Talk:Cheque fraud

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Contents 1 Article title 2 Why the name 'kiting"? 3 hypothetically, if i was the recipient of a lottery scam .... 4 United States specific?

[edit] Article title

Is cheque spelled "check" in US english or is the title spelled wrong? --Qirex 02:53, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

• Yes, "check" is the US English spelling, which seems to take predominance on Wikipedia (though I've personally been unclear as to whether or not it's policy). Shane Lawrence 09:10, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

It depends, see bank cheque. And yes, that's how it's spelled there. If it's a matter of contention, I guess it could be moved to "Kiting (fraud)". 68.39.174.238 02:05, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why the name 'kiting"?

A long time ago I heard an explanation that the word 'kiting' came about because the fraud first started in the early 1900's when personal aircraft became available. A 'kiter' who owned and flew a small plane could write checks and fly between banks in several different cities on the same business day much faster than the banks could keep track of the checks.

Since a slang term for a small aircraft was 'kite', thus the name.

Does anyone know if this is actually true?

76.183.255.50 04:39, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] hypothetically, if i was the recipient of a lottery scam ....

and cashed the check at an e z check cash location due to not having an account. ..then later found that that check wss bad after I recieved themoney... who is at fault? Who owes that money? anyone?

[edit] United States specific?

This information seems to only refer to the illegality of cheque kiting in the US. Does any one know the legal status in other countries? KayVee 12:37, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't think it would be feasible in the UK. Here if you pay a cheque into your account you can't withdraw the funds until it has cleared, which takes three working days. So the money is only available in at most one account at any given time. 212.135.1.81 00:07, 25 July 2007 (UTC)