CUA, PO Box 182477, Columbus, OH 43218-2477 Tx: 800-848-1337 is the online payment processing center for my "pay online bills" through my credit union (and many other bill processing places). I am a member of Meijer Credit Union in Michigan.  when they send out bills for me they are supposed to put the account number on the check...but only if I supplied it when I set up the account.  

My check was sent directly to my bank with my account number and the bank deposited it in my account without asking me. The name on the check did not match the name of the person who said he was sending an amount from his credit card for work.
People this is one of those Nigerian Scams! Where they befriend you.....send you money to deposit in check form for you to do "charity" work...which is cashing the check western union the money to a sick child or person in Nigeria and then 7-10days later your the check bouncing in your account from the amount they sent you and you took out to send to the sick kid.

THE CHECK IS A SCAM!!! DO NOT CASH!

Georgy brother of Latishy This whole thread is full of how this is a big SCAM! Why are you two heathens trying to distort the truth? Here we call you SHILLS, it's you two spreading lies, we also call you POSER's

your an idiot............. simply because YOU were scammed does not mean you should go around saying what you say to others. I receive checks from my brother in AZ all the time through this very banking service.

Maybe you work for a 'mailing service competitor and YOU are the BIG FAT LIRE. Yeah, that's what it is........your the Big Fat Lie. SCAMMER!!!!!!!!!!

PLEASE delete this!

It could potentially set an innocent person up for some very serious Identity Theft!!!

[This message was posted on Feb. 14, 2014, 91 days after the date on the check mentioned below.]

On Nov. 20, 2013, I received a one-page piece of snail mail. The bottom of the page was a $100 check. The middle of the page was blank.

(1) At the top of the page was what appeared to be a return address (the check indicates that this address is for Wells Fargo, but it is for the John Muir Health Center in San Francisco, CA, and the Department number given does not exist):

Dept. #34033
PO BOX 39000
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94139

(2) After two lines of numbers, there is the address for what seems to be a debt collector:

NATIONAL LOAN RECOVERIES, LLC
PO BOX 4566
STAMFORD CT 06907-0566

(3) The check says:

THE BACK OF THIS CHECK CONTAINS A SECURITY MARK - DO NOT ACCEPT WITHOUT HOLDING AT AN ANGLE TO VERIFY SECURITY MARK
Post to Account: 5329041897618135    $100.00    11/15/2013

["Post to Account" always means "Deposit this money into the following account," and the account number isn't mine!]

(4) In the upper left corner of the check is the name and address of what seems to be the owner of the checking account on which this $100 is drawn:

Jennifer [private information removed]
Her phone there is given as [removed].
Her zip code there: 23953 [According to zip-area.com, this zip code doesn't exist in the United States (the closest zip would be 32953 for Merritt Island, FL). However, it is used in some other countries, such as for the town of Angra dos Reis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.]

(5) The rest of the check is as follows:

[Wells Fargo logo]
Please post this payment for Our Mutual Customer [This doesn't say to pay the $100 TO anybody; it says to pay it FOR "Our Mutual Customer." Who is included in the word "our?" Who is the "Mutual Customer? Me? A creditor? A scammer?]

Please Direct Any Questions To 800-956-4442 or [This is not the Wells Fargo Customer Service number, which is 800-869-3557. 800-956-4442 is a telemarketer, according to Spokeo reports.]

Please Return Check To
WELLS FARGO BANK, NA
Dept #34033, PO BOX 39000, San Francisco, CA 94139 [This non-existent Department number is at an address for the John Muir Health Center in San Francisco, CA, not for Wells Fargo Bank.]
9600055846 1202503900 [These are apparently the account number and check number.]
56-382/412 1202503900 [The last number here is apparently the check number.]

November 15, 2013

PAY One Hundred and 00/100 Dollars   $***100.00 VOID 90 DAYS AFTER ISSUE
TO THE ORDER OF NATIONAL LOAN RECOVERIES, LLC
PO BOX 4566
STAMFORD CT 06907-0566

[The above instruction says to pay the $100 to National Loan Recoveries, not to me.]

[Illegible two-name signature]
Wells Fargo as agent for its customer. [Since when does a bank sign a check for its customer, having suddenly become the customer's agent without any legal document wherein the customer grants an agency relationship to the bank? And why is the name of the signer not printed out so it can be understood? Why is Jannifer Rattry, the account owner, not signing her own check?]

