bank releases the hold. Remember NOTHING is free

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