Complaint Review: WALMART INC. - Internet
- WALMART INC. Internet USA
- Phone: (205) 598-1035
- Web:
- Category: Unusual Rip-Off
WALMART INC. WALMART INC. sent me a check on May 9, 2016 for 1,899.75 ., And deposit in my account which I did , I took my $350 and sent $1469.00 toGreece like it said and the rest spend at Walmart , they returned the check to my bank and now I have to pay my bank $1900 *** *** **. Bentonville, Arkansas, 72716 Arkansas
*Consumer Comment: As you see
*Consumer Comment: Are you a Walmart employee?
*General Comment: Sadly...
Walmart Inc Sent me a check on May 9, 2016 for $1899.75 to evaluate wester Union and a Walmart store , for the western union I a was evaluating a western union salesperson to see if they were doing it right and I sent $1469 to Greece and had to also evaluate an employee at a Walmart store where I spent $86 . My bank has told me I have to pay them $1900 back , because WALMART INC. sent the check to my bank telling them I changed the check. All I did was put it in my account and take it out the next day and do what they asked.
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#3 Consumer Comment
As you see
AUTHOR: Robert - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Monday, May 23, 2016
As you see by the other posts you aren't getting much sympathy, and they pretty much laid out why.
However, let me add a few more things. First of all there is no such thing as "easy" money. If you break down what you were allowed to keep vs. how much time you actually spent it probably worked out to about $300/hr. Now this was $300/hr to do what? To perform open heart surgery? To prosecute the FBI's most wanted? To sell that 10.2 Million dollar mansion? No, it was to go to a store and shop. Does that sound like a $300/hr job? No, that is about a $2-$5/hr job which is exactly what REAL "Secret Shopper" companies pay. And yes that is below "minimum wage" because it is not really a job but you are working as an Independent Contractor.
I'm not going to go as far as saying that "everyone" knows about these scams...obviously they don't or you wouldn't have done it. But variations of this scam have been going on for a good 25+ years. They all have one thing in common...greed. And that is how they got you. As mentioned all you saw was dollar signs and figured "free money".
So let me help you out. ANYTIME..yes ANYTIME someone you do not personally know sends you a check and wants you to cash it and send them money, you can guarantee it is a scam. It doesn't matter what reason they give you or how convincing they are. It doesn't matter if they even tell you to wait 10-15 days to make sure it clears. ANYTIME you get a check figure it is a scam.
Now, as a side item to this. You did not win the Internet Lottery, you do not have a long lost relative who is an African prince, and you are not going to get a great deal on speakers or leather jackets sold out of the back of a vehicle.
#2 Consumer Comment
Are you a Walmart employee?
AUTHOR: FloridaNative - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Monday, May 23, 2016
If you aren't a Walmart employee, why would you think that Walmart hired you to check out a Western Union employee? It doesn't even make sense for Walmart to check out the employees of another company without a consultanting contract in place. Did you have a contract with either Walmart or Western Union? It just seems so ludicrous on its face to deposit a check into your account from a stranger without having a prior contract in place...why would you do it unless you were getting some benefit too.
This is a very common scam that everyone knows about ...the names of the companies change, but the scam is the same. Go to the FTC(dot)gov website and read up on financial scams so you know what to do next time you are solicited by a scammer.
Then get a second job to pay for the $$ you owe the bank. This would have never happened if you had stopped to think for a minute before depositing a check into your account without vetting the sender first.
#1 General Comment
Sadly...
AUTHOR: Striderq - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Monday, May 23, 2016
there are two things wrong about this report.
1) That you were ripped off by believing this story that there have been many reports, news articles about.
2) That you blame Walmart that had nothing to do with this. The scammers used their name in the hopes that someone would believe their story. It worked. Now you're out money and Walmart has an unnecessary report about it.
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