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This content is based on victim and potential victim accounts. Government agencies and legitimate business names and phone numbers are often used by scam artists to take advantage of people.

Description

It's a very realistic looking check meant to mislead the elderly and disabled into taking out a loan, thinking it is disability or unemployment. The back of the check is completely realistic on the top and bottom when displayed vertically. The front contains small lettering of "This is not a check" in the lower right. Document has every meaning to look like a legitimate check in order to draw the vulnerable into a predatory loan.