Mystery Shopper Scam. [email protected]

Attn: Prospective Shopper,

The company has issued out a payment to you for your first assignment which means your payment of $200.00 has been issued to you with some funds which you will use in executing this Assignment. http://www.fedex.com ;*removed*

1ST ASSIGNMENT:
Assignment (A) Wal-Mart Evaluation:-
Assignment (B) Western Union Evaluation:-

IMPORTANT NOTE:-

You need to acknowledge the recipient of this package via email as soon as you receive it. And also send reports via email as soon as you complete your first assignment today
You will be Evaluating Any Wal-Mart store and Western Union outlet in your City. {EVALUATE THE NEAREST STORES}.

INSTRUCTIONS BELOW:-

You are instructed to Cashed the payment at your Bank for record purpose and 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 compensation (Total Assignment Payment $200.00 for walmart western union) for these surveys .You are to purchase Goods of your Choice for your own Use not more than $20.00 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 he's 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)-Reaction of personnel under pressure (6)-Information that you think would be helpful (7)-Your comments and impressions.
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BELOW IS THE EXPENDITURES BREAKDOWN:-
Money Received ..................$1990
Per Assignment Salary ...... $200.00
Wal-mart ............................$20.00
Western Union Charges Fee.............. ..... $35.00
Amount to be wired after western union Fee.................$1,735
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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. We want you to deduct your payment of $200.00 and have the remaining funds sent to the information below for proper preparation of our next Mystery Shopper. (Minus the western union fee $35 and also the $20.00 for whatever you will be buying at Wal-Mart)
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TRANSFER THE REST OF THE FUNDS ($1,735.00) THROUGH WESTERN UNION TO THE BELOW INFORMATION:

RECEIVER: CARLEEN GRANT
CITY: MALATI
STATE: MANILA
COUNTRY: PHILIPPINES
ZIP CODE : 1000

REQUIRED INFORMATIONS 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 in dollars=
4. Amount to be received in dollars=

Ron Barrett
Task Coordinator
Market Force Information, Inc.
24 hours daily via email


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I had applyed with as a mystery shopper with Market Force, Inc. also uses another contact name and email. Mark Diller at [email protected]. I received two Money Gram money orders today. Each in the amount of $970.00. These came via express mail from David Shapiro, 48 Free st, Portland Me, 04101-3872. Uninsured, no instructions and no signature needed. Just the money orders. I couldn't understand why any company or person would just send money like that. The instructions came in an email. I was to take them to my bank to cash them and then go to a money gram station and send them to Debra Jacobs at 21 Rosen St., Malate, Manila (zip) 1250 Philippines (typed as spelled). Several flags raised so I took them to a check cashing place near my house. I only showed them one at first. I asked them if it was any good. That's when I found out these scammers trust that you'll deposit the mo's, then do what they asked. By the time the bank finds out there bad the money is gone and your stuck with the bill. I turned both in and received a photo copy. The ones I received would be payable through Wells Fargo. I will be informing them.

It is great that you checked into this situation foxbear2. Scammers do count on the checks not being recognized. Some banks do recognize the fake checks, and it is good that the check cashing agency recognized them as forgeries.

Your best course of action is to just stop communicating with the scammer. Please post the email address you received the instructions from.