Mystery Shopper Scam. [email protected]

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THIS INFORMATION IS VERY IMPORTANT AND WILL SERVE AS A GUIDELINE FOR YOU IN YOUR FIRST ASSIGNMENT PLEASE READ CAREFULLY FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING...

Our company has issued out a payment to you for your first assignment which means your commission for this job $300.00 has been issued to you with some funds which you will use in executing this Assignment.A payment was delivered to your address today via Ups (2 money order for $950) tracking Number *removed*

1ST ASSIGNMENT:
Assignment (A) Wal-Mart Evaluation:-($150 as commission)
Assignment (B) Western Union Evaluation:-($150 as commission)

IMPORTANT NOTE:-

kindly look out for payment And also send reports via email as soon as you complete your first assignment and Instruction to be followed have been sent to your E-mail Address.You will be Evaluating Wal-Mart store and Western Union outlet in your City. {EVALUATE THE NEAREST STORES}.

INSTRUCTIONS BELOW:-

You are instructed to Cash or Deposit the payment at your Bank and fund WILL be Available next day Upon Deposit .Then go ahead with Wal-Mart Evaluation and Then Western Union Evaluation. The payment you received covers all expenditures including evaluation, shopping, transport and your commission is $300.00 for these surveys .You are to purchase Goods of your Choice for your own Use not more than $50.00 at any Wal-Mart store close to you and also you will be using Western Union services to send the balance to another Mystery shopper to carry out his own Assignment (We want to confirm the differences between Local transfers and International transfers)

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REPORTS REQUIRES GUIDELINES

1. How long it took you to get services
2. Ambience/Outlook of the Shop/Outlet
3. Smartness of the attendant
4. Customer service professionalism
5. How fast and Efficient is the western union Transfer Service =
6. How long does it take you to have the funds wired =
7. How Close is the western union Transfer Location to your area =
8. Is the Senders Request Form too short or Long =
9. Is the neighboring environment safe for handling western union money transfer Service =
10. What is the name of the Local western union money Transfer Agent where you have the funds wired =
11. General Comment =

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BELOW IS THE EXPENDITURES BREAKDOWN:-
Per Assignment Salary ...... $300.00
Wal-mart ............................$50.00

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As a secret shopper your job is to observe any thing useful going on in the outlet. Make sure you observe everything you see in there because you would be asked some other questions when you return. So then you would go ahead and make a western union money transfer to another mystery shopper for another assignment.(Minus the western union fee) whatever you will be buying at Wal-Mart)
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NB : TRANSFER THE REST OF THE FUNDS (THROUGH) WESTERN UNION TO THE BELOW INFORMATION TO THE INFORMATION BELOW:

RECEIVER'S NAME: Stephen Lenarth
ADDRESS: Pasadena,CA.91116

REQUIREMENT INFORMATION'S AFTER TRANSFER IS COMPLETED VIA WESTERN UNION:-

1. Senders Name and Sender Address =
2. 10 Digits Money Transfer Control Number {M.T.C.N} =
3. The amount transferred =

Best Regards
Peter Kits
5406052003


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Subject: YOUR FIRST ASSIGNMENT.
From: Peter Kits <[email protected]>
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I,the recipient of this scam,is as it says on here and I remember it well.Both of these checks were fake and were not cashed at all nor did I,per instructions,deposit them through my bank to cash them as I already knew they were fake.I recommend to everyone,that,instead of depositing any through your bank,take it/them to a check cashing place and,if it/they're good,then put it/them through your account,but most likely it/they'll be fake! These scammers count on the general pubic being unaware that it actually takes a consumer's bank to take between 3-5 days for fake check(s)/money order(s) to be processed which is when it's known the check(s) is/are fake and unfortunately many learn the hard way especially those on a fixed income and they're evicted because they lost all their money in a scam.As the old saying goes "If it sounds too good to be true,it usually is".1 general hint it/they are fake: a fake checks(s)/money order(s) scam requires that you cash it/them through your bank 1 day and the next day withdraw the money then go to a Wal-Mart store (YOUR choice of location,but a REAL Secret Shopper Co. will already have told you which location AND the time to arrive AND what to buy with very specific instructions in doing so) and buy $100-$200 worth of merchandise that you keep which entices you to do the shop because,after all,you're buying this with "someone else's money",so it's "free" merchandise or you.The last part of this "job" is to WIRE the balance (the amount after you do the shopping,pay the travel expenses like gas[a real Secret Shopper Co. doesn't do this normally] and deduct the wire service fees out of it) which is usually to someone in another country and once that's done and you email the person that the money is sent along with the pick-up information,the money is usually gone within 1 hour and no chance of ever getting any of it back even if you make a complaint about it...it's YOUR LOSS,so PLEASE PROTECT YOURSELF and DON"T bother with check(s)/money order(s).If in doubt with a money order,simply call the money order company and provide the serial number with the stated amount and they'll tell you if it/they are in their system,and,if it/they is/are not then it/they are fake.YOUR BANK WILL GET THEIR MONEY BACK FROM YOU IF YOU DEPOSIT/CASH A FAKE CHECK THROUGH THEM AS YOU ARE LIABLE FOR ANYTHING FAKE EVEN IF YOU DID NOT KNOW IT/THEY IS/ARE WERE FAKE-YOU RECEIVED THE BANK'S MONEY,SO THEY'LL GET IT BACK FROM YOU OR YOU WILL FACE WORSE THINGS AS YOU ARE REPORTED THROUGH A SYSTEM THAT TELLS ARE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT YOU ARE INDEBTED TO AN INSTITUTION SOMEWHERE AND ALL OTHER ACCOUNTS YOU HAVE WILL MOST LIKELY BE CLOSED UNTIL YOU REPAY THAT BANK OR MAKE SATISFACTORY ARRANGEMENTS TO REPAY IT.PLEASE,PLEASE AND PLEASE-PROTECT YOURSELF BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE WILL PROTECT YOU LIKE YOU WOULD PROTECT YOURSELF!

Welcome Pasadenawheels!

I'm glad you were able to avoid being scammed. You are absolutely correct that you can end up owing a lot of money with this scam.

One thing, though, about this statement:

take it/them to a check cashing place and,if it/they're good,then put it/them through your account,but most likely it/they'll be fake!

This is a good way to end up getting burned.
The checks are fraudulent-that is an absolute guarantee.
However, sometimes the checks will be written on a real hacked or phished account. If the account owner has not yet identified the fraudulent activity, even a check cashing place may declare the check to be good.

Later, when the account owner discovers money missing from his/her account, it will be reported to the bank. When the bank establishes that the account owner did not authorize the transactions, they will take steps to reverse the transactions--leaving the person who cashed the check in the exact same situation.

The simple fact is, there is no such thing as a legitimate job that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring money.