Old United SurveyPro Inc. - Old United Life Insurance Company the company wanted me to cash or deposit a 4,955 dollar check into my account and send it back. They said the job I was going to be fulfilling was a secret shopper, and that they've been in business for 15yrs. and if I followed the directions that they would pay me 495.00 a week after 3 months my weekly payment would be 695.00 weekly. I would also get money weekly to shop at different places. Merriam Kansas

I would like to respond on behalf of Old United Insurance Company regarding this RIPOFF Report. To all of the consumers who have received a letter appearing to be from Old United Life Insurance offering payment for your services and accompanied by a check, please be advised that this is not in any way from or connected to Old United Life Insurance Company. This is a SCAM and a sophisticated one at that. The perpetrator(s) sends a letter to a consumer offering to pay for services performed by the consumer as a researcher or mystery shopper. So far, the letters were sent by Trump Research, Inc., Old United Suvey Pro Inc., First Group Operating Company, LLC, Old United Evaluation and Marketing Services, and CBC Consumer Research Inc. all pretending to be associated with Old United Life Insurance Company. If you call the number on the letter, you usually find that it goes to someone in Canada. The offer is for the consumer to purchase items at selected retail outlets such as Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Sears, GAP, etc. After purchasing the items, the consumer is asked to complete a survey/questionnaire evaluating the store for cleanliness, customer service, appearance and attitude of the employees at the store and so on. The final assignment for the consumer is to pose as a customer sending funds to a person in Canada through either Western Union or Money Gram. The offer includes a genuine looking check from Old United Life Insurance Company to pay for your services, the items you purchase and the funds to be sent to Canada. Therein lies the scam. The check is a fake. They are relying on the consumer depositing the check and completing the purchases, survey and sending money by Western Union/Money Gram before they find out the check is not valid. We have had responses from some of the consumers who received such letters and have identified this as a scam. We have also heard from a consumer who was less fortunate. We have reported this scam to local, state and federal authorities and so far have had little response. Apparently, unless you have actual financial damage, there is little they can do because of all of the other widespread fraud that is out there. Our advise to you is if you should receive such a letter, disregard it and do not attempt to cash the check or send any one any funds. If you are already a victim of such a ruse, please contact your local or state authorities to report the perpetrator(s). We would like to offer our sincerest regrets to anyone who has received such a letter from someone falsely representing themselves as Old United Life Insurance Company.

Gerald Lamb
Old United Insurance Companies

You would like for WHO to investigate this "situation" ??????? Geeezzzzz There are literally hundreds of reports like yours on this site. Not that every report is not valuable, but should you bother to read them, you will understand that these scammers use "real" or "similar" names of companies on their bogus checks in hopes of duping foolish people. They are here today, gone tomorrow, and work out of foreign countries, out of reach of US law enforcement. The law enforcemnt in these countries have FAR better things to do than try to track down crooks who are scamming people in another country. They are very cleaver in changing tactics and moving about; they'll probably never be caught. You did a good thing by not cashing that phony check. At least you'll stay out of prison, unlike some other fools who DID cash them.