Menke & Associates, Inc Offered a Job that does not exsist San Francisco California

I received a letter in the mail on 5/12/14 from Menke & Associates, offering a position called: Trainee Independent

Private Evaluator. Enclosed was a check in the amount of $3,880.00. On the Customer Evaluation Form it included

details of what I would do with the funds after I cashed it.

I was to purchase 6, $500.00 ($3,000.00) Greendot or Vanilla Reload Packs at various locations where they are

sold. The stores I was to shop at are Rite Aid, CVS Pharmacy, Walgreens, and Dollar General. I was to keep

$800.00 for my evaluation and training pay. I could purchase $50.00 worth of items from any of the stores and

could keep them. There was a service charge of $30.00 to purchase the Reload Packs.

After the Reload Packs were purchased, I needed to call and provide all 6 Reload Pack numbers with an agent prior

to faxing the form I received.

I called the phone number on the letter to activate the check before depositing it into my bank to ask questions. The

person I spoke to was explaining what I would do and then asked for the check number so he can activate it.

I told him not yet.

I got on the internet searching for any information I could find out about the company or any reported scams. I

decided to call the bank that was on the check so I could verify if this was truly a valid checking account. The

representative requested the 9 digits of the account number and the check number. The representative said they

could not verify the check number I gave him. He asked if I could fax him a copy of the check so he can look into it.

I faxed all the information to the bank and received a phone call eastern standard time at 2:00 pm on 5/13/14 to

let me know that the check was not valid and was turning the information I provided him over to begin an investigation.

He suggested I call the local authorities to report this.