What would you do?

I checked my mail about an hour ago, and everything seemed boring as usual. I saw some ads but no envelopes so I throw the ads into the trash and out pops an envelope onto the floor.

Now, I know you guys are saying at this point, "Thanks for the update, ya shmuck", but when I opened the envelope there was a check for 4,500 dollars made out to me at my current address. There was no letter or anything else in the envelope.

I haven't registered my new address at all really. None of my bills even go to this address. The only thing I get is my magazine subscriptions. The envelope is foreign, that much I'm sure of. The check, however, is from Ralphs in California.

My mom is warning me not to cash that check. I think I should, however. What would you do?

 

i'd talk to a person at your bank first and i'd go on there advice. and if they say cash it, then cash it.

 

lucky you! that's like when harry potter got a firebolt randomly. but it had to be checked first for hexes and jinxes. that's what you should do for (in a realistic way)- go to the bank or something and tell someone.. maybe they can even get you information on the sender since the money may/will come out of their account...

 

I'd cash that shit. That's a lot of marijuana. You would be in the clear, legally, because it is addressed to you and you have no reason not to cash it. Cash that bitch and buy whatever your heart desires. Like I said, that's a lot of marijuana.

 

I don't have a bank. Not to mention I'm not willing to let it sit for a day and wait for it to clear. I was planning on taking it to a check cashing place. They'll want about $350, but that still leaves me with four grand.

This money could change my life instantly. It would allow me to pay off my probation fees, and give me the money necessary to move to Seattle where I can get free room and board to go back to college.

On the other hand, as quite a few know, I have bad luck when it comes to getting in trouble for easy money :&

 

if it's a foreign envelope, I'd throw it away cuz its most likely way too good to be true. no one just up and sends someone that kind of money

 

That's basically what I'm doing. As I stated, I know the envelope was mailed from another country. Even the date stamp isn't like any I've seen on any envelope mailed within the United States. The envelope was from a company by the name of Stone, Inc and below that it said, Business in Europe. That's my main concern because the check is cut from a company by the name of Ralphs and the address on the check is in California.

 

Even if it's too good to be true, if I take it to a check cashing place all they can do is deny me the money right?

If they did give me the money upfront and the check doesn't clear, who owes them the money?

 

from ralphs the grocery store? Is it some kind of promotional thing?! Thats weird as hell

 

do some internet research on it..... type the address in google......

 

you do.... I've seen it time and time again on court shows on TV.

 

good luck dear.

 

Must be Ralphs grocery store. That's the same thing my mom suggested.

At the bottom of the check it says, "A satisfied customer made this paycheck possible"

I've looked the check over thoroughly. It's a real check. The water marks are there, and it's not stamped void or anything else.

Even if I ended up owing them the money, it's worth it in the long run to get out of this hell hole. Legally though, I'm doing nothing wrong by cashing a check that has my name and address on it though, right?

 

have you ever been to a Ralph's? or given them your name or address?

 

Thank you Nisha. Something tells me I will need it if I take this money. As I said, easy money usually equates to me being charged with some sort of crime.

I've never been to Ralphs, that I can think of. If I have been it's been well over 5 years. I've been looking up the name "Stone Inc" for 30 minutes now and all I can find is "Bayer Stone Inc", "Crown Hill Stone Inc", "Lemke Stone Inc" and other such companies.

 

It's almost 9 pm here. All banks and check cashing facilities are closed. I checked my mail shortly after 8pm and they were closed then too.

 

those are the ones I found too, which makes me believe this is just too good to be true

 

could also visit or call a Federal Reserve bank - they might be more helpful than a local bank

 

I guess financial penalties aside, does anybody know what the legal rammifications of cashing this check would be considering I didn't alter or forge the check in any way?

 

aside from the financial penalties, I don't think there would be any..... it just seems odd that there wasn't a letter with it. and there isn't any phone number on the check?