TD Bank

Hello. I was very ill for awhile and my credit did take a dip, I went for a secured loan after I had paid off all of my credit card bills, except for 1. I was denied a secured loan, even though I had the money to secure in my savings.
So, I asked why.
No mind you, I had another secured loan with TD bank which I paid off a year and a half early- no joke.
I was told because my account was left to a family member in case I died. Which is normal, I do not want them to go through hell to bury me.
It was the first time too, i explained.
Then I received another call and was told that it was my credit.
I explained that I understood that my credit was subpar, but it is a secured loan and I am giving you the money up front. I also said that I had just paid back my first loan 1.5 years early.
Then, I received yet another call and was told that I had applied for the loan at a branch, therefore, that is why i was accepted before, but the corporate end is more strict.
I said that they are one bank- not independently owned.
Bottom line folks, TD BANK sucks. They are great at taking your money and if you are a good customer with them- they will turn their back on you.

Scot, you're not the only one. I've had several RESP agents telling me the wrong things. And they are supposed to be experts. Some of those group RESPs have super heavy enrollment fees, and they never mention anything about them until you're enrolled.

ACTUALLY, the student checking DOESNT have a monthly fee OR a balance required... should have read more carefully

I have an extended family of about 18. All 18 of us use to bank at TD bankNorth. Then the green books arrived. I read mine, reread it, reread it again and was outraged. I picked up the phone and called all 18 relatives, because I know they don't read this stuff from the banks, and told them what I was reading. Some read it, some threw the package in the trash, some even dug them out of the trash to confirm what I was saying.
Needless, TDBanknorth just lost 18 accounts from my end. I went to a credit union.
I think it is ridiculous that they want you to keep so much money in the bank or get a monthly fee! There were 4 people in my household and each one of us had different fees. My daughter's, for example, was the most ridiculous. She is a full time college student and part time worker. They wanted her to keep 1000 dollars in the bank or pay a 17 dollar fee a month. What a nerve! GO TO A CREDIT UNION.

Banknorth DOES suck! They forget that it is because of their customers that they are even in business. People have been brainwashed over the past several decades into thinking they can't live without a checking account. HELLO, ...everyone can and SHOULD live without a checking account until the banks realize that they can no longer rip off their customers with utter disregard for ethical business practices. People should only deal with savings accounts that pay interest and don't have any maintenance fees. People need to wake up and band together against the thieves that call themselves 'your friendly local bank'. HA! I say Jesse James and Dillinger and all the bank robbers of the past are heroes, the banks had it coming, and they have it coming now. Between the EXCESSIVE FEES, 'creative' bookkeeping, and all the bull**** they hand us when they try to tell us that they are 'only following policy' when they empty our accounts every chance they get, we will all be poor. I'm telling you, you gotta start realizing your power and drop the checking accounts. Pay bills in person, with money orders, prepaid credit cards, debits from savings accounts and whatever other way there is. Send the banks a message, drop your checking accounts!

i have also been robbed by bank north not just once but twice.i'm on lay-off from my job and collecting unemployment comp.i have cashed my check at my local branch of banknorth with no problem getting the full amount.last week i deposited my check on a friday and payed some bills by electronic payment that night on the phone.the following monday i went to check my balance and found both payments were denied do to lack of funds.when i called banknorth they said there is a three day waiting for checks to clear.the same thing happend last year the only difference at that time i deposited cash.there excuse for robbing that time was that they clear checks in the morning but do deposits after 2pm.between both ripoffs it took more then what make a week on unemployment.as far as i'm concerned they are robbing our money with impunity.

I couldn't agree more. They just cost my wife $500 in fees. They are thieves!

I enquired with the manager of the Vancouver location about maximum contributions for a Register education savings plan . She did not know ! I advised her that It should be on annual income and she said that I was wrong . I contacted the Government of Canada and I was correct !
She should not be giving out information and have that title !
She made me feel so small and I was correct !
Advising you that will never deal with your institution nor will I refer it .
Thank you for taking the time .

