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FRAUDULENT CHECK [1 record]

Record 1 2008-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
  • Offences and crimes
DEF

A cheque bearing a false signature.

CONT

An altered cheque is an actual cheque of an account holder that has been properly issued, but is intercepted and altered by a fraudster.

CONT

Here are some examples of fraudulent cheque scams: A scammer purchases a $2,000 laptop on eBay and sends the vendor a bogus cheque for $3,000. ...

OBS

The preferred Canadian spelling form is "cheque," not "check."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
  • Infractions et crimes
CONT

Les personnes familières avec les éléments de sécurité que certains chèques ou mandats-poste arborent seront en mesure de reconnaître plus facilement un chèque falsifié lorsqu'un ou plusieurs de ces éléments sont absents.

CONT

Le nombre de plaintes le plus alarmant soumis au Bureau [de la concurrence Canada] l'année dernière s'élevait à 8 400 et ces plaintes provenaient de personnes qui avaient reçu un faux chèque ou un faux avis selon lequel elles avaient gagné un prix.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones bancarias
  • Infracciones y crímenes
DEF

Cheque expedido fingiendo la firma del librador.

CONT

[...] cheque falsificado [...] resulta aquel otro en que, bajo firma auténtica, se enmiendan o falsifican otras declaraciones, normalmente la cantidad, aumentándola.

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