A Seattle nonprofit was pressured to return excess money from a generous donation – only to learn the original check wasn’t valid.
SEATTLE — It looked like a generous gift: a $2,000 donation to help train service dogs for people with disabilities. But what seemed like a dream gift quickly turned into a scam.
Seattle-based Atlas Assistance Dogs got an email from a man named “Richard” offering the donation. When the check arrived, it was for more than double the promised amount. The organization deposited the check, but soon, the emails and text messages started coming, pressuring the nonprofit to return the “extra money.”
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