I work for TDBanknorth and I know firsthand that this woman has been irresponsible and is refusing to take responsibility for her own actions. If she had deposited funds right away when the neg. bal. was not extremely in the negative, she would have avoided quite a bit of aggravation and frustration.

I'm no paticular fan of TD Banknorth but in this case I'm not sure what they did wrong. If you don't pay your bills any bank is going to close your account and send it to collections. As far as being notified, you should always keep track of your spending and shouldn't depend on any institution to tell you when and how much you overspend.

It is the attitude that our spending is someone else’s responsibility that has resulted in the current financial crisis we face. We need to live within our means and not blame others for our own actions.

I have gotten two of these checks, didn't fall for it, put it through the shredder! No one is going to just send you a check out of the blue, everyone should be smart enough to realize that!

This is the second check I recieved in one month. Is there anyway this can be stopped? Do we contact our local police department or the News Companies or what?

Who can help me ?

I did receive such a letter and I fell for it .
The received check was deposited, however the bank did not want to take any risks and put a 12 day hold on the check.The lady said I have 4 days to pay the taxes otherwise i forfeight the prize.I paid out of my pocket the taxes and the insurence for the money to be covered by ups. Its been 20 days since i made the payment, no one called, no letters . Its hard to catch anyone to give you an honost answer when you call -either the phone answer machine is full or the associate .can not acess your file to tell you-------.Hey stupid we got you or no its a clerical error.
Can anything be done under the law...will 20/20 get involved if more people come forward or is it a last cause along with the money?
mikeob-

THIS IS A HUGE SCAM! I DID THE RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS COMPANY DOESNT EXIST! THEY NEED TO BE STOPPED! DO NOT CASH THE CHECK AND DO NOT SEND THEM ANY MONEY! TAKE IT STRAIGHT TO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND LETS GET THIS SCAM STOPPED RIGHT AWAY! THESE PEOPLE SUCK!

I have just recieved a letter today saying that I have won 250, 000.00 and that I needed to cash the 3, 900.00 check that was enclosed in the envelope addressed from the same scamers that all of you guys have mentioned. After reading, I did notice that they want you to deposit and then send them 95% of your deposit. I did not fall for the crap because ANY LOTTERY THAT ASKS YOU TO PAY THE TAXES IS A SCAM!If you do win, the taxes are taken out of your winnings from the state. So I say better luck next time silly rabbits, tricks are for kids!

I just received a check for 3, 700 and they are asking me to deposit it so i can pay for the non resident taxes on 450, 000.000 so they want me to deposit the check mean while ill write them a check for 2, 700 and my bank will put a hold on there check, an when i find out there check is no good they just screwed me out of 2, 700 be careful of this scam,

"This kind of crap is ridiculous."
No, what's ridiculous is that you thought that corporations simply handed out free money. Do you live in the 21st century or not?

I was in a vehicle accident and td financial recently bought out VFC inc. now that they are td financing they are giving me issues with refinancing for another vehicle. now i will not have a vehicle and the accident wasn't even my fault.

bad customer service relations. won't give me answers

TD Financial is sending out false checks to innocent US residents. The letters that accompany these checks inform the recipient they have unclaimed winnings from a LOTTO contest. The dollar amount of the winnings varies, as does the dollar amount of the check. The recipients are instructed to pay government taxes, with the check received, through MONEYGRAM at a WALMART store.

DO NOT fall for this scam! Contact the company that the check is written from. Find out if they have filed a report with their local law enforcement. If so, get the information. Then contact your local law enforcement agency, giving them the original claim information as well. The more information our law enforcement agencies have, the closer we can get to catching these theives!

scam checks. telling us we won a special lotto.Lucky 649 contest wth serial number [protected]. contest held onjune 27, 2008.The tax amount is $3, 980 US to be paid thru MONEY GRAM located at any Walmart stores(Wallmart spelled wrong) around you. You can call Ron Clark (on) [protected]. claim #PS 723-559 SU. From the office of Venessa Robert (vice president finance) TD financial.
address they gave is TD financial Sun Tower, 1550Bedford Highway, Suite 410, Nova Scotia, B4A 1E6. Letter dated 28th August, 2008. Received letter on 15th September, 2008. Grammatical errors by the Author of the scam letter.

