877-246-7923

To clarify, it was a legitimate check from someone who know, who was paying our winnings for Fantasy Football. Not every check that comes through this service is bogus. Hence the part where you read to see who it is from.....

same thing happenned to my company: we received a check from a Pierre Yves Azuelos from Puteax, France, in the amount of $4,075.00 without any paper work,
No one knows who this person is, so it quickly raised red flags.
Probably a scam, no doubt.

DO NOT CASH!

Soooo I got this check in the mail today from JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A Columbus OH by talend Partners 541 North Fairbanks Court Chicago, IL 60611 for $2980.00  Sloppily signed by Wendy R Katz I believe.  I looked her up and she is some kind of book author or something lol.  They wanted me to take $500 out and another $50 for gas...and go wire the rest to some dude.  Why couldn't they just pay him.  This is definitely a scam.  And to think...I am a single mother, don't make much at all....and he was trying to steal from me. Damn [***]

I received a check from the same service. Its a bill payment service. In my case it ws a child support payment and was cashed without a problem.

Chris above me is a liar. Do not cash these checks people. Don't be stupid and be caught off guard by the people in this thread that are telling you that these checks are good, these people ARE the scammers.

Okay I got this check today and I was really confused. Was about to not cash it then I remembered that I recently sent myself a check from my ING Direct checking account which has free check sending service (I'd never done it before since I usually sign checks through BoA so I wanted to see how quickly the check would arrive and what it would look like... unfortunately it seems like it would be too complicated to send this to my landlord as rent... he might think it was a scam). So yes under those circumstances this check is real. That said if I hadn't sent myself 10 dollars and wasn't expecting it I would assume it was a scam also.

Point is this is a service that banks offer to customers to send cash. It's a legit service but I can definitely see scammers thinking they could exploit it. As always, the biggest security hazard is due to human negligence.

The same phone number appears on a $200 check I received today, but from Payment Processing Center, PO Box 1029, Hickory, NC 28603-1029. They sure move around quickly!

So I received the same check for $65.00 same address Payment Processing Center P.O. Box 1029 Hickory, NC 28603-1029.  Who are these people? And what are they selling? All I know is there is no such thing as a Free Check! Plus $65.00 isn't enough to go through such a headache later.

I get these checks every month from my partner he banks with b of a I go into the bank and cash them no problem so what ever you paranoid folks are talking about is plane and simply wrong.

I sent myself a check via Bank of America online bill pay and it had this number on it. On the upper left hand corner is the name of the person/business remitting the check. This is just above "Pay To The Order of." An account number or other reference should be listed above the address of the person using online bill pay. I will bring this check to a bank other than Bank of America and see if it clears. If it does not, then this explains why people have troubles with online bill pay. If it does, then there should be no problem whatsoever with these checks.

I just realized this is a check I requested as payment from ING Direct.  They must contract with this company to send out checks to people.

It's a check clearing house through which bill-paying services issue checks on behalf of their clients.  Nothing to see here folks, move along ...

Got a check for $375, from someone in CA, the address is for a NC company same P O box as above, routing number is for Northern trust bank in IL... Nothing about this looks good... Will trash it asap.

I just received a $300 check from a payment processing center in Hickory, NC 28603-1029 with a PO box. it says northern trust under the address and phone number that is given for any questions. my name and address are on top left and it says to the order of: my name and address. there is an account number on the top left in bold. there is an authorized signature on bottom right and writes void if not cashed within 90 days. now this looks really legit and somewhat fake at the same time. the first thing is it doesnt have a sender's name. second thing obviously is that i dont know why i would receive a free check. but if i went to the bank and asked them if this is good or not or if i could cash it or not and they allowed me to cash it, then how would they be scamming me or doing identity theft if im the one getting the money from them? it doesnt make sense that they would be able to scam me like that. if the transaction posts then good, im up 300 bucks. if not, then fine im still at the same place. but they cannot possibly steal my identity or scam me out of money from this. think about it, when u give someone a check, it has ur account and routing number. but nothing that would allow them access to ur account (because they do not have ur bank card or pin or password/userid). and when they cash it, ur account just gets a transaction number with the image of the check showing the money that was deducted. so neither the check sender nor receiver has any information on either persons' accounts. the only possibility of a scam would be for the person to call lets say ur bank and give them ur name, address, and phone number along with the account number. but even then if the bank employee is not an idiot, then they would ask them to confirm their identity with some sort of security question or social security number before going through any account updates or changes. and it is their job to do that and anyone who calls the bank knows they do this (annoyingly to extremes) which makes this possibility null and void basically. so i would say if u get a check like this, go to the bank. tell them that u jus received this in the mail and have no idea why. see if its ok for u to try and cash it and if they say fine, then just do it and hope that u got some free money. and if not, well then u know there is no such thing as free money. i will post back in few days to tell u if i got the money or not.

We got the same check type as Turk did but the check was written to my husband and was from my dad, who is living with us. It was from his trust account and he did not authorize it making us trying to figure out who issued it and why and if they truly have my dad's trust account info. We'll go to the bank tomorrow and maybe the police as well. There is no such  thing as free money. If you're getting a check that you are not supposed to be getting, think about the person on the other side that may not want to be sending that check. I'm not sure how the scammer is benefiting here but there has to be something to it.

if someone really had your fathers account info then why would then send a check to his kids to easily give himself away. The problem is that these types of checks exist for all different things and reasons and just happen to be processed through the same banks. My sister got the same check and thought it was a scam only to figure out that a check she sent through Walmart to her gas company only had her address so instead of sending it to the gas company it was sent back to her with her account number and the same amount. As for the other checks it could be as simple as a mistake on the banks fault take the check to your bank and let them sort it out its probably not free money and may in fact be your own money anyway. If your check is a scam and no one has asked you to send money before or after it clears then they are the stupidest scammers in the world and they really did just give you money and even if it gets canceled you dont lose. odds are its some kind of mistake or something you or your work forgot about.

I receied 2 checks from MYSELF, PAYMENT PROCESSING CENTER, PO BOX 2168, COLUMBUS, OH 43216-2168
The account number it is from is my business checking account.
They are for $63 and $100.
They are written to my husband at his business address.
I plan to contact my bank.

I recently received a check for the exact amount of my bill I paid only 1 day ago (YESTERDAY!).  Somehow this company of 877-246-7923, made out a check to the exact amount I paid for my bill, issued the check, and overnighted it to my mailbox.  I will be reporting them to my bank here shortly for fraud, because nothing about this situation seems legal.

Don't cash the check, just report them and end this please.

I received a VERY similar check made out to SRP in the amount I paid.  It was sent with NO letter, and a phone number that directs you to a "Payment Processing Center" but no company name is ever stated, but "NORTHERN TRUST" is written underneath the the payment processing center information.  To save you a google-search, that's a bank.  No it's not my bank, just some random bank based in another state.

I received this check and questioned it at first as well. However now I realized that this is a check I sent to myself. It apparently is how the banks send out bill pay checks. I sent this to myself to test it out before I sent payments to others. So in cases like this, this is NOT a scam. It is legitimate money sent to u from a bill pay account online. No I'm not a scammer, if u don't believe me its ur loss. But hopefully before discarding any checks u will at least call the # or look into it with ur bank. However if u do receive checks like this along with requests to send someone money that should be red flag not to proceed. Hope this helps. This "test" that I sent to myself obviously tells me that I need to inform ppl about what to look out for when I send them money through bill pay so they don't think my check is fraudulent and toss it. Maybe I can get with my bank to try to provide more info on check so ppl know its legit. Good luck everyone.