I am also a victim of this company.
When I was going over my bank statements for taxes, I noticed not one, not two but 6 odd looking checks on my statement. The statement itself only listed a check number and amount, but when I pulled up the check image on line (my bank does not send paper checks back anymore - thats how these folks are getting away so easy!) I noticed that the check looked odd, namely my address was not complete and the authorized signature was typed in.
Since I do alot of bill pay on line, I made sure it was not from that service. I then looked back at other statements and found the same thing over and over again! Every time was for $19.95, all to the same bank account and using different "Paid to" names.
SABAWA, KH&C and Mazumah were all in the Pay to at different points.
I immediately alerted my bank and had the account put on hold.By the time I got to the bank at 10 am the next morning, they had done it again! Another check had cleared the system overnight and I was out another $19.95. This made check number 7.
My bank is going to be able to credit me some, not all of the money, since I never noticed such a small amount and this seems to have started way back in August of 07. These bastards gave me a break for a couple months then in November started hitting my account twice a month. I'm just glad I happened to be vigilant this time or who knows how much I would have been out.
A friend of mine was out over $1100 from these aholes. They were passing checks on an account that was inactive at a bank she used to use but had moved away from. She had no idea until the bank looked for her for overdraft charges and fees resulting from these phony checks. They are relentless.
I have copies of the checks and I will be mailing what I have to the FBI. Dumbasses have their bank account information on the back of the drafts, so I hope its just a matter of time before they're behind bars for check fraud.
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