Complaint Review: Fidelity Assurance Company - jericho New York
- Fidelity Assurance Company one jericho plaza, suit 102 jericho, New York United States of America
- Phone: 12898293275
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Fidelity Assurance Company Secret Shoppers Secret Rip Off jericho, New York
*Consumer Comment: Not much you can do.
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I had went online looking for a job. Once in a while you find those secret shoppers adds and I thought that this one sounded good. I have had friends that have done this with great success but not through the Fidelity Assurance Company. I didn't think they were going to give me a position because I never got any response. In January 2012, I had finally received a letter with a check attached and instructions to do a couple specific jobs. They said to activate the check for cashing to call Andrew Young at 1-289-892-3257 and proceed with the instructions. They wanted me to go to a Western Union and fill out a money transfer to a Sara Jones of London, England, UK in the amount of $1,480 plus $100 send fees for the Money in Minute option. They wanted me to report how my service was, how I was treated, the pace of the transaction and what not. I had to call the number back to confirm the transaction and make a copy of the receipt to verify I had done that correctly. My next task was to take $50 more of the check and go to one of the affiliated stores that they listed such as: Walmart, Kmart,Rite Aid, Kroger, Costco, Sears, The Home Depot, Office Depot or Best Buy. I was supposed to spend $50 and then once again call to confirm that I had done that and give them a full detailed report of the service I received. They told me that I was allowed to keep what ever items I purchased as a bonus for doing my job. The biggest problem with everything was the fact that the check either didn't go through or as soon as it was in my account they took it and now I owe the full amount of the check according to my bank!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would like to know what happened and what I can do about not owing for this!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#1 Consumer Comment
Not much you can do.
AUTHOR: Flynrider - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, January 18, 2012
" I would like to know what happened and what I can do about not owing for this!!!!!!!!!!!! "
There's very little you can do about this. You fell for a very common phony check scam. When you deposit a bogus check into your account, you are ultimately responsible for it when the check is denied at the bank of origin.
" Once in a while you find those secret shoppers adds and I thought that this one sounded good. "
The vast majority of these "secret shopper" jobs are scams. Do you think it is likely that a legitimate company would send a valid check for thousands of dollars to someone who merely applied over the Internet? How do they know you are who you said you were? If you were a legit company, would you send that kind of money to someone you didn't know. Of course not. That's the biggest tipoff that this is a scam.
This scam takes advantage of federal regulations (Regulation CC) that require a bank to make funds available on a deposited check, BEFORE the check actually clears at the bank of origin . The scammers know this and they were relying on you not to know. They were also relying on you not to ask yourself if it was logical for a company to send you that kind of money without really knowing who you were. They got you to send them real (untraceable) money in return for a fake check.
I hope that answers your question about how this happened. When you are dealing with people that you don't know, over the Internet, you need to ask a lot more questions before entering into financial transactions. Basically, any transaction that involves you sending an untraceable money transfer (Western Union, Moneygram, etc...) to someone you do not personally know, is a scam.


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