I guess you all know the fake check scam, where they overnight you a check in your name and then ask you to wire back a portion of the money? It has been recommended that you accept these "deals" so that the scammer "eats" the overnight fee, and just throw away the check that arrives.
Listen to what I received today and let's see if you can figure it out.
So, I received a Fedex package that was marked as "return" to me. Inside there was another envelope that was fedexed FROM me to an address on which somebody wrote "no one with that name here". Inside there was a $950 check in an envelope made out to the name that was the receiver of the package. I also received two Fedex invoices in separate envelopes, one for $530 and the other for $50 with a list of $40-$50 overnight charges from myself to various people.
Are you getting the picture?
I assume the fake check scammers don't really pay for overnight shipping after all, but they try to charge them on someone else!
The invoices are unpaid - I didn't know that Fedex could send things without you paying first. Maybe they made an account in my name (I don't have a Fedex account myself).
Sorry if this is old news to you or uninteresting, but the Fedex fraud department is closed for the day and I wanted to share... I hope Fedex can sort it out quickly, I don't want to lose time over this stupid thing...

Interesting. If they did create a Fedex a/c in your name, this is kind of Identity theft. Wonder what info. is needed to setup a Fedex a/c. I hope you can sort it out with Fedex tomorrow. Keep us posted.

Grrrr. I tried to start a new CreditSecure membership (a paid one, I have used my 30-days some time ago), but all I get is:

We are currently unable to process your request. If you need further assistance, please email us at support@creditsecure.com. Thank you - we appreciate your business!

I haven't seen my reports for 3-4 months, so I'd say now is the time. Anything else inexpensive (i.e. < $15) that you recommend which has all three reports? I have used my free annual report and I hate to give money to the ridiculously add-ridden TrueCredit (out of principle).

Good idea to get your credit report. Why not try the national city trial deal for $1 /first 30 and $8.95 thereafter (there was a thread here about it) or privacymatters123 for 29.95? I'd stop by the nearest FedEx office to discuss the situation - but you might need to dispute the charge in writing with wherever you received your bills from.

Ecuadorgr said:Grrrr. I tried to start a new CreditSecure membership (a paid one, I have used my 30-days some time ago), but all I get is:

We are currently unable to process your request. If you need further assistance, please email us at support@creditsecure.com. Thank you - we appreciate your business!

I haven't seen my reports for 3-4 months, so I'd say now is the time. Anything else inexpensive (i.e. < $15) that you recommend which has all three reports? I have used my free annual report and I hate to give money to the ridiculously add-ridden TrueCredit (out of principle).

scripta said:Ecuadorgr said:I hate to give money to the ridiculously add-ridden TrueCredit (out of principle).There's a solution for that.

I guess you haven't really used TrueCredit Unfortunately it is much worse than simple adds. You have to click through a few pages to get to your report... I might try the other suggestions.

Ecuadorgr said:scripta said:Ecuadorgr said:I hate to give money to the ridiculously add-ridden TrueCredit (out of principle).There's a solution for that.I guess you haven't really used TrueCredit Unfortunately it is much worse than simple adds. You have to click through a few pages to get to your report... I might try the other suggestions.I have been using it for over a year. The only annoyance I see is the "Click to continue" button. To get an updated report, right after logging in, just bookmark the page. Still have to do the captcha and hit "continue" once, but it's not so bad overall.

so when you had these guys send you a check so you could have them "eat" the overnight cost, you used your real address? I'd never give any of those jokers my real address, much less my full name. Local fraud detective at his work address might be more suiting.

Since you suspect fraud I believe you are entitled to a free report from each of the credit bureaus. It has been awhile since I have done it (due to stolen CC#), but there was a selection for fraud that generated a free report. Try directly with experian.com, transunion.com and Equifax.com.

I had a situation where I received a Fedex bill for about $600 with my name and address. Apparently some scammer set up a Fedex account in my name with some credit card number which was not mine and sent packages from various places around the country to Nigeria. So Fedex didn't crosscheck the CC and my name but let them ship anyhow. I called them and they removed the charges.

Rajjeq said:I had a situation where I received a Fedex bill for about $600 with my name and address. Apparently some scammer set up a Fedex account in my name with some credit card number which was not mine and sent packages from various places around the country to Nigeria. So Fedex didn't crosscheck the CC and my name but let them ship anyhow. I called them and they removed the charges.

I've had this similar thing happen with BOTH FedEx and UPS. In both cases the shipping company claimed that the shipper put down my account number when they filled out a shipment tag. I don't know if the person put down the wrong number, purposely or otherwise, or if it was just misinterpreted by the shipping company. In both cases it was easy to dispute the charges since the items were shipped from somewhere I've never lived.