I received a cashier's check in the amount of $3,886.89 and a letter in the mail from a 'Ridgewood Marketing Inc' in an envelope with no return address, postmarked in Canada.
When I received this letter, I was immediately suspicious as I had not enrolled in any sort of cash rewards programs of this sort. I decided to call the number listed to ask more questions. When I dialed the number, the line kept ringing until the call was finally automatically disconnected. This confirmed to me that this was a scam. I decided to Google 'Ridgewood Marketing Inc' and was not surprised to come across the various postings on RIP OFF. I also googled the name of the bank on the cashier's check along with the city and region for the company and came across the blog entry below:
Http://blog. Geisheker.com/09/consumer-rewards-program-scam.html
The blog posting gave the number of the Canadian Police 1-888-495-8501 www.
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