I recieved a letter and a check for $4, 920.00. The letter said that I had won a lottery in Canada and that the check was part of my winnings to pay the taxes of $3, 980.00 on the winnings of $250, 000.00. Some people might do it thinking that the worst that could happen is they are about $1, 000.00 better off. The letter instructed me to cash the check and call a phone number for further instructions. I checked the number on 411.com and found it to be a cell phone in Canada. My daughter called the number and started asking questions and the man that answered got upset and told her to just cash the check and call me back. He then hung up on her. This is terrible because I am sure that there are people that would see this check and deposit it and send the money to these theives. I plan to call the number quite often and harress the jerk that answers it. The number is [protected]. Feel free to call them.

March 22, 2010

I recieved the same letter with a check for $3, 580.00 stating I won from some lottery drawing and from an entry submitted with my name and I was one of the winners in the 'NORTH AMERICA CONSUMER PROMOTION DRAW" organized for all customer of the stores listed below: Walmart, Sears, Homedepot, Safeway. They said my name was attached to an entry slip with a serial number of 5872B and drew the lucky winning numbers. I immediately went to my search engine and looked up this company called KINGSWAY FINANCIALS it took me to website of a law firm that was bringing charges of fraud against this company. The letter also instructed me to call a Claims Agent and gave me a number to call [protected], which I did not call and I emailed the Law Firm to let them know what I had received. In this ecomony with everyone losing jobs on unemployment people would jump at the chance to win something, but in this world nothing is for free. Oh the letter also states I won $35, 000.00 and the $3, 580.00 check was for payment of the NON RESIDENTS TAX which was applicable to your winnings.
As many of the other people that I have read in the comments I also would like to know how they obtained my name and address. I know this is a scam and why can't something be done about this. I was afraid to even call the number not knowing who i'd be calling. I even tried to do a reverse search on the phone number to learn it was a Cell phone. I tried to look up the company that is listed on the check and was directed to this web site. PLEASE IF ANYONE RECEIVES THIS REMEMBER YOU DON'T GET SOMEONE FOR FREE AND THIS IS A SCAM. I have spoken to an attorney who I asked what can I do so this can be stopped he suggested since I live in PA to contact the Attorney General in Philadelphia and make them aware he then said to distroy the check and DO NOT CALL THE COMPANY LISTED ON THIS LETTER. I am contacting my Local and State Representives and I am filing a police report. This should not be allowed to happen and the people responsible should be held accountable. AGAIN PEOPLE PLEASE BE SMART AND DO YOUR RESEARCH...DO NOT CONTACT THIS COMPANY OR TRY TO CASH THE CHECK THEY SEND YOU...THIS IS A SCAM!

How do people fall for this? In all logical senses doesn't it require a sensibility to judge where this is coming from? If I received a check for approximately $3000.00 and then was instructed to send money somewhere to pay taxes so I can collect more money. Red flags are going off in every direction yet people are vulnerable to the deceit and lies. The only thing these bogus checks are good for is the shredder. NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER send money to someone you don't know.

i just recieved a similar letter today, letter is from Woodbine Financial, Inc. / Ontario Canada, check for 4900.80, says i won $120, 00 in us dollars, and that 2800 would need to be sent to pay for taxes and fees,
my first red flag that this is fake was that my name was spelled out in all lower case letters,
second, its from canada,
third, name on the check is from TOMY CORPORATION, which i googled, they make video games, both the listed name and the bank are in CA, legit bank (MANUFACTURERS BANK)
fourth red flag was that i know the taxes on 120 grand is nowhere close to the 2800 that they where asking to cover, from reading everyone's posts here, it seems that they have changed names again, but the stupidest thing is that the phone number is still the same... like i always say, common sense isn't so common... there are three different address here, nothing is consistant, how is this scam supposed to be credible, espically that a canadain company in Ontario, has a bank account over 3000 miles away in a bank exclusive to California, all i got to say is thank god for the internet and web sites like this... to educate other people searching for hope and answers... i hope others recognize this scamers new identity and don't foolishly fall for it...

