Victim Location 94583
Type of a scam Employment
After responding to a mystery shoppers wanted post on Facebook and filling out their online application, I was contact via email by Dr. Scott Dean Head of Consumer Research Group Survey Shopper Inc via email letting me know that my application was approved and that my first assignment would be within the next couple of weeks. I was give a Unique I.D. number MS***. I received an Independent Contract Agreement which was to be signed/dated and sent back via email with my signature. I was contacted by ServiceSence a couple days later congratulating me and welcoming me to Service Sense’s Mystery Shopping Programs. I received an email letting me know that my first assignment and a payment of my first check of $2,875.: $300 of that would be my payment and the rest was to be used for my assignment. I was told the further details and instructions would be emailed to me the next day and that I should deposit the check into my checking account and let Scott know when the check was deposited. The next day I received a Priority package in the mail with a cashiers check for $2875. My first assignement instructions/Payment check (for shopping and commission) as regards the Store Evaluation Job will deliver via USPS priority mail service this week to the address you supplied to us. it stated you will need to check your mailbox promptly, so you pick up your package to begin your start as soon as possible. ServiceSense requires shopper’s to confirm receipt of this assignment by send a text to (856)681-0344. You have been selected and assigned to evaluate USPS and FedEx Store. I received the check in the mail on 7/12/2018 with instructions to deposit the check in my back account and confirm the acknowledge the receipt of the text to Scott (856)818-3926.