Consumer Alert
Checking out your AMG check?
We told you last month about the $505 million in checks going back to 1.1 million people who got an online payday loan from a company affiliated with AMG Services. And we’ve heard from many of you that you got your check and cashed it. We’ve just heard, though, that scammers are trying to get into the act, using fake checks that look like the real one. So far, we’ve heard that scammers have given job applicants a check that looks like an AMG refund check, and then asked people to deposit the check and use the money to go buy supplies for the supposed employer.
Here’s what you need to know if you get a check from the FTC’s settlement with AMG:
- If you get a refund from the FTC, just deposit or cash the check within 60 days. You don’t have to pay for an FTC refund, and you don’t have to give any information to cash a refund check.
- If you have questions about your AMG refund check, go to the FTC’s AMG refunds page, or call the refunds administrator at 1-866-730-8174.
- Legit employers will never pay you by telling you to deposit a check and wire money back to them – or buy stuff for them. Anyone who does is scamming you.
Has someone asked you for something in exchange for your AMG refund check? Please tell the FTC at ftc.gov/complaint.
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If you have questions about your AMG refund check, go to www.FTC.gov/AMG, or call the refunds administrator at 1-866-730-8174.
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In reply to I HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY CHECK by VITALIS N NWANYANWU
If you have questions about your AMG refund check, go to www.FTC.gov/AMG, or call the refunds administrator at 1-866-730-8174.
In reply to I received one check for over by bambi 0624
The letter you got from the FTC said your check is a partial refund. It says that because the amount of your check is less than the total amount you paid to AMG Services, Inc. when it illegally charged you undisclosed and inflated fees. The FTC has sent out all the money that is available.
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In reply to Received a check for $488.78 by Is It Real
If you got a fake check, it's from a scammer.
Please call the company the FTC hired to manage the refund process. That is Rust Consulting, at 1-866-730-8147.
In reply to Hello I contacted the FTC and by Kletter
To get information about a check, please call the company that the FTC hired to manage the refund process at 1-866-730-8147.