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Global Market Research sent me a bad check from Covington Louisiana
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1Consumer
0Employee/Owner
I received a letter in the mail offering me a position as a 'Mystery Shopper' being paid $440. a week. A check was inclosed in the amount of $3375. I was to shop one of seven stores with $100. of that and Money Gram $2900. to an individual in Canada claiming to be one of their representatives. I was to keep the rest as my pay.
I did deposit the check as I have been working with survey companies online and thought they had a part in it. Thank God the teller put a hold on the check to ensure it cleared. It did not but I was out 5.00 to back the deposit out of my account. I plan to meet with the bank today to see if I should even close this account.
They are ripping off people and causing people to loose faith in the companies they claim to be. The names they are using on the letter and on the check are real companies. The banks the checks are written on are real companies as well. Do not deposit these checks.
Angela
Cleveland, North Carolina
U.S.A.
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#1 Update By Author
AUTHOR: Angela - Cleveland (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, March 05, 2009
POSTED: Thursday, March 05, 2009
I was contacted by Robert Williams from the number listed on the letterhead asking if I was ready to complete my assignment.
He told me to only go to Wal-Mart to process the moneygram. He told me not to take the letter with me but to write the name Rachel Howard in Ottawa Canada on a seperate piece of paper and take that with me instead. He also told me that the agent at the counter would ask me if I knew this Rachel Howard and he told me to just say yes. He then asked me to contact him back at 403-383-6647 extension 225 to give him the information relating to the money sent. I plan to wait and just let him call me back. I was hoping to get more information than what I got from him.
#2 Consumer Comment
AUTHOR: Laurie - Haslet (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, March 05, 2009
POSTED: Thursday, March 05, 2009
AS you have already found out the Check was bogus. The point is to get you wire the money - before you find out the check is bogus. They have your money and you have to pay the bank back and in some cases can be arrested for passing bad checks.
The Scammers are using the names of legitimate companies only.
Those companies are not involved in the scam at all.
The Secrets of Mystery Shopping Revealed
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt151.shtm
The fact that are requesting that you wire money is A BIG RED FLAG
You have to be affiliated with a LEGITIMATE MYSTERY SHOPPING SERVICE.
You have to apply for and be hired by the individual company before any checks are sent. Checks come from the individual retailers - NOT THE SERVICE on a per job basis.