I too got the scam envelope w/no return address. The letter inside stated it was from ING Direct. this seems to be a real company but someone obviously stole their logo for their own illegal purposes. The letter states that is is a final notice. it tells me that I am a winner from their April 16th 2009 drawing. It states that Im entitled to 450, 000$ but first I have to deposit my enclosed check of $4, 950.00 and pay a service tax fee of $3, 950.00 before I get all the money WHAT BULL ###! I have also recently been called by all these unusual ph #s. I got a voicemail a few times telling me that it was the claims department and they needed me to call them back because they have been trying to reach me for days. I'm freaking out thinking that maybe I forgot to pay a credit card bill or some old Dr. apptment fee. So like an idiot I call the # back to have the other end answered by some guy w/a thick and barely audible accent. turns out I called Jamaica! The guy was like call me back on this other #. I didn't but I did call my ph company right away to take away the long distance fee. I have no idea why I've had these instances lately but perhaps because I am registered at places for my upcoming wedding. Maybe David's bridal is giving out info. They suck there anyways. Either way I'm guessing both scam incidents must be connected somehow...If anything seems too good to be true or in the least bit out of the ordinary then I highly suggest looking into it before responding or acting. That guy up above is right, thank goodness for google or many more people would probably be screwed!

My girlfriend just recieved one from nova scotia winning 4920.00 We took it to the bank and cashed it for the full amount! no problems or questions asked! NOOOOOOOOTTTT! This is a scam and everyone needs to know. i had a close friend get a phone call from people like this. unfortunately he sent in the two grand plus to claim. he found out he wasn't gettin his 100 million dollars. we are from the midwest (KC) and we'll be sure to inform everyone we know about this scam. hope everyone else does the same.

My 81 year old nana just recieved a check today 4-9-09 from standard trust, novia scotia canada, with no return address on envelope. that she won 250, 000 dollars. They sent her a check for 4920.00 told her to pay moneygram located at local Walmart. To contact lisa austin [protected], I'm glad she asked me to take a look at it and see what I thought. Since googling this she will thank god not get scammed! This is really bad, I'm sure a lot of people are getting taken advantage of.

TD used to be a great place to bank at! Now, they probably are the worst customer service bank in USA. I'm sure they are on the way out of business. They have no one answering customer service phones! Wait time is over 20 minutes, and they offer no call back service. They are so bad, they make Comcast look like a AAA.

An employee named Jonathan Vera from Cliffside Park New Jersey asked me for my cell phone number and social security number. He didn't respect boundaries

I received a letter 07/20/2023 from a MR. ERIC M. JONES stating I inherited 9.764 Million dollars I knew it was too good to be true lol. Plus the letter has no heading verbiage is questionable so I decide to research Mr. Jones and I was correct. Scam!

I received a letter signed by a Michael Keller. The letter states I am the closest relative of deceased James Baldwin who has a dormant bank account with a balance of 47 million 500 dollars!

I knew immediately this is a SCAM

Received a letter stating I’m the next of kin for a 9.2 million account. Do people really fall for this stuff? People need to get a real

Job.

I want the bank to approve my card for on - line services, that's it! The employees in the FRAUD DEPARTMENT have taken away the right I have to use my card to make purchases! I demand you approve the transactions and I will pay the bill. Simple!

Dianiel Tiber posing as an emplyee daniel@tiberwealthmanagement.com

Say you have 9.2 million dollars from my relative who dies in Canada. Received letter dated 10/27/2022 Says he is acct mger for TD Canada Trust Bank

TD Bank customer service changed payment agreement after receiving refund check from dealer without my knowledge.

Wanting to know if I was related to James Rueter? Was using your bank name. Just thought I would let you know. Investment of 47, 500.00 dollars!
Well I see on internet this is a SCAM!

Need to update error 47, 000, 000.00!