Security Features Details on Back
(bar code)

Wells Fargo Bank, NA
115 Hospital Drive [This is a legitimate Wells Fargo address, which means nothing.]
Van Wert, OH 45891

Memo: _____
||* 1202503900||* |:041203824|:  9600055846||*
[These 3 numbers are apparently the check number, routing number, and account number on which the $100 will supposedly be drawn.]

(6) On the back of the check, there is the number M018570795. There is also a circle with the letters "fis," corresponding to the FIS watermark on the back of the check. Below the circle it says:

LOGO PRINTED WITH INK THAT RESPONDS TO WARMTH. HOLD BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER OR BREATHE ON IT - THE LOGO WILL FADE AND REAPPEAR.

[So I put my thumb on the circled "fis," unwittingly giving my thumbprint to whoever issued this check: identity theft right down to the fingerprint!]

[BOTTOM LINE: MY NAME DOESN'T APPEAR ANYWHERE ON THIS CHECK. IT IS A MISH-MASH OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES. THE INSTRUCTIONS WERE DESIGNED TO DECEIVE ME. DO NOT TRY TO DEPOSIT OR CASH THIS TYPE OF CHECK. TEAR IT UP.]

i got a check from P.C.H. but is its from Shaw Advantage Account TradeOne Marking Account dba brandmuscle pay to the order of me  5.979.66 ck#36966 i do suspect fraudulent

Don't throw away the check!  I got one today for $2,766 and it had my own name as the account it was drawn on.  Of course, my initial reaction was SCAM and I was about to throw it away ... until I remembered that I sent myself $2,766 from Bill Pay on my bank account to give to my husband for a trip we're taking!  I'm so glad I didn't throw it away!  I just never knew what my Bill Pay checks looked like because I never send them to myself.  Check it out before you throw it!

I am sorry this is not a scam , I wrote a comment yesterday about my son sending me a check and it came out that it was a Billing service. Sorry for being wrong with this company.

Received a check from Northern Trust.  I called the number and it was a Bank of America customer service automatic response.  I was recently dealing with BofA, and the amount was the same.  Since I thought it was a legitimate check, I did deposit it to my savings account in case it came back to haunt.  Lo and behold, it was taken out of my checking account with an additional 'returned check' fee.  So, that is probably how they are making their money by collecting returned check fees.
I regret that I did not check this out before depositing the check.  Fortunately, it was only small amount fee, but the whole business (difficult to track and get a response from) is fraudulent.  

I received one of these checks today in the mail came with my sons Address on . It is a Scam .. sad people have to be such jerks.

Did u find out what company this was for

Rcvd a check for 136.80,  it has Laura E.Mattes legit name from Lombard ,ill and her address , bottom of check has these numbers 006 296676    0719238 28  0035109978  which are probably some kind of routing numbers--- what  a Scam--  will report this check to my local bank alerting them, will copy or scan and sent info to my States Attorney general Lisa Madigan, will catch my postal mailman and have him inform Postal Inspectors,,   WiLL also inform the federal fraud people.     who are these fraudsters ??

I received a call from 1-877-246-1369 and they identified themselves as Mandarich Law Group trying to collect a debt that they bought from a bank.

Received a check from Northern Trust that says "Please Post This Payment for our Mutual Customer."  It is for real and legitimate. I requested a check from GoBank to be sent to my husband. (GoBank is a prepaid debit card & is evidently using this bank to send out their checks for their customers.)

Exactly the same as what I just got, check payable to wireless provider but to my address.  It's a joint account with my daughter.  I have to find out if she made a recent payment to the wireless provider.  It is highly unlikely she entered our home address instead of the provider's address since payee addresses were setup last year and payments have been made without incident.  This surely appears to be another twist of the same scam.

Which bank? Bank of America or a Credit Union?

My check is even stranger! The check I received is from me to my wireless provider but with my address. It has my wireless account # the exact amount due and the date it's due. My wife says she just used B of A's online bill pay so she's contacting them and the wireless company in the morning.

I don't know about those above that say it is a scam, but I received a check for $5,000.00 from Payment Processing Center in Hickory, NC.  I sent this check to myself.  Because one of my bank accounts has my maiden name on the account and my recently opened account with a different bank has my married name on the account, I'm unable to do a bank to bank transfer from/to my accounts.  So I sent myself a check using the first bank's 'Bill Pay' tool.  After I received the check at home, I mailed it to the account with my married name to complete the transfer.  Based on the entries above, it appears Payment Proceesing Center is a commonly used service by banks to send payments.

