Mystery Shopper

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I have been scammed by Eddy Collins

by: ajt1217
#1355
Feb 11, 2016
Monetary Loss: $1463.00

Received an email claiming to be a secret shopper. Sent a certified check that was deposited into my account. From there, I was immediately instructed to send funds via a cashiers check to CHina. Waited several days after doing cashier's check and the deposit was returned as a fraudulent account.

Names reported:: Edward Collins
Web/emails reported:: [email protected]
Identity Theft Risk:: HIGH RISK Click here for the explanation.

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Unresolved

Mystery shopper

by: firebrandrios
#1406
Feb 13, 2016
Monetary Loss: $0

[email protected] Jan 26
Join Programs as An-Evaluation Shopper * We are starting a very big research .............................................
.Found In USAJOBS.com
So I complied to this email and they sent me a cashiers check of almost 2,000.00 looks so real but they keep sending text to me to make money orders right away to their specifications ....I never sent them what they asked for till the check cleared, but it never did it came back from the bank as Altered......................
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Abundio Rios
Date: Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: Belldata - Usa.Jobs
To: [email protected]

__E-MaiL ;[email protected]
__N4Me ;~~~Abundio Rios
__Add.rress ;~~~400 Hayden st
__C|tiy Statte Zi|p ;~~Divine TX. 78016
__PH0nee # ;~~~~361-944-1433
__Gendre-Age.s;~~~~47
__Your JobNow;~~Nustar, Security

On Jan 26, 2016 10:35 AM, wrote:
Join Programs as An-Evaluation Shopper

* We are starting a very big research project in USA.

___Assigned to visit a shop.

___No experience needed like shopping.

___You will then finish an on-line questionnaire.

___Review customer satisfaction survey.

Pay.you between 35O$ - 5OO$ per completed~visit.

__Interested...?Y0u need to filling details below__

__E-MaiL ;~~~~~~~
__N4Me ;~~~~~~
__Add.rress ;~~~~~~
__C|tiy Statte Zi|p ;~~~~~
__PH0nee # ;~~~~~~
__Gendre-Age.s;~~~~~
__Your JobNow;~~~~~
This is the return email I got after I deposited the cashiers check to my account................................
Matthew Snodgrass
8:22 AM (4 hours ago)

to me
Hello

As it was stated in the first email that sent to you will be evaluating different stores around you / location, your first assignment will be at the Money gram outlet near you.

MONEY GRAM ASSESSMENT

Proceed to a MONEY GRAM store close to you request for a money transfer service and send the balance after you might have deduct your commission of $200 and send the balance of $1,700 to our other mystery shopper agents for the completion of their assignment with the details below (Transfer charges of $50 for both transaction should be deduct from the the balance and not from your commission. Split the money / balance into two equal part and send it to the information below

Under no circumstance are you to make it known that you are secretly evaluating their services as that will defeat the purpose of the whole program, so if asked if you are a mystery shopper please answer NO.

Receivers Information:

A) NAME : NAME : Surlena McNeal / Address: 2305 Golfview Dr. Southfield MI. 48033 ($850)
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B) A) NAME : Surlena McNeal / Address: 2305 Golfview Dr. Southfield MI. 48033 ($850)

REQUIRED INFORMATION'S AFTER TRANSFER IS COMPLETED VIA MONEY GRAM:-

Your full name and address as written on the form filled.
REFERENCE NUMBER (8 digit number on the receipt given to you).
Exact amount to be picked up.
Receiver's Information written on the form.
Scan/take picture of receipt given after money is sent.

REPORTS REQUIRES GUIDELINES

(1) How long did you wait for a Customer Service Agent?
(2) What was the overall appearance of the store, inside and out?
(3) Knowledge of the Customer Service Agent helping you?
(4) Reaction of personnel under pressure
(5) Your comments and impressions.
(6) Name and Address Of Location?
(7) Did you experience any overcharging?
(8) Did you notice any roll-back charges?
(9) How fast and efficient is the Money Transfer Service?
(10) How long does it take you to have the funds transferred?

[email protected]
505-675-0444 (Text only).......................................
So the cashiers check didn't go through after two weeks of waiting to be cleared but this person keeps telling me to comply with there order .....the check came back in the mail return as Altered from bank but i never told them it was fake i'm just playing stupid right now telling them i don't know what to do.......
This job came from a trusted sight usajobs.com I thought it was real but as I can see now its not. Thanks for your time I hope you can resolve this as soon as possible because someone out there might loose a lot of hard working money.

Names reported:: Surlena McNeal , Matthew Snodgrass
Phones reported:: 506-675-0444
Web/emails reported:: [email protected]
Identity Theft Risk:: HIGH RISK Click here for the explanation.

