877-246-7923

Today I got a check from Northern Trust  P.O.Box 1029  Hickory,NC28603-1029   payment processing center ,
$100, the senter is my name, receiver is my name,  I do not cash it out,  I feel confused.

These checks are legit. Bank of America uses this company all the time,

I got this seemingly random check in the mail from Northern Trust Bank in IL (p.o.box 1029 Hickory, NC) for $25 so I searched for it online and found this thread. It turns out that it was from a online bill pay from Bank of America that I SENT MYSELF. I was just testing it out to see what it would look like and forgot that I did it. It matched the date I set the bill pay for and had a matching account number I put on there. The strange thing is that it had my old address on there as the sender even my account is properly updated. In fact, it should say who it is from in the top left hand corner of the check.

Hi,

I am glad I found your post. I received a similar check from a ( I think) it is a trusted client. They usually pay me thru paypal, but this time I didnt want to pay their 5% fee for processing my payment and decided to ask for a check. I called them and they told me they have used this service, but I am still unsure about it. I cashed it, but I have not withrdawn the founds. I would like to ask you what happened with this check? was it legit?

Dito, I got one like that also, can not figure out the scam but I know it is one.

WHAT A SCAM!

I just received one of these in my snail mail today in the (fake) form an "official and legitimate looking" check, but WITHOUT any stub or statement attached or included.

My "check" came in a window envelope with the return address:
"Payment Processing Center
P.O. Box 1029
Hickory, North Carolina 28603-1029"

Pre-printed on the envelope in all-caps at top of envelope reads "PAYMENT ENCLOSED". The envelope postage is "PRESORTED, First-Class Mail US Postage Paid FISERV".

Also pre-printed on the envelope reads, ''ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED'' #BWNHNJW.

My name and address showed through the window and I could clearly see right through the envelope that it was a check for $1,500.00. I don't ever receive checks in the mail from anyone. Not in years! Immediately, I was suspicious.

Inside is a formal looking check with an account number, a check number and it is dated October 5, 2012.

On the front of check are instructions, "PLEASE POST THIS PAYMENT FOR OUR MUTUAL CUSTOMER". Account: "Shows MY NAME!"

Below that, to the left it states the customer as Crystal B Chow of 1363 Clyde Ave APT 115, West Vancouver, BC V7T 2W, 00000, and in the middle of check states "Please Direct Any Questions To: 877-246-7923, Payment Processing Center, P.O. Box 1029, Hickory, NC 28603-1029. NORTHERN TRUST"

It reads Pay To The Order Of MY NAME AND ADDRESS! Just to the right where the sender's signature is required reads "REMITTANCE VOID IF NOT CASHED WITHIN (and there is an intentional space) 90 DAYS. It is signed in a pre-printed signature, not stamped, not inked, PRE-PRINTED, Ed G Hill or Hind, from what I can see and underneath that reads 'authorized signature'.  

There are several and too many various account and check numbers on this check, and on the back there is a place to sign with my name and account number! There is ALSO ANOTHER NUMBER in a pre-printed stamped looking form and that number is misaligned, leaving off however many numbers were just after the eight numbers that actually do appear.  

At the bottom of the back of my check there is a pre-printed *Federal Reserve Board Of Governors Reg, CC" just underneath a box which reads, "Security features on this document include a Micro-Print Border, Artificial Watermark. Absence of these features may indicate alteration. R Padlock design is a certification mark of Check Payments Association."

THERE ARE NO WATER MARKING ON THE CHECK! NONE! This is printed right off some printer no different than a personal printer onto white printer paper with a bit of light and dark green and blue colored inks!

There is no letter or company name included to state who this is from, which is a first indicator this is a scam. Why would "we" have a mutual client who desires me to deposit "her" 15-hundred dollars, and who the hell is "her", much less deposit any check like this into MY PERSONAL BANK ACCOUNT? HA!  Fat chance, you con artists.

And to anyone else who reads this after receiving one of these checks, you KNOW you it's a con else you wouldn't be googling this if you actually believed this was true! Turn your check into your postmaster. It's a SCAM! Looks like the amounts vary quite a bit, but DO NOT DEPOSIT THESE CHECKS OR CALL THESE PEOPLE! Let the authorities locate and catch them!

Latisha - You tell a big fat bold lie! This check is a con and you must be one of the con-artists!

Kathryn - you tell one huge, bold lie! This is a scam, a con! You must be one of the con-artists!

Credit manager, YOU ARE A BOLD LIAR!

STOP telling people these checks are legitimate, they ARE A SCAM!

Susan, you are a BOLD FACED LIAR! Nothing was helpful if you agree Credit MNGR was telling you any form of truth!

WTF are you talking about? I never gave anyone my info or put in any info that would generate this check! This is a bold and outright scam!

You, JT, are a bold face liar! This is a scam!

Connie, you are a bold-face liar, a scum bag con artist attempting to perpetuate this scam!

AND....CONNIE...YOU KNOW DAMN WELL THAT ANYONE WHO DEPOSITS SAID CHECK IS ONLY GIVING AWAY HIS/HER OWN INFORMATION. Why in hell would anybody sit on a check that is a scam. Why would would anybody just send anybody else a check for any amount of money just like that if it were not connected to any scam? YOU LIE CONNIE! AND MY POSTMASTER HAS SHOWN ME PROOF THIS IS A SCAM!!!!

Brandon, dream on in your bold lies! So how do you explain MY CHECK which reads PLEASE DEPOSIT THIS CHECK FOR OUR MUTUAL CUSTOMER, WHOM I DON'T KNOW AND HAVE NEVER HEARD OF? HUH?! And how do you explain why my postmaster has received hundreds of these scam checks? BOLD FACE LIAR THAT YOU ARE!

No Tommyman, this is a SCAM and you are attempting to perpetuate this scam by writing false "details" of why it is real. My postmaster has received hundreds of these check scams!

This is scam, stop perpetuating this scam!

BOB, It doesn't work that way and this is a scam that you are intentionally attempting to perpetuate, most-likely because you are a part of the big scam!

An identical check made out to my wife was mailed dated October 12, 2012, which was the exact day that we received the check.  It also says "online Bill Payment Processing Center" with the number 800-243-2508.  Some reseach showed that it was mailed from Columbus, Ohio.

I am turning the scam envelope and check over to The United States Postal Service Investigator to track these scammers down and arrest them.

This is a real valid check and money for you. I know Bank Of America use this "Northern Trust" if someone send you a payment via online.  I tested myself from my own Bank Of America and I've my renters sending me automatic monthly checks and all to them have this "Northern Trust" with address in NC, all are good. Don't throw away good money that someone sent it to you.