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Bad check artist ordering gold coins from dealers

CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,144 ✭✭✭✭✭

Got this in an email:

BAD CHECK

Three dealers have reported receiving orders for gold coins and payment has been made with a fraudulent check.The check was from The Hall Group and written on the First City National Bank Houston, Texas.

The routing number on the check is from a different financial institution.

Anyone with information contact:

Doug Davis
817-723-7231

doug@numismaticcrimes.org

The Numismatic Crime Information Center is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit
corporation. P.O. Box 14080 Arlington, Texas 76094.

Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.

Comments

  • BruceSBruceS Posts: 1,355 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Always hate to hear about these crooks. I hope the dealers held the PMs until the check come back bad. And with a bad routing number the bank must have noticed pretty quickly.


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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 33,088 ✭✭✭✭✭

    routing numbers are easy to check

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  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Oh boy, not again !!!

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow... nasty.. always hold the product until the check has cleared.....Cheers, RickO

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