March 23, 2009

Simcoe Block (1979) Ltd. has been alerted about an Active Cheque Scam that is using forged copies of our company cheques as a part of their scheme to defraud innocent victims out of large sums of money.

PLEASE NOTE: SIMCOE BLOCK (1979) Ltd is a victim of these criminals.
We are in no way associated with their fraudulent activities.

While we do not know the full details of how this scam works, we believe that the scam is similar to those commonly referred to as the Nigerian 419 scam. With the 419 scam, intended victims are promised large sums of money after first being required to pay some sort of "administrative" fee. In many cases the victim is sent a (forged) cheque to "cover the cost" of these fees. The victim cashes the cheque and sends money to the criminals that are orchestrating the fraud.

By the time the victim realizes that the cheque they cashed was a forgery (which gets charged back to their account) it is too late. They have lost their money to the criminals.

If you do not have an active & legitimate business relationship with Simcoe Block (1979) Ltd (and/or Simcoe Building Center), and you have received any cheque claiming to be from us, then it is a forgery.

Please do not try to cash it. Immediately Contact your Local authorities.

Further: For your own protection, please DO NOT send any money to unknown persons based on the premise of receiving large sums of money in return. You will only become the next victim of these criminals.

For additional information on the Nigerian 419 scam please refer to the following link.

http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/index.htm


For additional assistance with contacting the appropriate authorities in your area
please visit the following websites.

Phone Busters (in Canada)

http://www.phonebusters.com/


The US Postal Inspectors (in the USA)


https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/