800-349-6760

I just got a check from from an FTC suit related to credit card charges. It looks legit and references a real case from 1999.  The phone number 1-800-349-6760 is listed as an FTC Claims Administration Center contact. I was attempting to verify the source before I called.  Seems a little suspicious getting a check 10 years after the case was settled.

I got the same check in the mail.
I agree that it seems suspicious.
I will probably just turn the thing over to the BBB.
My check is only for $27.68.
I don't think it's worth risking my checking account.

I too received the same check in the mail today and started researching it myself...

Can anyone confirm this is a valid check?

Definitely suspicious, especially since there is *nothing* online about this, though the name of the case is one of the expansions offered by google after just typing FTC.

i-800-349-6760,i just got a check for 27.68 and i thought it was wierd after 10 years,looked it up and i dont see a settelment on the net

Gilardi & Co., the claims administrator, does have a website with various contact info.  I have sent e-mail to them to confirm the checks are real.  I'll post any response.

Got same letter and same suspicion as its a 1999 case that was resolved in 2000.
Check number was 404079.. anyone else have same number? If so then its probably a fake.

I called the local phone number for Gilardi & Co. LLC. They have a real physical address and are only 20 miles from where I live. The case was decided in 2000, but I was told the defendants did not fully pay until recently. That accounts for the long delay.

my check is for 27.68    gilardi whatever is nowhere on mine. its from san diego,ca.  the ftc does not list any offices there.  i think its a scam. i think im giong to mail mine to the ftc.   if the ftc was involved why would the check possibly bounce after august 10?

i received the same check.  I am in PA.  There is a write-up about the case on the Federal Trade Commission website.  The URL is a valid web address.  Sounds like an X-Rated website bought credit card information and charged the cards.  Seems that Gilardi & Co. is the Claims Administrator for the FTC in California.  What I find wierd is that I would think I would remember being charged for porn I didn't get.  My check number is different than listed above.

I looked at the check closely and what caught my attention is the last set of numbers on the check at the bottom is usually the same as the check number at the top.  Mine don't match.  The wording in the letter also sounded suspicious.

I received the same check today.  I stumbled on this website while checking to see if this check is valid.  As you all report, mine is also for $27.68.  I was suspicious of the wording in the letter, "Th unauthorized charges were incurred by you many years ago...".  Seems to me that the years would definitely be mentioned instead of generally mentioned.  Also, the name of the bank on the Check is Bank of the West but it doesn't list an address under it.  All in all.....seems like a scam to me.  It's not worth putting myself at risk to cash it.

Based on the court orders posted on the ww.ftc.gov site about this case, it looks to be for real.
ftc.gov is the real FTC site and http://www.ftc.gov/os/2000/09/jkpublicationfinalor.pdf is the court release of the results of the case. Page 11 Section C states that the judgement is to be used to "redress" the comsumer.
I remember a company charging my card, but they were out of Las Vegas, my bank reversed/refunded charges.

In Colorado: 27.68 too

good work

The refund check thing is a scam.  When you deposit the check, you typically have to sign it and provide your account number.  This is what the sender's of the check hope for.  They will then forge your signature and take all of the money out of the account into which you deposited the check.  The original case referenced in the letter was ettled in 2001 and defendants were paid at that time.  You should call your local office of the FBI and report that you have recived a fictitious FTC check.  They will want to know the number of people receiving them and the geographic regions represented.

Liz: if you look at the Check No and not the letters in Red the check numbers do match.
I'm attempting to contact the Bank of the West to see what response I get from them as well.

I noticed this case wasnt on thier website.. yet other payouts were.
The only FTC case is from 2004 but showing that they just sent out checks so I would think they would list this case then too given the volume and notice.
http://www.gilardi.com/all.php?search_text=F

Mark:
I contacted the Bank of the West in Sacramento, CA this afternoon.  They claim that the account appears to be valid, but the company they list as the owner of record does not appear to have anything to do with an FTC v. JK Publications.  Where do we go from here?

susan: Thanks!
I would assume that Gilardi & CO., LLC was the company tasked to get out the check on behalf JK Pub... That may be the company to look at owning the account.
I'm off to verify Gilardi & Co. LLC., reviewing their website they are in the business:
Gilardi & Co. LLC and its staff of professionals are experts in the effective execution of the four primary components of mass/class action Due Process - Notification, Processing, Distribution and Reporting.

least we should prove it to be real of fake - if real and not cashed Obama gets it to bail something else out.

I received two checks and have been doing some digging.  I found this website with the same letters and check info HOWEVER, they list Robb Evans & Associates as the distributor of the checks NOT Gilardi.  Robb Evans is listed on the official FTC statement about the case and their email is included for contact.  I just sent them an email asking if they are associated with Gilardi & Co., LLC.  Here is the address if you would like to email them...  rea@robbevans.com  Also, here is the website from which I got that email address.  http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2000/09/netfill.shtm