Mystery Shopper Scam. [email protected]

Hello,

I am Cheryl Hamm, CEO of Soma Marketing Inc, We render business solution
services to firms around the world. If you are interested, we have a vacancy for
part time opportunity which will only take an hour of your time everyday an it
allows you to make the minimum of $700.00 weekly depending on how many
assignments you handle.

JOB DESCRIPTION.

We have a customer service survey/evaluation assignment in your area and we
would like you to participate, we will conduct surveys and evaluate the way
staff accord services to clients/customers.

A break down of what we do is that we get hired by companies to act like
customers in order to know how their staff are handling services in relation to
their customers.

Once we have a contract to do, you would be directed to the company or outlet
and you would be given the funds(money) you need to do the job (either purchase
things or require services) after which you will write a comment on the staffs
activities and give a detailed record of your experience.

Examples of Reports you will forward to us are:

1) How long it took you to get services.
2) Smartness of the attendant
3) Customer service professionalism
4) Sometimes you might be required to upset the attendant to see how they react
to clients when they get tensed under pressure.

We turn the information (you give us) over to the company executives and they
would carry out their own duties in improving their services.

Most companies employ our assistance when people give complaints about their
services or when they feel there is a need for them to improve their customer
service. Your Identity would be kept confidential as the job states (secret
surveillance).

You'll be paid $200 for every survey you carry out bonus on your transportation
allowance and funds would be given to you if you have to dine as
part of the duty.

Your job will be to evaluate and comment on customer in a wide variety of
shops, stores, restaurant and services in your area both live and online. No
commitment is made on this job and you would have flexible hours as it suits
you but only for 20yrs and above.

If you are interested do send in your Your Information:

FULL NAME-
Street Address-
City, State, ZIP Code-
Occupation-
Age-
Home and Cell Phone Number-
Email Address-

As soon as we get the requested information we can look at your distance from
the locations your services is needed and also mail you commecncement details.

Best Regards
Cheryl Hamm.
Soma Marketing Inc


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I received an email reguarding this mystery shopping opportunity from Cheryl Hamm,on October 3,2011.It came to my Inbox,not my Spam. I responded with the information,ie, Name, address,etc as I HAVE done mystery shopping that was completely legitamate. Today, October 14,2011 I received a letter with 2 money orders,each one for 990.00. The letter said to take these money orders to the bank and have them processed,keep 200.00 for myself,then go to Wall-mart (their spelling),where I was supposed to buy something for under 20.00 and do critiqueing of various things ,then I was supposed to take the rest of the money to the customer service and send the balance,via Money Gram Money Transfer to a Darrell Keller,and the letter gave me the contact information for him. I was supposed to "Endeavor to request the " money transfer in minutes service". Then I was supposed to send an email to Cheryl Hamm @ [email protected],detailing my experience.Well, of course I was extremely doubtful,so I googled Cheryl Hamm and found her on ScamWarner.Also, there were too many names associated with this. On the envelope there is the name Arlene Bowling,1313 Cooper Drive, Lexington KY. 40514-2217,and the shipping label was a Click-N-Ship,which can be downloaded on your computer.Then was the letter from Cheryl Hamm,with the email address [email protected] on both of the money orders was the name J. Lee,800 Pioneer St., Mesquite,TX 75149.Well,I checked the Money Orders and they are fake,The security strip is good and the Benjamin Franklin watermark is good on the front but you can't see Ben on the back.
Thanks AB and Scamwarners !!! I wonder what might have happened if I had been gullible enough to actually take these things to the bank.No doubt I would not be at home,but in the pokey.

WONDERWOMAN2

Hi WW2,

Thanks. I just received my 2 money orders and went right to google to see who this Hamm is. I found your message and promptly threw the whole letter away. It looked 2 good to be true!

Glad this helped you out !! Thinking I may take my 2 money orders and try to do something to stop this particular scam.I'm sure the intent is to have people get this money from their banks,then they pocket the 2,000.00,and your bank realizes the money orders are fake and you end up owing the bank 2,000.00.

You are 100% correct WONDERWOMAN2. That is the scam. The money orders are forgeries and they count on the bank not recognizing the forgery immediately. The bank WILL eventually discover the fraud and come after the person who made the deposit. That is when your life would become very difficult.

If you want to do something, you can contact the real company the Money Order is drawn on. There are several companies who issue Money Orders. Let them know you know these are forged and you would like to help them catch the criminals. Be sure to keep all emails you have received. It is also helpful to have the envelope or package you received the checks in.

Alternately, you can take the forged documents with the emails to the police and tell them your experience. Let us know what comes of this for you.

Congratulations for already helping someone here WONDERWOMAN2 and A.B.

