Victim Location 30041
Type of a scam Employment
I received a check from OFFORD Finance, Inc PO BOX 3097 Central Point, Or. 97502 and the following email. I checked online and saw many scams like this. I did not deposit the check into my account and decided to report the case instead. I assume this is similar to scams for others with secret shoppers.
Email Listed Below w/ Instructions:
Dear Representative,
This is the Shopper Assignment Package as discussed earlier. WWW.USPS.COM 9405501699320090857341
You are to have the payment for shopper deposited in your bank for 24 hours for record purpose. The payment you received covers all expenditures including evaluation, shopping, transport and your compensation (Assignment Payment $300) for these surveys. You are to purchase Goods of your choice for your own Use not more than $20 at any Walmart store close to you and also you will be using Money Gram services to send the balance to another Mystery shopper to carry out her 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
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BELOW IS THE EXPENDITURES BREAKDOWN:-
Assignment Salary ……………$300
Walmart ………………………..$20
Money Gram the remaining balance to the next shopper via money in minute
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As a secret shopper your job is to observe anything 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 money gram transfer to another mystery shopper for another assignment. We want you to deduct your payment of $300 and have the remaining funds sent to the information below for proper preparation of our next Mystery Shopper. (Minus Money Gram fee and also the $20 for whatever you will be buying at Walmart)
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WIRE/SENDING INSTRUCTIONS
You are to evaluate any (2) MONEYGRAM outlet around you .
You are to split the balance into two (2) and send to the receivers below:
1) Receiver’s Name: STEVE CSORGO . Address : 230 Spring Street, Trenton, NJ 08618.
2) Receiver’s Name: SCOTT J. KRINER . Address 41 HANES DR, DUBOIS, PA., 15801
You are expected to have this done today or next and email me back your results with the following information after you have wired the funds
REQUIREMENT INFORMATION’S AFTER TRANSFER IS COMPLETED VIA MONEY GRAM:-
a. Sender’s Name and Address
b. Digit Reference Number ()
c. The amount transferred after deducting Money Gram charges. Please, make sure you use Money in Minutes when sending the funds.
Best Regards
Estelle Banks