UPDATE!!!!!!! If anyone asks you to cash a check for them....

[jennielynn1970]

I can't believe someone would do that to you. Someone you knew and trusted. That is just horrible.

I hope that you can press charges and get your money back or some kind of repercussions come to her.

[moosmom]

I highly doubt I'll see that money. I'm just glad it wasn't the whole $3750.00. Oh, and I have already notified the postal authorities. If they need evidence, I've got it.

[Lady's Human]

For anyone else who gets caught up in something like this......

Keep everything, don't cash the check, and notify the postal inspectors.

Beside the cancellation mark, on the back of the envelope is a little orange barcode, hardly visible unless you're looking for it.

That's tracking data that the inspectors can use to tell where the mail came from.

There's also fingerprint data, etc.

Anytime you get something in the mail that you think is a fraud or a scam, don't hesitate to call the postal inspectors. It gives them something to do besides checking up on employees to see why they called in sick.

[moosmom]

LH,

I didn't save the envelope, however I DID save the note she included with the check. It has her name and address on it.