Bank Clerk thinks UB check is fake! Please help.

fmcjfc · #1 09-10-2007, 10:48 AM

After cashing $750 out of UB, I received a check after a reasonable amount of time. However, when my wife took it to the bank they said the check was fake! Need some help please... thanks.

NU Star · #2 09-10-2007, 10:57 AM

Rob the bank.

fmcjfc · #3 09-10-2007, 11:00 AM

that's helpful.

Seriously, has anyone else ever had this problem?

poorolrich · #4 09-10-2007, 11:03 AM

How in the hell do they know that the check was fake?

fmcjfc · #5 09-10-2007, 11:06 AM

They told her it was missing some account numbers or something like that and that it had no watermark, and that we had been "scammed". If I remember the check appears to be from a German bank, maybe the teller just has no idea what she is talking about.

poorolrich · #6 09-10-2007, 11:12 AM

Well, you can always deposit it through the atm and see if it clears. There is no reason that Ultimate Bet would scam you or anybody else. You could also contact customer service if you haven't already.

Kriber13 · #7 09-10-2007, 11:17 AM

My latest UB cashout was sick! I had the money on NETeller withing hours after initiating the cashout, normally it takes a couple of days but I never had any problems though.

However most CS people at banks are ignorant when it comes to foreign payments and pretty much any task which is out of the ordinary. Try again and it'll probably work out.

Good luck!

Guthrie · #8 09-10-2007, 01:20 PM

Deposit it in an ATM or night depository. That way you aren't face to face with a moron, and if anyone questions the check it just gets kicked up to a supervisor, instead of shoved back across the counter to get you out of their way.

KotOD · #9 09-10-2007, 02:22 PM

Delete this [censored] thread or at least change the subject. [censored] idiots.

DeNutza · #10 09-10-2007, 02:33 PM

I had nearly the same problem:

AP and UB use the same checks, and when I tried depositing
my AP check to Bank of America they mailed it back to
me 2 days later, highlighting the bottom of the check
and explaining that there is NO ACCOUNT #...There
is only a routing #....I had to put a stop on
the check, and get a new one.

I cashed out another check via UB, and this one was
also the Frankfurt check format...This time I deposited
it into Wash Mutual and it cleared no problem...I forgot
to even look if it had an account # at the bottom though.

Have no idea about the watermark issue.