Did Sherman Unkefer do time for bank fraud?Are there facts?
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If you're referring to the multi-level marketing millionaire, the facts are hard to come by. According to one MLM "closed door" event in 2004 for an exclusive few MLM movers and shakers:\n\n"Several years ago Sherman Unkefer owned two banks, but he left banking to go full time in Network Marketing.  In less than one year Sherman's team is doing over $2 million per month in sales and I'm sponsoring over 3,000 distributors per month. Sherman Unkefer is a Million Dollar Earner and Top Distributor with his company..."\n\nAnd according to several sources, including a Federal Observer article:\n\n"Larry McDonald, John Rees, and Sherman Unkefer were members of the John Birch Society... Sherman Unkefer served as an adviser to Chile's regime under Augusto Pinochet. Unkefer reportedly worked closely with Chile's secret police organization, DINA." Is that the same man?\n\nNot much info, I know. Good luck with your query.\nNewarview
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This sounds like a scam, sorry.  I think you've been duped.  First link is to the bank-job scam on SNOPES; second is to the Nigerian con, cuz it's so prevalent.  Could be a spin on these that you're in, I'm thinking.
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I have gotten a few....\nstory is usually about a bank official that died, left no hiers etc etc.\nI post on military.com....I guess the got my e mail from there and then conjured up story....\nThey were a small group of American military personnel and needed help getting an enormous sum of cash out of Iraq and that they would cut me in.........\nI sent one of the them a pee we herman dance card.\nMy brother F's with them....\nthanks for link...interesting
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Funny, my bullsh!t detector is going off.  How exactly did you drop $3,000 in cash into an ATM without an envelope?  Somehow I doubt the ATM would accept it.  \n\nNot to mention, they searched their machine and found no evidence that anyone deposited money without an envelope.\n\nMaybe you should just admit to yourself that you're lying and stop this nonsense before the District Attorney gets wind of it.
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I dunno but there was an incident where a man deposited a Sweepstakes check for $95,000 that said this is not a check cause he wanted to see what the bank would do and they accidentally put that money into his Account that already had $5000\n\n$100,000 kept popping up on account and he made calls and was assured he could keep the $95,000 cause it was the bank's fault.\n\nFinally he put it on a certified check and put it in a Safe deposit box and the bank finally wanted the $95,000 back.\n\nThey got it back too.
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Depends on the country it's from and on whether it's good -- may never clear if it's fraudulent!  \n\nThere are US laws limiting how long a US bank can take to make funds available from a deposit drawn on another US bank, but I'm not aware of anything like that for foreign deposits.  Suggestion:  Call your bank and ask!
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That stuff is listed in phone book; as long as you didn't give out info like ss#, bank accts., credit cards, you will probably be okay.  If you are that concerned you can call one of the credit bureaus and ask what their policies are on unusal activity regarding your credit.  If you report it ahead of time this may help you with any liabilities in the future.  Good luck.\n\n I hope you didn't give any bank info to this man.  If so, call your bank tomorrow and explain situation.  Cancel acct. and wait to reopen a different one till you call soc sec..  Call soc sec. office and explain what happened and that your # and info may have been compromised. They will probably have a new one issued to you.
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Hi,\n\nYes, I signed up with them too and followed thru with their instructions. On Wed 5/17 I opened up a NEW Chase acct with online access and on Thurs 5/18 added their Wells Fargo acct to be linked with mine. \n\nOn Friday, I got further instructions to activate this acct with the 2 deposits mentioned and to initiate a 10k transfer from their acct to my acct. I did this in the morning because this was supposed to be a SAME day transaction. I got the confirmation #'s and printed out all paperwork for my records. Friday evening, I decided to check the status of the transaction only to find out that my Chase online access was DEACTIVATED and was instructed to all Chase's regulation dept to speak with them.\n\nI have yet to speak with the Chase team to find out what needs to be done. I heard from another gal that said the same had happened to her but I haven't heard further word.\nI also emailed Dollartime on Friday evening, but so far have not heard anything. Tried calling too but all I get is a busy signal.\n\nI have filed an online complaint with www.fraud.org and they will forward the info submitted to the local authorities. These thugs need to be caught and proscecuted!\n\nAlso found out that Universal Escrow's identity WAS stolen and aka Dollartime was using their impressive list of business trade references to lure innocent folks (like us) into cashing BAD checks for them.
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My roommate got caught in the same scam. The girl told him she loved him and sh*t like that. Saying that she needed him to cash the money order, and send the money to her sister. He got screwed out of 120,000 bucks. He went to the police but there was nothing they could do. That was over two years ago and he's still paying back the bank. Really sad that people are still falling for the scam now...even sadder that the people are keeping up the scam. At least you're smart and know it was a scam. What the police told my ex roommate was that there's no way to tell who the person is, so the most you can do is report it to yahoo. They'll pull the account, but they'll only create another one and be back out doing it in ten mins.
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Any unusually large bank deposit is reported.  There is a specific amount, in fact, but I don't know it.  I am sure you could find out through the Internet what the exact amount is.  The person who told you "no" up above is wrong.  It's to keep people from tax evasion, money laundering and other illegal activities.
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i kno whoever falls for that is dum. once some guy claimed he was the owner of a company call "ZAZA FABRICS" and he sent me 4 checks that had $500.00 each he told me if i cash them and send the money to him i keep 10% i did it like an idiot and the bank told me it was fake. i almost went to jail but i showed them the email and they let me slide. while i was waiting for the check to cash i told him it would take two weeks and he got mad and said he would call the police if i didn't send money but i didn't i told him i aint gonna send him nothing until the checks are cashed. i learned my lesson.\nif he ever sends u a email\nthis is his address\nzazafabrics@yahoo.com
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TOTAL SCAM!!!!!!!\n\nI work at a bank and see this all the time.  Check out the websites the other person listed.  The Dept of Labor does not give out money, and even if they did, they would not ask for any money from you up front!
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Call your bank, and have them check any checking accounts, or credit cards you have.  They should have a record that you can see any transactions you did not make.  The faster you go to the bank the faster this can be determined.  After that they should be able to give you more professional advice on what to do about the situation if you find it to be true.  \n\nAlso notify the police, and put a fraud alert on your credit report (again the bank can help with that) .
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its probably not true...most of those are hoaxes or jokes that will ask for your bank account number and take a bunch of money instead of put some in like they promise...i would ignore it, you wont get any money. sorry! : (
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I don't know that and don't take it as a fact.  \nThe federal reserve bank destroys literally tons of worn out money every year. My washing machine doesn't do tons but it eats a dollar or so left in pants pockets every week - does that mean I am committing a crime?
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Yes, I have heard of this scam and others like it and different from it...\n\nYou can find out about any and all scams and any truth or lies to them by visiting these sites and bookmarking them for future use on all rumors...
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He stole from the system and should pay it back.  I know a lot of others do to but he got caught.  I wish we could catch ALL of them!\n\nAt the time he was cheating the government did he give ANY thought to the fact that he was taking money out of the pockets of those who truly needed what meager assistance they could get?  Like disabled persons or children???