This is...different. Square Enix have issued a statement claiming that "certain unknown parties" based in Canada have been sending counterfeit cheques to random homes across the United States. Cheques that say "Square Enix" on them.

It's not a new practice, we know; this kind of scam has been running for decades. But using Square Enix's name? How odd! You have to wonder whether the scammers are picking company names at random, because I can't imagine Jim Truckson from Cornhole, Idaho opening his mailbox and knowing what the hell a "Square Enix" even is.

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