Unresolved

I have been scammed by Tom Taylor

by: bcrill61
#1462
Feb 15, 2016
Monetary Loss: $2,770.00

I received a check from a mystery shopping company. I was to cash the check and go to the Apple store in my area. I spoke with Tom and all sounded good. Even called the bank and was told the check was good. Went to my bank they ran a check on the check. All was good until the check back as a fraud.

Names reported:: Tom Taylor
Phones reported:: 516-350-6912
Web/emails reported:: [email protected]
Identity Theft Risk:: HIGH RISK Click here for the explanation.

Unresolved

Mystery Shopper scam

by: Txredhead83
#1524
Feb 16, 2016
Monetary Loss: $0

I was approached via email telling me Secret Shoppers was looking for people in my area and if I was interested reply with my name and address. I did. Several days later I receive what looks like a check in the mail with instructions on my 'assignment'. I contacted the financial institution and they verified the check is fraudulent.

Names reported:: Debra Louise
Phones reported:: 424-235-7311
Web/emails reported:: [email protected]
Identity Theft Risk:: HIGH RISK Click here for the explanation.

Unresolved

Sent me a fraudulant check

by: sashashimp
#1622
Feb 18, 2016
Monetary Loss: $3350.00

He sent me a check I was waiting for it to clear and he called me and chewed me out because I had not sent the money to his account yet I told him I was waiting for it to clear. then when I heard from the bank that it was a fraudulent check he said it wasn't and he had canceled the check because I would not talk to him on the phone.

Names reported:: Fernando Tores
Phones reported:: 815-349-9490
Web/emails reported:: [email protected]
Identity Theft Risk:: HIGH RISK Click here for the explanation.

Unresolved

Almost got me

by: dstrass
#1623
Feb 18, 2016
Monetary Loss: $2450

I had joined a Mystery Shopping site. I received an email from a potential employer. When I received the instructions, I was to deposit the cheque in to my personal account, go shopping at Walmart only spending $50.00, pay myself $250.00 and wire the remaining balance of $2100.00 to Dubai, UAE. Money transfer fees paid out of this money were to be $50.00.

Names reported:: Benjamin Chukwunonso Offor, Charles Powell
Web/emails reported:: [email protected]
Identity Theft Risk:: HIGH RISK Click here for the explanation.

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Author: April

Message: Well your first tip it was fraud should be the money order because money orders can't be made out for anything over $500 which is why if something cost let's say 1700 you need to buy four different money orders

Author: April Nie

Message: Well first of all in case you don't already know which sounds like you're not familiar a cashier's check is the same as cash the whole point of someone paying to have a cashier's check from their Bank is so the person receiving the check knows that it's a good check and have access to it immediately which is why a lot of landlords mortgage companies etc ask for a cashier's check because anyone can write a check and as we know you can deposit the check and it can get returned for non-sufficient funds but when you get a cashier's check you can only get it from your bank you pay your bank whatever their fee is and it's as if the money has already been taken out of the account so whatever the amount of the cashier's check is will already be deducted from your account so that when the cashier's check is deposited the funds are immediately available as a cashier's check works a lot like a money order when you deposit a money order there is no holding period Because it's the same as cash well that's the best way I can explain a cashier's check because it works exactly the same way only instead of going to a store and giving somebody cash to get a money order you go to your bank and they do it directly from your account.

Author: Jacqueline Farmer

Message: I just got a letter with a check for 2890.00. His name is Paul Westbrooke and the company he appears to be working for is Greenlit Research. He said to deposit the check and the money would be there in 24 hours if I wanted to wait for the cash to be in my account. I told him that until the actual money is in my account, I will not touch it. He said that the cashiers check was purchased with cash, so it would be there. My bank told me that it take up to 10 days for the actual cash to get in the bank. I am supposed to get a 20.00 cashier's check make out to AMERICAN KIDNEY FUNDS. Then get some WalMart cards and scratch to show the numbers. This is the second one I have got. The first one has been taken out of my account, because I refused to touch it until the bank it was drawn on had sent the cash to my bank. Don't like this one, and when I applied for the Secret Shopper job, I told them if this was a check to be deposited and taken out in a day, that I would not do it, so don't send it, and they sent it anyway. However, I think it is a scam still.

Author: Anne Lankford

Message: You all are obviously smarter than me ☹️ I answered an email for a mystery shopper ad from my college email so I thought it was legit. I got my package in the mail - a check, instructions, and survey to fill out. No request for personal information, no investment of money from me so again I thought it was legit. The cashier's check looked real and my bank deposited it. That is until today when they took the money back. Of course now I'm out $2600 and pissed! I feel so stupid for falling for this.

