Dow Chemical ([email protected]) Mystery Shopper

Although Dow Chemical Inc. is a real and legitimate company, this position is certainly fraudulent. It's littered with poor grammar that definitely wouldn't be expected of a representative for a top company. At any rate I'm baiting this one to see where it goes, and I'll update when I get more information.
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Email 1

DATA ENTRY, BOOK KEEPING AND FURTHER INFORMATION ( BECOME A MYSTERY
SHOPPER TODAY )

Pleasant Day,

We are company that conducts survey and evaluate other companies. You
will be hire to go to other peoples companies and act like customers
in order to know how their staffs are handling their services in
relation to their customers. Once we have a contract to do so, you
would be directed to the company or outlet, and you would be given the
funds you need to do the job ( either purchase things or require
services ), after which you would write a comment on the staffs
activities and give a detailed record of your experience.

Examples of details you would 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 whey they get tensed.

And we turn the information over to the company executives which they
would carry out their own duties in improving there services. Most
companies employ our assistance when people give complaints about
their services, or when they feel there are needs for them to improve
their customer service. Your Identity would be kept confidential as
the job states (Secret Shopper) you would be paid $300 for every duty
you carry out, and 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 service in a wide
variety of shops, stores, restaurant and services in your area. No
commitment is made on this job, and you would have flexible hours as
it suits you. If you are interested do send in this information once
more:

* FIRST NAME:
* LAST NAME:
* CONTACT ADDRESS ( NO P.O BOX ):
* CITY/ STATE/ ZIP CODE:
* TELEPHONE NUMBERS ( MOBILE/ HOME ):
* CURRENT OCCUPATION/JOB:
* VALID EMAIL ADDRESS:

We are well registered by the appropriate authorities and we are
licensed to operate under legal and licensed organization of the
better business bureau of the U.S.A, Working with our company
guarantee's you a safe relationship and licensed establishment.

Yours Sincerely,

Dow Chemical Inc
2030 Dow Center
Midland MI 48674

Dow Chemical Inc, Inc Copyright (c) 2012
All rights reserved.
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Email 2

Hi xxxx,

Thanks for showing interest in Dow Chemical Mystery Shopper and we
appreciate your interest in the growth of our company. The Executive
Vice President of The Dow Chemical have concluded that you will be our
representative from your state since you have been approved as the
account receivable officer by the board of directors. We will like you
to also know that your first assignment will be coming to you soon, we
will keep you posted on the specific date in which you will be
receiving the package with the tracking number of the courier service
delivery.

We will also like you to know that our company is a very principled
company and we have rules and regulations guiding every individual
that is part of the company. we will like you to abide with the
following as far as you are part of the Dow Chemical.

1. You must notify us 24hrs ahead in case you have a plan off quieting
the job, because we have already sent your data to all our clients and
from this point, they will be directing their payments to you so we
won't like a situation where you will be delaying any funds to be
processed by you.

2. We will like you to always read your email at least 3 times daily (
morning, afternoon and night ) and be punchual . at least 30 Min's
each period to see if you have an email from us.

3. You must always email/reply back to us whenever you receive an
email message from us, informing us the status of payments that you
have at your possession.

If you can do all this we promise you a good time working with Dow
Chemical Inc and welcome once again welcome you to the Dow Chemical
family.

Yours Sincerely,

Dow Chemical Inc
2030 Dow Center
Midland MI 48674

Dow Chemical Inc, Inc Copyright (c) 2012
All rights reserved.

Email #3

Hello xxxx,

Shopper's Guide wants you to run a survey on two prominent companies
in your area and by doing this will serve as your first primary
mystery shopper assignment with our company...

The 1st is a Western Union Location
The 2nd is a Money Gram location at Walmart.

There have been several reports about laps in the services of their
Management and some of their staffs, Their complains are based on
reports which their customers forwarded anonymously and Phone calls
which were also made to the head office.

The Western union location was reported for evaluation for the
following reasons:
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I) Customers have reported their money missing after transfer
ii) Slow services and abuses on customers
iii) Unbalanced transfer charges

THE 2ND COMPANY WAS REPORTED TO BE RENDERING
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(I) Poor services to their customers
(ii) Rudeness attitude to customers
(iii) Excess charges in sending out money
(iii) Late opening time and Closing before time.

Your Secret Shopper Evaluation would be done as listed below:

1) To make a transfer of funds from this western union location to our
Mystery shopper agent and the funds would be picked up by another
mystery shopper at another location where a customer reported her
funds missing.

2) You would have to record the time at which you go to the location
and how many minutes it took you to get service.

3) You would be sent a check which would cover your payment of $300
for your first assignment and also for the duty. As soon as you
receive the check, you should cash in at your BANK and deduct your
$300 and use the rest of the money for the services.

4) Upon receiving the funds, You have to find the nearest locations,
and also the Name and address of whom the Mystery shoppers transfer
would be made to. You would have to keep a comprehensive report on
every activity you carry out.

5) You would also provide me with the name of the cashier that attended to you.

Please send a reply so that the check would be sent out to you ASAP
and also confirm your contact information to me once again for the
delivery to be made out...

Regards
Corina White
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Email #4

Hello xxxx,

Now that you have the receipts of your First assignment delivery
through USPS courier service, tracking number(9101969010386878145189),
We want you to proceed immediately to cash the Check at your local
BANK, deduct $300 for your fee/wages for the first mystery shopper
assignment and part of the 2nd assignment, once the first is completed
you would get balance to start the 2nd assignment, We want you send
the rest funds to the other mystery shopper and remember to make
record of all the activities in the Western Union location as listed
below. You are to take cash to the Western Union Money Transfer and
make the transfer as soon as possible.

