This whole scam started when I inquired about a job for a personal assistant position on Craigslist, as I was looking for parttime work in my area, Boca Raton, FL. A gentlemen by the name of Jimmy R Max or Jim Rice from the Doregos Evaluation Agency contacted me stating he saw my inquiry and had a business opportunity doing survey's for companies such as Western Union, Starbucks, etc. All I would need to do is find a location in my area and act as though I am going in to use their service. I would have to write a report on how well of an experience it was. I was already weiry and looking into this company whom has an active website.
I received another email stating that I will receive a check in the mail next week (I received it 10/3/09, it was $2850). Automatically I was skeptical as the check is coming from a company called Apple Inc (a name we know all too well), and the signature was from Jerome B. York (as well this is interesting because this man is a BIG player in the business and technological world, remember I did my research). In my research I found someone on this website, ripoffreport.com posted almost the same situation that I started to get into, and this person is from Ft Lauderdale, my county neighbor.
I have the check in my possession, I am not cashing it, and I would like to get this and all my corresponding emails to the proper authority so this does not continue to happen to others. I want everyone to know that when something seems too good to be true, resist it, because mostly it is "too good to be true." These people who are using prestigous names like Jerome B. York and Apple Inc to send checks to vulnerable people, need to be found. This man could have his identity stolen, which is the worse mess anyone could get caught up in. Please help stop fraud and identity theft because it effects millions of us. I hope this helps.
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las vegas,#2Consumer Comment
Fri, October 30, 2009
I read your complaint about this person but I don't understand it. I do not know Jim Rice or Doregos Evaluation Agency... but they are inviting me to work for them in a different state than you are in. So my question is this... if he is asking you to do surveys of companies and he mails you a check for payment to do it then what's wrong with that? Did you do the work? Was the check valid? Where is the scam? Why don't you want to cash his check he sent you? Did he do identity theft against you? You don't really clarify much of anything.... I'm very confused by your post.