Last week, some of you will remember I posted a thread ( http://www.gfy.com/showthread.php?t=772616 ) about a weird cheque I had received from a Cyprus based bank, that was drawn on a Citibank International account.
Here's the cheques.
Well, I called Citibank domestic, they were absolutely no help, so I finally go ahold of someone who sounded like they knew what they might know what they were talking about, but again, hit a stone wall, tho they did give me an International phone # for Citibank International.
Called, and again, due to privacy laws they could not give any info on the account.
Anyway, I turned the cheque over, and low and behold there's an 800 number on the cheque, it SAYS it's for the "Citibank Global Cash Management Services"
so I call it, and get a machine, but it tells me that as of Monday April 15th,(just a weee bit outdated) this number can only be used to verify a cheque, and you will not be able to get to a human being... Hmmmm that's odd...
Then they present you with 2 options...
If you have a valid cheque number press 1
If you are a Citi services client, contact your CitiServices Rep directly (note they don't give you a phone number)
then it says
"If you are calling to inquire about a cheque sent to you, press 2.
Well, again, that's odd, how did they know that option #1 OR #2 would work for me, yet, I still can't talk to a human being.
I hang up at this point, there is a well known scam of "Hello, you've won blah blah blah, please press 1 to accept your prize) at which point, it transfers you without your knowledge (until you get your next phone bill) to an offshore phone number that charges you two or three hundered dollars per minute.
Then I look at the back of the cheque again, and notice there is also a domestic phone number.
Which for Citibank Global Cash Management Services in Amherst NY, it's funny that the phone number goes to Tampa Florida, and I get teh same recording.
So be careful when you get unearned / unsolicited cheques in the mail.. I know I won't be depositing these
Here's the cheques.
Well, I called Citibank domestic, they were absolutely no help, so I finally go ahold of someone who sounded like they knew what they might know what they were talking about, but again, hit a stone wall, tho they did give me an International phone # for Citibank International.
Called, and again, due to privacy laws they could not give any info on the account.
Anyway, I turned the cheque over, and low and behold there's an 800 number on the cheque, it SAYS it's for the "Citibank Global Cash Management Services"
so I call it, and get a machine, but it tells me that as of Monday April 15th,(just a weee bit outdated) this number can only be used to verify a cheque, and you will not be able to get to a human being... Hmmmm that's odd...
Then they present you with 2 options...
If you have a valid cheque number press 1
If you are a Citi services client, contact your CitiServices Rep directly (note they don't give you a phone number)
then it says
"If you are calling to inquire about a cheque sent to you, press 2.
Well, again, that's odd, how did they know that option #1 OR #2 would work for me, yet, I still can't talk to a human being.
I hang up at this point, there is a well known scam of "Hello, you've won blah blah blah, please press 1 to accept your prize) at which point, it transfers you without your knowledge (until you get your next phone bill) to an offshore phone number that charges you two or three hundered dollars per minute.
Then I look at the back of the cheque again, and notice there is also a domestic phone number.
Which for Citibank Global Cash Management Services in Amherst NY, it's funny that the phone number goes to Tampa Florida, and I get teh same recording.
So be careful when you get unearned / unsolicited cheques in the mail.. I know I won't be depositing these
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