Bob Kilgore Seamus Dills, Mystery Shopper Scam, Internet

I received an eMail invitation to apply to be a Mystery Shopper, which I did.  I received four money orders; two from the USPS, two from CVS MoneyGram, totalling $3,640.60.  I was instructed to cash them, but my bank wouldn't so I deposited them to my checking account.  When the first two (total $1,800.00) cleared, I withdraw $1,450.00 ($1800.00 - $350.00, my "pay"). 

I mystery shopped at WalMart as instructed (spending $53.00 of my "pay") and wired $1,335.00 to a man in the Dominican Republic.  The next day, I learned that the two money orders which had not cleared had been returned to my bank.  And two days later, the other two money orders were returned.  This basically wiped out all the money I had in my checking and savings accounts.

All four money orders appeared to be perfectly legitimate; in my naievete, I didn't even realize that it was possible to counterfeit money orders.