International Check / I.D Fraud Using Our Name

On December 23, 2008 Joseph's Fine Food's identity was used on a massive mail out by internet scammers. They made contacts online, mostly at "Auto Sale" websites, mailing checks to people that were based on our identity and claimed they would pick up the vehicles or merchandise at a later date. Then, they would ask for a refund and request that the seller wire back a portion of the money.  After many attempts, in over 12 states and at least 2 different countries the fraud attempts stopped.

March 2009 , it started again, just in a different form. People are receiving checks for "secret shopping", "Lotto payments" and whatever else the scammers can dream up. They hope that people will take the risk of cashing them and wire them back a portion of the amount.

Please Note; These checks are FAKE.  They look real, but are an attempt to defraud you. The scammers want you to take the risk of trying to cash it with the possibility of going to jail! Please either destroy them OR ,if you want, file a local report with your agency and turn them in.

You can give them this website info and even my local agency phone number if you like; Drumright Police Dept- 1-918-352-2151. If you prefer you can E-mail or call me, but as a victim myself, I can only give you recommendations, and assure you this is wide-spread, and I have submitted everything I can to the appropriate authorities.

Thank you,

Jamey Martin
Joseph's Fine Foods