Email check Tabak vs Apple

I received an email Tabak vs Apple qualified settlement Fund $200

is this a scam??photo of a check in my name from checkbook inc c/o tabak vs Apple Qualified Settlement Fund

it has a link “click here to deposit this check”

iPhone 14, iOS 17

Posted on Jan 29, 2025 6:38 PM

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I received a paper check from Huntington National Bank.

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Jan 30, 2025 7:51 AM in response to markmisky

I haven't heard of such a transactional way to do this before, but as noted in this topic by LAKingsFan22.


I chose electronic check when I put in for my payment. That’s what they sent.


So, the email is exactly what the user requested as the settlement payment. An electronic check. Not a physical paper one.


Should a person be careful here? Of course. But not every single thing that happens is automatically fraud.

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Jan 30, 2025 7:53 AM in response to TheresaU1

I just clicked on the link and it shows the check made out to just "Mark M" NO legit payment from a court settlement would just use the Initial of my last name. It would have my complete last name. Mark M is the way my emails go out. So it seems like a scam to me.

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Jan 30, 2025 8:05 AM in response to Kurt Lang

Kurt Lang wrote:

What I really would have liked to check is the phone number that has already been truncated by the hosts.

If you have the full number, do a Google search. Does it lead to a law firm, or does it go nowhere?

I'm sorry but this is the way scammers work.

I often get emails asking for a response including my financial information. Included in the email may be a statement such as "If you have questions please contact xxx-xxx-xxxx". This contact number may be legit and is included to help convince the email recipient that the email is a valid request. There is no way I would ever provide financial information in response to an email request.

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Jan 30, 2025 8:08 AM in response to BobTheFisherman

Which is why I never respond to any such email without checking its authenticity. Regardless of whether the address, phone number or other such information is correct, the next easy thing to check for fraud is the idiotic domain names they come from. Like a Gmail or Outlook account. Or the even more obvious gobbledygook return addresses you often see.


My point throughout here was that the settlement is real. The email itself? I don't know. The user needs to check that.

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Mar 6, 2025 9:13 AM in response to TheresaU1

I called them bc they got my name wrong. A lady actually called me back. Here is her number. But i have 2 numbers. ((That was weeks ago)) 8**-***-**43. 2**-***-**84 i think the first nimber was the one. I was also nervous this is a scam bc i have to provide her with my id now. Guess it is legit according to everyone else



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