- Report: #853896
Complaint Review: CAITLIN GIROUX - FairFax Virginia
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lisle, Illinois, United States of America
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CAITLIN GIROUX
3532 Country Hill Dr. FairFax, 22030 Virginia, United States of America
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CAITLIN GIROUX (AKA) Ashley Jefferson, Lorna Nell Gould and Michael Davies. Secret Shopper....False Advertisng FairFax, Virginia
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On 3/3/12 I received an email from a fake company called SS Network, informing me that they were accepting applications from qualified individuals from all-over the world to become Secret-Shoppers. The email gave a detailed description of what the job entailed and asked for a mailing address and occupation information, as well as my age to get started.
After replying to that email, on 3/5/12, I received another email that informed me that my information submitted had been received, that it was forwarded to their head office for assessment and approval, once approved, they were going to notify me and provide me with funds for my first assignment which they were going to also provide me with the details of sometime that week...and also reminding me of my weekly wage of $200 flat for working with them.
The last thing the email asked was that I kindly send a Okay message to let them know if I was ready to work with them and they would be waiting for my prompt response. So I sent an okay email.
On 3/8/12, I received another email, thanking me for my willingness to act as the company's representative (SECRER SHOPPER) and that they needed my trust and honesty, immediate verification had been made on my address and all that they required was to get an acknowledgment from me that I have received these emails so that they can immediately give me commencement modalities and the tracking number with which the payments from the company's client will be delivered to my home by the united postal service (FEDEX)or(USPS).
I never answered that last email and on 3/10/12 I received a cashiers check by USPS Priority Mail in the amount of $2,750 giving me specific instructions on how to cash the check and what to do with the rest of the money.
After reading the entire contents of the envelope, along with the check, is when I knew that this whole ordeal had been a scam. The only thing that seemed to be real was the return address on the envelope, which I looked up on the internet and it did indeed belong to Caitlin Giroux. A 22 year old from FairFax, Virginia
After replying to that email, on 3/5/12, I received another email that informed me that my information submitted had been received, that it was forwarded to their head office for assessment and approval, once approved, they were going to notify me and provide me with funds for my first assignment which they were going to also provide me with the details of sometime that week...and also reminding me of my weekly wage of $200 flat for working with them.
The last thing the email asked was that I kindly send a Okay message to let them know if I was ready to work with them and they would be waiting for my prompt response. So I sent an okay email.
On 3/8/12, I received another email, thanking me for my willingness to act as the company's representative (SECRER SHOPPER) and that they needed my trust and honesty, immediate verification had been made on my address and all that they required was to get an acknowledgment from me that I have received these emails so that they can immediately give me commencement modalities and the tracking number with which the payments from the company's client will be delivered to my home by the united postal service (FEDEX)or(USPS).
I never answered that last email and on 3/10/12 I received a cashiers check by USPS Priority Mail in the amount of $2,750 giving me specific instructions on how to cash the check and what to do with the rest of the money.
After reading the entire contents of the envelope, along with the check, is when I knew that this whole ordeal had been a scam. The only thing that seemed to be real was the return address on the envelope, which I looked up on the internet and it did indeed belong to Caitlin Giroux. A 22 year old from FairFax, Virginia
5 Updates & Rebuttals
Flynrider
Phoenix,Arizona,
USA
Come on, Dare2speak. You can figure this out.
#2Consumer Comment
Tue, March 20, 2012
You're a bright one too aren't you? So you think I know the person named Caitlin who was maligned in this report. Think again.
I'm not sure what your beef is. I think I explained myself quite well in my previous post. Let me break it down for you.
1. The OP knew that this was a scam when he/she posted the original report.
2. The OP made the assinine assumption that the scammer would put her valid name and address on the envelope containing a fake check. (note : no scammer is that stupid)
3. The OP jumped to the ridiculous conclusion that this Caitlin person is the actual scammer and identified her as such. Anyone that Googles her name will see the OP's misguided post right away.
Tell me, Dare2speak, what about that sounds bright to you?
Secretshopper.com
Golden Valley,Minnesota,
U.S.A.
Emails were not from Secret Shopper
#3UPDATE Employee
Tue, March 20, 2012
The emails you received were not from Secret Shopper, but rather were from a scammer, using information copied from our website to make their offer seem more legitimate. We are sorry for the inconvenience you have experienced recently and are very troubled that our company name is being used in disreputable scams such as the one you described.
dare2speak
chicago,Illinois,
United States of America
VICTIMS ARE TARGETS TOO
#4General Comment
Sat, March 17, 2012
To the individual that wrote the above comment (the internet detective)......you are obviously a friend or a relative of Caitlin Giroux's which would explain your ignorance to the whole situation and that's totally expected of anyone that knows Caitlin.
I became a secret shopper this exact same way but l knew the company was legit so it turned out to be a win/win for me. The whole point of websites like this, is to expose fraudulent activity.... so how was the originator of this post supposed to know that her (Caitlin's) identity was stolen? So to come on here and call them a halfwit and a dumb a*s is really uncalled for!
In the defense of the person who reported this.....They're not THAT halfwitted or dumbassed if they're aware of websites like this!
P.S. A dumb a*s would have actually deposited this bogus check into they're bank account!
Flynrider
Phoenix,Arizona,
USA
The original poster is not too bright.
#5Consumer Comment
Thu, March 15, 2012
" The only thing that seemed to be real was the return address on the envelope "
Besides not being able to figure out that this was a scam from the word go, this Internet detective came to the conclusion that a scammer who had lied about everything else, had put their correct return address on an envelope containing a bogus check.
Caitlin, it's too bad that in addition to getting your identity stolen, you also have to deal with halfwits on the Internet that are intent on dragging your name through the mud.
I hope you work out your identity issues soon. I'm also confident that anyone who stumbles across this report will realize that the person who posted it is a dumbass.
Good luck.
Caitlin
Fairfax,Virginia,
United States of America
Identity Theft
#6REBUTTAL Individual responds
Thu, March 15, 2012
Although my name and address were used, I have not been involved in this scam in any way. I have recently been a victim of identity theft. Today, an unopened letter that was received was returned to my home address and it was the same letter and check that you got. I called the post office today and they had over 20 calls complaining about this. Apparently 44 letters have been sent under my name and they used the $200+ stolen from my bank account to pay for postage. I have filed a report police report and also one with USPS.
