Complaint Review: P&S Market Research Inc. - New York New York

P&S did all of its correspondence via introduction by Email ([email protected]) and assignment by Texting (832) 301-8192.  Once I showed interest in becoming a Secret Shopper, I immediately received a Text from a fellow named Edward Fuller ([email protected]) with an offer to become a Research Secret Shopper for P&S Market Research, Inc. and receive as much as $300 per assignment.  I went on-line to see if there was such a business and sure enough, they are and it is a huge Research Marketing Firm doing business world-wide. It seemed legit and I was impressed with the Website, so I inquired about becoming a Secret Shopper. The next day I received a text from Edward Fuller with instructions that I would be receiving a parcel from USPS the next day and I was to follow the instructions inside.

The next day a USPS Priority Mail Parcel did come and it it was a Letter from Edward Fuller, a Shopper Questionnaire and a company check in the amount of $2998.  The instruction told me to deposit the check into my checking account, wait for it to clear, then immediately take out cash in the amount of $2600.  I was to go to a US Post Office and get three USPS Money Orders, each for $850 (totaling-$2550) and purchase 5 books of stamps (totaling-$49). I was to keep $300 as my salary and the other $99 was to be used for the Overnight FEDEX of the Money Orders and Stamps to a location Edward Fuller would text me when I had accomplished assignment. Even though I was excited about doing this assignment, I didn't want to put their check into my checking account, so I opened a separate Savings Account at my bank and deposited it in that. 

The bank automatically put a hold on the check and I won't be able to get the money out for three (3) days.  Meanwhile Edward Fuller was texting me to get the money out and complete my assignment. the next day I looked at the account and it had not cleared, but the bank made it look like the finds were there, just not verified yet, so took $2600 in cash out of my checking account and complete the task.  Once finished, I notified Edward Fuller and he immediately sent me a text with the name and address of the Evaluation Officer the FEDEX Package was to be sent to: James Reed 5100FM 1960 RD W Apt 1815 Houston, TX. 77069.   He told me in the text not to place a Signature Requirement upon delivery, but the FEDEX guy told me that I should as a precaution.  The next day when it got to Houston, I got a very excited text from Edward Fuller that I had place a Signature requirement and he wanted me to call FEDEX and have it removed.  The reason was that James Reed was on Holiday and they could not receive the package.  I want until the next day to call because I wanted to check with the bank to see if the funds had been received and I had the money in my account.  There was a release from hold that afternoon from the bank, so I called FEDEX and had the signature requirement removed.  I got a text from Edward Fuller that they had gotten their package.  Everything seemed legit at that point, then today I got a noticed from my bank that a debit had been placed against my account due to a lack of funds by the other bank. When I called my bank, they said that it looked like the hold could be lifted because of a proper transfer, but within a few hours afterwards, the finds had been retracted and there was no money in the account.  Now the weird thing is that, I received another text from Edward Fuller telling me that I will be receiving another package in the mail tomorrow for my second assignment.  Figure that out.