Complaint Review: Mystery Shopper Providers Association

I was a DEAD wrong!!! I received a package sent through express mail a couple days ago... Inside was a money order and an instruction letter. The money order was for $975 and I was to deposit the money order to my acct immediately, withdraw all the funds then go shopping at Walmart for $50, pocket $150 and then send the remaining $775 to a "John Ado in Bridgeview, IL 60455" I was to monitor my shopping experience at Walmart and Western Union... Thankfully, my bank only allotted me to take out $500 , which I kept to myself and was going to pull the remaining $480 out at a later date... Well that date never came cause I was notified from my bank that the money order was fake and they took the funds immediately back! As they should have! So in essence I'm only out $200... But I used it to buy groceries so all is not entirely lost!! But I can't stress enough, if it feels fishy to you, and doesn't feel right in your gut DO NOT DO IT!!! 

A couple days ago I received a money order for $975 in the mail from a Johnson Miller, Liver Brother, P.O. Box 751, Fort Worth, TX 76133 with a letter to mystery shop at Walmart for $50 and then keep $150 to myself! The remaining $775 was to be sent via Western Union to a: John Ado Bridgeview, IL 60455 Well thank God my bank account only let me take $500 out at a time!! (And to think I was almost concerned these ppl wouldn't get their money in time!!) However two days later the "money order" was returned! And the reasons were noted as a "fraudulent transaction" There were several grammatical errors, so it appears these cons are brushing up on their spell check at least. Once the money transfer was complete they wanted me to send the MCTN number to a Tom John at shoppingshopping63@gmail.com and to text him at (***) ***-***. Mr. Tom John noted himself to be a "Secret Shopper Instructor Officer M.S.P.A. All of this put an uneasy feeling in my stomach and I should've went with my gut and simply returned the money order. Absolutely do not fall for a scam such as this like I did. I hope these jerks get caught and pay for the losses that I'm sure they've caused so many people. I found this company on a job search site and even looked up the real website at Mystery Shopper Provider Association, everything "seemed" to have checked out. I should've further checked out before proceeding with depositing the "money order". So any "secret shopper" service asks you to wire funds immediately, just do yourself a favor and simply don't.