Have You Ever Gotten One Of Those Fake Checks In The Mail ?

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Have you ever gotten one of those checks in the mail that are made out to you for several thousand dollars? My husband and I did ,we didn't cash it of course but it surely looked legit the scammers are getting clever now a days! They evidently stole a legit business companies letter head style and logo attached it with a formal letter (that was full of typos )that was one of the biggest clues that it was fake. And they also used the name from a legit company and told us we should cash the check and then pay two other people in the letter for processing fees and also go to western union and wire the money to those 2 people. They tell you to deposit the check and then proceed to the western union and wire the money to the people specified in the letter It really looked legit but we know we didn't have any money coming to us like that but you would be surprised to know how many people fall for this scam . We looked online and done research regarding this issue and actually got to download some of the stories from some of the people who had their life savings taken ,lost their homes,pride, bad credit , huge debt,and so on its really sad that these people do things like this . But you have to protect yourself not fall for the hype and lies.Mail fraud ,check fraud ,identity theft are multi billion dollar business here in the US for those of you who live across the pond how is it where you are? Do you know of anyone or have you experienced anything like this yourself?