Author: GOD'S PLAN NOT MINES🙌🙏📖

Message: I have received 3 different scam artist checks and letters. Consumer Research Network. Kenny Risak is the signature.They basically want you to go and buy all these EBAY gift cards scratch the m off and take pictures of them and send them back to them. They want you to put the money in your bank acct. 1st and keep $400.00. The rest of th money I will would spend buying these EBAY gift cards from Best Buy, Target, and any place that sales them. They want you to think you are a secret shopper and that you will be evaluating if they: Said thank you, your over all experience and how long did your transactions take. They are getting better and better. This was my 1st one that came with a letter and a professional appearance. No way to stop them and they say we are safe in the US from warfare of any kind. Yeah right.

Author: speaktruthe

Message: Got this check through priority mail USPS. Anderson Hunt

Author: speaktruthe

Message: i am the most recent person to get this scam. Got a check for $2420. Buy gift cards from Walmart, yada yada yada. The cashier's check looks real, but i am a skeptic. I called the bank it's drawn on and they say they can't comment over the phone. Of course, the bank is out of state. Then I think: "why would they send me a big check? how do they know I will not keep all the $$$$$? Still have the check, and am calling police and postal authorities tomorrow. This will only stop if WE act.

Author: Vanessa Campos

Message: Mine was even worst when i checked it from where it came didn't say my last name on the package and whats sad about it they know my information because apparently they know i do market researching online and they falsely used a company i work for . their check looked legit till i noticed the astroid was off and too . All that trouble they went to type a paper its funny what these people do ...fool me not twice for victim of check fraud again*

Author: Matt MusicJunky

Message: you are aiding somebody to scam people. He has created degrees of separation from himself and not revealed his location because he doesn't want to get arrested. You could be facing legal problems, as it could appear to the court that the "I didn't know" excuse is just a lie. You need to be a "secret employee" and get as much information on this guy as you can and pass it along to the FBI. You are our only hope of catching this criminal ring that is devastating people; causing them to miss mortgage and rent payments, not afford medical care, etc because he steals thousands from them. Come, join the good guys and help us take him down. YOu can feel free to reach me personally for help.

Author: retail expert

Message: (Certain the following are Scam details) I received contact from : Daniel Lawrence via online. I was sent via USPS a money order made out with the sum of $998.00 w/remitter's name : Angela Moore. The money order is from PL$ Republic Bank, Oak Brook, Illinoise, 60523. The sender's name/address is : Stacy Johnson, Carmel Banking Center, 613 E. Carmel Dr, Carmel, IN 46032. The enclosed letter with instructions to keep $150 (+ $20 to cover the transfer costs) and send the balance of $818 via Moneygram Money Transer to their affiliate in Texas by the name of Robert Heisler, 9522 Horserace, San Antonio TX 78251 (I googled that mailing address and discovered the house is up for sale and was able to tour the interior and saw a photograph of the owners displayed above their fireplace). After following instructions completely I am to text Daniel Lawrence via 6195774882.

Author: Thrasher

Message: Where did you get the money orders? What kind of money orders are they? They are most likely counterfeit. You need to take the rest of them to the post office. Your savings account? That is a scam. The money could be stolen. It looks like you need to file a police report. File a police report for your protection. I could get you help. Email me at baitj26@hushmail.com Let me know everything.

Author: Linda Bremer Hampton

Message: I just received Contact from James Carr From Online It is a copy leter telling me how to go be a Wal Mart Secret Shopper.I have a $2,950.35 check from a bank the address is correct and the name of the bank and everything so they are smarter.But they want me to put the check in my bank then draw the money out the next day and keep $300 for myself plus 50 to shop and keep and then Moneygram to 2 locations in Tx.$1300. each Really This is a Scam They sent this Priority Mail.

Author: Bonnie

Message: I have been working for Mr. Jim Carr or Jim Giles, he uses both names. I have been printing checks to mail out to secret shoppers and also mailing out money orders to secret shoppers for this individual. He says he is in Paris and he is using me to print and mail these items because it is cheaper than mailing it from Paris. He is paying me $400 every two weeks as promised, and also he reimburses me for the supplies I am using. I am worried that this may be a scam though. It really bothers me. He has also had some one, I don't know who, deposit money in my savings account and then had me send Money Grams and Western Union to individuals over seas. I gave him my savings account number because I do not use that account any longer. I send out second and third secret shopper letters to some of the same individuals, so I assumed that the checks & money orders must be good or these people wouldn't be foolish enough to be dupped a second or third time. But after reading all the information on this website I am very concerned that I may be helping to scam others. Is there any way to verify that this an up and up business? I do not want any part of it if it is a scam.