It was sent to my current exact address up to my unit number, which I haven't posted anywhere or had anything delivered to since moving here. It also had my full legal name as the "Pay to the order of". It came over a month ago in a plain "EXTREMELY URGENT" FedEx envelope with nothing else in it. All of the security measures listed on the actual check are present, even the coin scratch code. The amount is for between $3,000 and $4,000.
Anything I find online tells me that while it is possible to scam with a cashier's check, it is a lot harder to do so. There is no letter or anything attached. I also checked all of my texts and emails to see if there was anybody of the same name as the one on the check reaching out to me, and there was nothing. I also searched my contacts for the company the check is from, and nothing from them either. The company itself is real, and the address is also the real address of the company.
From what I can tell, the whole thing is legit EXCEPT the fact that there is no reason for me to have this money which would help me out A LOT. Is there any harm to cashing it and waiting ~a month to see if anything happens? Is there a downside to cashing this check if it ends up fraudulent (assuming I don't spend the money for a long period of time)?
I am open to answering more questions, but I don't want to doxx myself.
Submitted December 10, 2020 at 10:57PM by Beauclair https://ift.tt/3m7fiRM
