VINELAND, N.J. – A member of Bay Atlantic FCU is out thousands of dollars after he fell for a check scam.
The member responded to an email promising him 10% of the amount of five checks he received from the company if he cashed their customers’ checks, then sent the balances via Western Union to a North Carolina address.
The victim took the nine checks for $500 each to his credit union and cashed them. Then he went to Western Union, retained $450 for himself and wired the funds to North Carolina.
But the checks from the company turned out to be phony and the credit union notified him they would be taking the funds from his account.