Thanks again WW2,

I probably would'nt of cashed them or maybe I would've asked the bank if they were legit. Anyway, it is sites like this that we can all help each other before doing something that would make one's life miserable for a while. It was kind of eerie to read about the exact same scam being sent out to you and me and who knows how many others. Thanks again and again


Fondly,
Philigan

Again,glad I could help Philigan!! Bubbles, how does one go about finding the company who would be the one who issued these money orders? They say they are from USPS but they can't be right? I mean doesn't USPS make all of theirs with the water mark on them? I really don't think it will do much good to have my local police department check into it,as it is a small department and,well, they have trouble solving local crime issues,much less one like this.But I really do think something should be done.I know there are people out there who are desperate enough for funds that they have actually followed through with this,and found themselves in the nightmare scenario that we have laid out.I guess maybe I can contact USPS and talk to some Administrators and see what they say.

Because they say USPS, take them to your postmaster at the post office. They will take ir from there. I was hoping they were USPS because that is easier and USPS doesn't fool around with forged Money Orders.

Keep us informed on the outcome.

WOW!!! so glad that I googled russ.boy@@aol.com to find exactly what i was thinking!! SCAM!!

I not only received one envelope with two $990 money orders on Saturday, but I also received the exact same thing again today in the mail. Wall-mart (their spelling) and everything you listed was exactly the same. I would like to get to the bottom of this as to where the original handwritting is occurring (i.e. J. Lee @800 pioneer, Mesquite TX 75149 in their handwritting!! AMAZING!! What idiots are out there taking advantage of people that are desperate for work!! I am just thankful that I didnt fall for this scam!!

Who in their right mind would send money orders to a potential employee without any other information. STUPID, STUPID, STUPID these idiots are!!

Any suggestions or what to do next, i am open to hearing???

Thanks!!

Help!!!!!!!!!!
I just fell for this .. what do i do?!?!?!?!
I deposited it into my account through an atm!!!!!!!!!!!
again, i'm scared and worried .. what do i do?!?!?!?!

Hi cymivka,

You may be okay at this point in time as long as you do not forward the money as the scammer instructs.

If you have simply deposited the fake payment into your account and not yet withdrawn the cash then go in person and speak with someone at your bank about the scam. Take along printouts of the emails between yourself and the scammer. Chances are good that the people at the bank have seen this all before. I can't guarantee that you will escape without some financial penalty but if you tell the bank before they find out for themselves they may waive any fees that would otherwise result.

Of course, it would also be a very good idea to completely ignore the scammer as well. There's nothing to gained by persisting with communicating with it.

Welcome to ScamWarners ontoscams, you can contact WalMart and see if they have any interest in the specimins you have. Not the local store, but the part of WalMart that issues Money Orders.

If you don't want to do that, you can destroy the checks or deface them with permanent marker and keep them as trophies. You could also see if your local news outlet wants to do a story on scams since you have a visual. Don't let them be used without being defaced though.

Further scam script plus details on the western union pick up contact.

Hello Shopper,

Please note that there is a little change in the assignment you must have received, after completing the assignment with wal-mart as instructed in the cover letter, the money gram evaluation should be sent to:

Frederic Dejoie
211 Brickell Avenue, Suite 2700
MIAMI FLORIDA 33131

NOT to the name stated in the cover letter:

DARRELL KELLER
350 N. DEARBORN STREET CHICAGO IL 60610

the named was involved in a car accident and wont be able to receive the money gram sent so have the name of the reciever as Frederic Dejoie 211 Brickell Avenue, Suite 2700 MIAMI FLORIDA 33131

-Have the money order processed at your bank.
-Keep $200 as your salary for this particular assignment
-Evaluation at Wall-Mart and money gram:

You will be evaluating Any Wall-mart store and money gram Outlet in your City. Cash the both Money Orders at your Bank then go ahead with Wall-mart Evaluation, proceed to Wall-Mart to purchase an item not more than $20 for your personal use (any item) and carry out a survey while you are there...

Then proceed to any money gram outlet close to you and send the balance of the money via money gram money transfer to the below information. Endeavor to request for the “money transfer in minutes service.”

Frederic Dejoie
211 Brickell Avenue, Suite 2700
MIAMI FLORIDA 33131

Provide us with your assessment about what you think about the services at the Wall-Mart outlet and the money gram outlet also;

Let us know the ambiance/outlook of the shop/outlet;
Smartness of the attendant;
Customer service professionalism;
Reaction of personnel under pressure;
Information that you think would be helpful;
Your comments and impressions

Please note that whatever you purchased at Wall-mart belongs to you.
Send a detailed email to me once the whole evaluation at Wall-mart and money gram is completed,

Please provide the following information’s also:
1.MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER REFERENCE NUMBER
2.AMOUNT SENT
3.SENDER’S NAME
I AWAIT A DETAILED REPORT SENT TO MY EMAIL:[email protected]

Best Regards
Cheryl Hamm


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I would like to add to this post by reporting that I just about became victim to whoever is involved in this Money Order scam. My credit card was used fraudulently by the listed FREDERICK DEJOIE in Florida just yesterday. Luckily, I am complulsive about checking my accounts and was able to get my bank involved and his order was cancelled before the company could ship his products. The company told me that his name is tagged with a Nigerian Fraud Case. This is a good reminder for everyone to be on top of your accounts because people like FREDERICK DEJOIE are SCUM!