Victim Location 90255
Type of a scam Employment
I was applying for jobs at indeed.com. I recieved a message saying the position I applied for was no longer available but another position was available, as a mystery shopper. I agreed and filled out an application. I recieved a text regarding that application to confirm my information. About a week or two later I got another text about the "position". It said that I got my first assignment in the mail. When I checked there was a small package with a check inside. I asked what I needed to to and I got this email. This was copied and pasted.
I researched the company and nothing matched.
"YOU ARE TO WRITE OUT THE DETAILS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENT TODAY INSIDE A SMALL PIECE OF PAPER BEFORE GOING FOR THE SHOPPING/EVALUATION AND MAKE SURE YOU DONT ALLOW THEM TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING BECAUSE YOU ARE A SECRET SHOPPER.
DETAILS:
1ST SURVEY:Deposit the cashiers check and wait for the funds to be available not more than 24-48 hours at your Bank and then go ahead with the Evaluation in your area as soon as you have the funds .You will be Evaluating any Kmart or Walmart stores in your city or close to you.The cashiers check you received covers all expenditures including shopping and your compensation ($400 Per survey). You are to purchase anything of your Choice for your own Use not more than $50 at any Kmart or Walmart stores close to you.
BELOW ARE THE GUIDELINES TO FOLLOW AT THE KMART or WALMART STORES;
GUIDELINES:
(i) How long it took you to get services. (ii) Name and Smartness of the staff that attended to you. (iii) Customer service professionalism. (iv) Information that you think would be helpful. (v) Your comments and impressions.
2ND SURVEY AT MONEYGRAM LOCATION: You will evaluate any two moneygram locations in your city by sending $1200 at each Moneygram location to our receiving agents by utilizing their money in minutes services and the moneygram transfer charges should be deducted from the funds you are sending not from your commission.
Also,after deducting $400 only from the total funds you received for your salary and also,the Kmart or Walmart shopping fee $50,which means you will be deducting $450 in total from the total funds you received.
As you know there are Moneygram Outlets offering Money transfer services,a lot of customers have reported lapses in Money transfer services for huge funds in some Outlets around the U.S. and other parts of the world.Our need to act is based on reports and complaints which some customers forwarded anonymously and phone calls that were made to our head office.
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Below is the expenditures breakdown:-
Money Received = $2,925, Salary…….. $400., Kmart or Walmart Shopping ………….. $50.,Moneygram Locations ………..$2400 at Moneygram location,Transfer charges for Moneygram ………..$75
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Agent’s locations were reported for evaluation for the following reasons;
(I)Slow services (II)Poor services (III)Rudeness to customers (IV)Excess charges
YOUR EVALUATION FOR THE MONEYGRAM LOCATION WILL BE ;
To make a transfer of funds from the Moneygram location to our agent with the remaining funds after you complete your first task,Funds would be picked up by our agents at the exact location which a customer reported his/her funds missing from.
-You will have to record the time at which you got to the two Moneygram Outlet and how many minutes it took you to get the service.
-You will also provide us with the Name of the Moneygram store you transferred the funds from.
YOU WILL TRANSFER FUNDS TO THE INFORMATION OF OUR RECEIVING AGENT AT THE MONEYGRAM STORE; On the MONEYGRAM Form, you will write your name as sender of the money and also for service type,you choose money transfer in Minutes for the moneygram location."