Note: You are advise to find a western union location close to you in
order to complete this assignment and then put to record all
information about the duties rendered to you at the Western union
location such as:

1. How long you were attended to at the location.
2. How fast and friendly are they to their customers you see there and to you.
3. What is their charges in sending the money out.
4. What requirements or question were you asked at the location.

Here is the information for the mystery shopper you are to send the money to:


Name: DEBORAH MITCHELL
Address: 30 Leicester Square
City: London
State: London
Zip Code: WC2H 7LA
Country: United Kingdom


Once you have sent the funds at the location, We want you to send the
information on the western union receipts that will be given to you
such as:

Sender Name:
Sender Address:
Amount sent (After deducting Transfer Charges):
MTCN (Money Transfer Control Number 10 digits number ):

Detailed Survey Report in English

Regards
Corina White

Is it a scam. I got the same message as you. They even sent me a check in the mail today. Is it a scam

It is 100% scam. As stated above, there is a real Dow chemical, and they have no connection to the scammers.

The check is fraudulent. If you deposit it, the bank may not recognize the fraud immediately, and they will give you the cash in a few days. But days to weeks after that, when they realize that it is fraudulent, they will take the money back, and could even have you arrested on money laundering or fraud charges.

Do NOT attempt to deposit or cash that check. Tear it up, shred it, turn it into the fraud department of your bank, or turn it in to the police.

Okay so I should turn it into the police. Yeah I got a check for 2,350 dollars and they keep emailing me saying the check is not fake and blah blah blah. Thank god I did not believe this. Why do they go all out their way to send it to you?

You can turn it in to the police. You can write "FAKE" across the front of it. You can run it through a paper shredder. It is a forgery.

As Dotti said, do not deposit it into your bank account or try to exchange it for money. It is good that you know it is a scam.

Ignore or block their email address. Don't answer their phone calls, or tell them you took it to the police and they are investigating where it came from. They will leave you alone. It happens to them a lot. They want to work with someone who will turn the forged document into real cash for them. They don't care what happens to their victims.

Thank you for posting this for others to see.

I just got this email. I'm guessing is a scam since it from the mystery shoppers. Your thoughts:


On Nov 2, 2012, at 7:58 AM, "mc taylor" <[email protected]> wrote:

Hello,

I am glad to hear from you as regards the Personal Assistant position. This is only an introductory e-mail, as time goes on we should be able to arrange a proper meeting to get things started officially. I am currently away on a business trip but there is a test which i will like you to go through because i need a capable Personal Assistant. I am in Germany so there will be no interview except for the form you will fill below.

1. Have you ever worked as a Personal Assistant ?
2. Can you communicate effectively and efficiently?
3. Will you be able to run errands for 2 hours per day and that will be needed 3 days per week?

I will prepay you in advance to do my shopping. I will also have my mails and packages forwarded to your address. If you will be unable to stay at your house to get my mails, I can have it shipped to a post office near you and then you can pick it up at your convenience. When you get my mails/packages; you are required to mail them to where I want them mailed to. You don't have to put any money out of you pocket, all you have to do is have packages shipped to your house and do my shopping.

You are allowed to open the packages to know the content. The content of the packages are computers and electronics, clothing's, business and personal letters. I will pay you $500 per week. I need your service because I am constantly out of town on business as I own an electronics and clothing store in Germany, Ireland but want to open another store in USA. I will return to USA before the end of December so this process will be on going till then. I will email you the list and pictures of what to shop for when I am ready. No heavy packages are involved! You can do the shopping at any nearest store. You will be shopping for Electronics and clothing's.

If I were to mail you money to do my shopping plus upfront payment for your service, where would you want it mailed to? Please confirm your full info for money orders or cashier's check

Full Name:
Full Address(NO P.O.BOX):
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Phone Number:(Cell): Home:
Age:
Present Job:
Alternative Email Address:

The address of the nearest Post Office to you for receiving packages (Optional):-
Name:
Address:
City:
State:
Post Code:

I'm confident you can take up the challenge and on the long run we should have a relatively sound working relationship between us.. I'm online most of the time as I am hard of hearing so I prefer we contact each other through E-mails and text messages, but if there is need for me to call, I will be glad to do that. I am glad you are willing to work with me and i promise to be a good boss. Once I have received your contact information, I will get back to you with the task for this week.

I Will be expecting to hear from you soon to let me know if you will be willing to handle my business on my behalf before I return. Note that this job is 100% legitimate. You can open all packages to confirm how legit they are.

Thanks so much and have a nice day.

Note: If you call me and am unavailable to pick it up SEND ME A TEXT MESSAGE (SMS), i will get back to you.

Regards,
Karl Evans
(947) 517-7236

It is a scam, though not necessarily the same scam as the mystery shopper scam.

In this particular scenario, you really are expected to receive and forward packages. They really will be things like electronics and clothing. The scammer may actually provide a check or even set up a bank transfer to you for purchases, or he may give you a credit card number to use.

The problem? Any merchandise he sends you will be obtained through fraud. Bank transfers or credit card information will belong to innocent victims who have been phished or scammed into providing their details. Checks will be fraudulent.

In the end, what you will have is a lot of stolen merchandise, and a trail that leads straight to you (and one that could very well lead to your arrest.)

I've been scammed and trying to figure out what to do I cashed the 2 checks but did NOT wire the money. I'm assuming my bank act will be overdrawn and then what I'll put this money back into my account to even it out?? It was a Karl Evans from a mystery shopper. Someone give me Insight

Put the money back into your account now, and notify the fraud department of your bank of what happened. If the money is deposited before they reverse the transaction, you may be able to avoid ending up overdrawn, or at least minimize the number of overdraft fees.

They will also be much more willing to work with you if they believe you have not intentionally committed a crime (cashing fraudulent checks is indeed a crime.)