This posting saved me from getting scammed! Same exact story, same exact name, but because I googled Danny Wood's name and the company I saw this! Thank you for posting!

this happened in Binghamton, New York

You're welcome. bluebary24! Glad we could be of help!! :)

I received the very same response to an add and it was for Canal Dover. They are promising to send me a check in the mail for the materials that I need only this time it is under the name Lisa Ross. Probably changes the information every so often or there is about to be a big scam going on.

I'm so glad I did some research and stumbled upon this website. You have just saved me from a whole lot of trouble. I too, was contacted by Canal Dover regarding a data entry/admin/accouonting postion. I was hired and a check was Fedex to me this morning. My interview was also with Lisa Ross. My check was for $2675,which $100 was to be taken out as a "signing bonus" and $50 for petty cash and the rest to be sent to a software vendor,which i was never told who that was. They were in an awful hurry for me to deposit that check,thank goodness i saw this and never went to the bank. The check is now torn up and i plan on giving someone a piece of my mind!

Thanks ever so much!

I had the same exact thing happen to me with Lisa Ross. I just got the job yesterday so I have not received a check yet. Obviously now I am not going to proceed with them. I am curious what happens to the check after it is deposited? I mean if it just doesn't clear then no harm no foul right? Just wondering.

Meganms, some banks will charge a "bounce fee" because that check WILL bounce. What the scammers are banking on is you put that check in the bank ASAP, withdrawal the $$ and get it wired out ASAP, and by the time the check actually processes the system and bounces, they got their $$ and are off and running to find the next person to scam while you are left with a big time negative balance in your account plus any fees. It's a double whammy.

The checks LOOK real but they aren't. They even look so real they fool a lot of bank tellers. Read more about this scam here at the Official FTC link:

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/12/checkoverpayment.shtm

Thank you for explaining that. It makes much more sense now.

You're welcome. That's what we're here for. :)