I received the email below after signing up for a legit local MysteryShopping site.
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY, ANY QUESTIONS. DO EMAIL ME, WILL BE ON MY PC ALL DAY I am sure you have located the nearest locations of these two(2) businesses to you. WE FINALLY PROCEED WITH EVALUATION TODAY... WALMART STORES INC & THE WESTERN UNION COMPANY...
Your first assignment is scheduled for today. FUNDS TO EVALUATE WITH WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOUR RESIDENCE THIS MORNING VIA FEDEX EXPRESS. You will be receiving a cashier's check. When you do receive the financial instruments, make sure it is completely filled out. If it is not, please address the check to yourself, append your signature on the right column and deposit at your bank, THE BANK ONLY. It should be cashed on the spot, if it is not DEPOSIT for cashing.
Deduct your fixed pay of $120, deduct an extra $50 for the evaluation of the nearest Walmart Store and also deduct $30 as transportation allowance. The total deductions will come to:
Your pay = $ 120.00
Transportation allowance = $ 30.00
Walmart Evaluation = $ 50.00
Your Pay = $ 120
Transportation allowance = $ 30.00
Total Deductions = $350.00
After deducting $350.00 from the total amount sent you.
The balance is what you will be evaluating western union with, the money will be wired to another evaluator in LONDON, UK. He will be evaluating WU and H&M over there as well.
Whatever you buy is yours for keeps and will not be returned to anyone.
AT WESTERN UNION... You will be evaluating Western Union by wiring money to Andrew, his details below...
Name.... Bill Burns Address... 23 camberwell rd, london, england, se27 0hz
Once the evaluation is complete and the money's sent. Please send me the following info, along with your report of the evaluation...
a. Your full names and address exactly how you wrote it on the Western Union slip.
b. The receiver's name exactly how you penned it down on the Western Union slip.
c. The total amount sent(Amount receivable by the receiver).
d. MONEY TRANSFER CONTOL NUMBER MTCN (This is the 10 digit number for receiving funds,it is not the receipt number)
You will be very attentive to the following things. Evaluate both businesses based on these questions.
1) The exact address and location of the store evaluated
2) The name of the cashier that attended to you.
3) Your time of arrival at the venue.
4) Your time of departure.
5) How long the transaction took?
6) Any other area you think Walmart/Western Union should improve on?
7) The General Sanitation level?
8) How tedious was the checkout process?
9) Would you return to that particular store?
10) What you feel about the customer service?
11) How would you rate the overall experience on a scale of 1-10?
Remember, you're a mystery shopper. You are EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN to disclose this information to anyone, related to the evaluated business. (In store or out of the store) Your report will be turned over to me and me alone.
The scammer did Fed Exed a Cashiers check to my home in the amt of $1,750 but the whole thing was suspicious since there was no company name or phone on the package or letter explaining the funds and the email was a personal AOL account. I contacted Capital City Bank of Tallahassee, Florida directly and confirmed that the check was indeed a fraud. Although the routing # is correct, the account is not valid and would have bounced and I would have been liable. The web site listed in the email is also disabled. I reported the fradulent check to the FDIC.
Do Not Fall Victim to this Scam!!!