Victim Location 21234
Type of a scam Business Email Compromise
I received an email asking to become a secret shopper. I filled out the application, with in a week I receied a certified check on 10/14/19 in the amount of 2,578.00 to make 2 purchases at Walmart or Walgreens for money orders. Two days later I received an email saying to hurry up if I do this with in 24 hours I’ll get and extra 50.00 on my next check. I worked in a Credit Union for 5 years and the check didn’t look right, it was missing information so I didn’t make the purchase. On 10/21/19 I received another check for 2,495.00 requesting me to make 2,000.00 worth of gift cards for Amazon from Walgreens or CVS. Again the check was not looking good and as I look at the second check it was drawn from a different bank from the first one and from a different state. I received another email telling asking me to hurry up and get the request done.
I called the two different banks these checks had been drawn from and they both said they were not exsiting accounts and advised me NOT to cash these checks.