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- Shop 'N' Check 82-415 Mountain View Ave Indio, California USA
- Phone: 760-283-7038
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- Category: Cash Services
Shop 'N' Check Linda Bradley Falsey said I was being hired as secret shopper. Issued me a cashiers check that bounced Indio California
*Consumer Comment: Common scam
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I received an email from Linda Bradley on Friday 28 AUGUST 2015. Stating that a cashiers check had been sent to my house. I needed to deposit the check in the amount of $3990.00 then take out $3690.00 and deposit in another mystery shoppers account. When I withdrew the money prior to me depositing at the bank I was to evaluate my bank called and informed me that the check had bounced. I was to receive $300.00 for Payment for doing this. I now am overdrafted $350.00 in money and fees because of this and need the money replaced.
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#1 Consumer Comment
Common scam
AUTHOR: Stacey - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Monday, August 31, 2015
Secret Shopper or Mystery Shopper Scams
How the scam works
Many news reports are referring to this as the “newest” scam variation, but we have been seeing reports of these scams on our message board since 2005. The job description can be Secret Shopper, Mystery Shopper or Customer Service Evaluator, but it is all the same scam.
The scammer will either place an ad in a legitimate classified listing, online or in print, or they will collect their victim’s names and email addresses off of resumes posted online. Some of them are even making “copy cat” websites of legitimate Secret Shopper companies to use in their scam to help convince the victim that this is all legitimate. For a listing of legitimate Secret Shopper companies, go to mysteryshop.org/
The victim will be told that they have been hired as a Secret Shopper and will be sent a cashier’s check or money order to cash and use on their assignments. One of the assignments is to review the service at a Western Union or Money Gram location. They are given a name and address to wire money to, from the check that was sent to them, and told to fill out an evaluation form on the service received and email or fax that back to the company they are working for.
Everything seems fine, and some victims may even complete a few “assignments” before the check is discovered to be counterfeit. On average, it takes about 10 business days for the bank to realize that the check is counterfeit, but we have seen some cases where it has taken over 6 months. Once the bank dose find that the check is counterfeit, they will contact you demanding the return of the money and deduct the full amount of the check from your bank account. This sometimes leaves the victims with negative bank accounts.
For more information on the check clearing process and the banking terms, please read
scamvictimsunited.blogspot.com/2009/08/banking-terms-not-as-clear-as-they.html
You are responsible for that overdraft sorry.
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