This is a very archaic system compared to the rest of the world where anyone can go online and transfer funds directly from their account to another individual's or company's account if they have the receivers sort code (similar to US bank's routing number) and their account number.  I wish the US banking system would come into the 21st century when it comes to online banking.

It might be worth those of us that have received check we sent to ourselves, to contact our banks and give feedback regarding the Payment Processing Center's process.  Instead of just a check in the envelope, it would be helpful if a remittance advise is included to give those who received the check sent by someone else a clue to the source.  I plan to.

Pretty sure this is a scam.  I got a check for $204.98 for a payment to mutual customers with my name on but an address in Dublin, OH where I don't live or close to it.  Plus the one side of the check isn't cut right and is on regular printer paper.  I'm going to take it to my bank and have them check it out.

Same deal here as described above. I was going to throw out what looked like a scam check- no explanatory note in the envelope or anything. I'm so glad I read through this thread first. THIS is what checks from Fidelity 529 accounts look like. I didn't know because I'd never pulled money from the 529 acct before. But once I saw someone mention it, and looked at the oddly specific amount again, it matched up. I am going to hassle Fidelity customer service however- three ought to be some kind of note on the check indication it's from them. Their normal statements come in very distinctive envelopes, not some sketchy-looking third parry like this...

Look, the address belongs to a legitimate service most people know as CheckFree (though they just changed their official name to Fiserv).  People tell their bank to send you a check, and that's how the checks come through.  Their checks ARE good.

Now, of course, any moron can make up a phony check on his laser printer and put the same "official" address on it.  That's not the fault of the company that really owns that address.  So all these folks who are posting that all checks with that address on them are scams are ignorant.

Every one of these checks has the PAYOR'S NAME in the upper left.  Read it, and figure out why the guy owed you money, and it will probably make sense.  If it's for $10,000, and it's from Princess Washtub from Nigeria, THAT'S when you figure out you probably don't want to deposit it.  It has NOTHING to do with the Hickory, NC address.

I came home from the cottage and found a empty envelope with this return address on the table in the dinning room where my wife had been reading the mail while I was gone..  I had no idea where or why it would be there and she didn't remember anything about it..

So ended up on here checking out what it might of been..  And then I saw the light...  Our daughter had sent her mother money for her birthday using this online way of sending money..  Been just about a month now and the bank has not taken the money back,,

So YES sometimes this is a real check from real people...  If you have one that you don't want just sign it and mail it to me..  Thanks

BEWARE PEOPLE!! It's a scam!!!!!! Just think about it.... who is going to send you a check for NO REASON? COME ON!!! DON'T DEPOSIT THE CHECK JUST RIP IT OFF AND TROW IT IN THE GARBAGE.  I got that check today: On the top in fine print says: "PLEASE DEPOSIT THIS PAYMENT FOR OUR MUTUAL CUSTOMER" I Googled the name of the supposed payee and it's all a scam. Mine looks like a child support payment from a fake "Dunning Family Trust". I happen to have a relative who works at a bank and she immediately told me that it's a scam.
Avoid yourself some trouble by being smart and getting rid of this check... IT'S A SCAM!

you are correct this will tell you as I just did it and my bank name comes up with my routing number and I put in the routing number to the check that I recived today for 2990.00, comes up empty, good Idea never thought of that.. Co what this person suggests as they are right.. Legit, I think not..

People, if you gte one of these checks you do know that your bank can tell you if it real or not right away don't you?? All you have to do is ask them and they will verify it for you before you cash it or deposit it. They can do that for you. It is called technology.
If it is legit then hae a ball. If it is not they will tell you..

I received a check from God knows where.  It said payment fro $650.00 to my married name of 6 months.  I plan on calling them and then letting the authorities know who these people are and what they are trying to do.

IT IS A SCAM - DO NOT DEPOSIT THE CHECK - YOUR BANK WILL END UP TAKING  THE FUNDS OUT OF YOUR ACCOUNT.

I received a check in the amount of $260.14 today.  A way to get the bank name of who issued the check is to put the routing number (the first group of  numbers in the bottom left hand corner of the check in the search on your computer.  I did this with my check from my personal account and my bank name came up.  When I entered the number on this check, nothing came up.  THIS IS A SCAM.   The issuer of the check is Mark Wiens Photography.  If you receive a check like this do not cash it or deposit in your account.  You will lose the money.

This is a total scam.  Do not cash a check you receive from them.