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Complaint Review: West Coast Marketing Research - WASHINGTON Washington
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West Coast Marketing Research
P.O Box 6368, WASHINGTON, 54912 Washington, U.S.A.
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West Coast Marketing Research - THEY WILL CLEAN OUT YOUR BANK ACCOUNT - Washington DC WASHINGTON
THEY ARE A SCAM! MY HUSBAND AND I RECIEVED A LETTER FROM WEST COAST MARKETING RESEARCH LOCATED IN WASHINGTON DC YET MAILED FROM 2506 TUDOR GLEN MARKET, SAINT ALBERT, AB T8N 3V4 (YES IT IS A CANADA ADDRESS), STATING THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN MY HUSBAND TO BE A MYSTERY SHOPPER FOR THEM. ENCLOSED IN THE LETTER WAS A CHECK FOR 2,895.90. THIS STARTLED ME AT FIRST BECAUSE THE CHECK WAS LEGITAMATE. WE READ THE LETTER AND QUICKLY CONTACTED THE COMPANY. FIRST THING THAT THROUGH ME OFF WAS THEIR INTRODUCTION BY ANSWERING THE PHONE SAYING"HELLO" INSTEAD OF STATING THE COMPANY'S NAME. WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY HAVE THREE MAIN OFFICES, ONE BEING IN WASHINGTON DC THAT WAS LOCATED ON THE LETTER HEAD, BUT IT WAS A P.O BOX ADDRESS AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO PULL IT UP WITH THE B.B.B. THEN I ALSO NOTICED THE MAILING ADDRESS WAS ON THE ENVELOPE ITSELF WAS IN CANADA AND THE CHECK WAS PRODUCED IN TEXAS. THEY TOLD US WHAT WE MUST DO WHICH WAS TO DEPOSIT THE CHECK INTO OUR BANK ACCOUNT AND THEN LET THEM KNOW WHEN WE HAVE DONE SO. THE FIRST AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED TO HIM WOULD BE 300.00 IN WHICH HE CAN KEEP (FOR THE MYSTERY SHOPPER JOB). THE REST WILL COME WITH HIM GOING TO A WESTERN UNION IN WHICH HE MUST SEND THE BALANCE TO A "KAREN ELLIS" THROUGH A MONEY GRAM OR WESTERN UNION. AFTER I DID CLOSE RESEARCH I FOUND OUT FROM SOME SOURCES THAT THIS COMPANY ACTUALLY LETS YOU DEPOSIT THESE CHECKS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT SO THEY CAN CLEAN YOUR ACCOUNT DRY. THE CHECK WILL BE CANCELLED AND NO FUNDS WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED IN YOUR ACCOUNT AND BECAUSE IT TAKES A PROCESS FOR A CHECK IN THAT SIZE TO CLEAR YOU WILL NOT BE AWARE UNTIL DAYS LATER WHICH BY THEN THEY WOULD HAVE ALL YOUR INFO. THEY INSIST ON YOU DEPOSITING THIS CHECK SO THEY CAN TRACE THE CHECK BACK TO YOUR ACCOUNT, COLLECT YOUR INFORMATION AND THEN THE SCAM BEGINS. PLEASE DO NOT, I REPEAT DO NOT DO ANY BUSINESS WITH WEST COAST MARKETING RESEARCH LOCATED IN WASHINGTON DC. THIS SCAM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE NOW AND I WANT EVERYONE TO BE AWARE SO THEY TOO CAN NOT BE SCAMMED AS OTHERS WERE..
Ttomi
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
U.S.A.
Ttomi
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
U.S.A.
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Lechy
Round Lake,Illinois,
U.S.A.
Same letter and check received from Westcoast Marketing Research
#2Consumer Comment
Sat, July 18, 2009
I have received the same type of mystery shopping letter as well as a check with exaclty the same instructions. I did call and speak to a representative, but decided to do further research before I would deposit the check. When I found this report I decided to call the phone number back and ask about the validity of the job. I called a representative, or whoever was on the other side and started reading the story to them. They got really nervous and asked me to provide them with the path on google of how I found it. I politely said that I'll finish reading and that we could speak after we are done. The other party kept on cutting me off and finaly staed that they have a second line and hang up on me. When I called 1-403-305-3714, no one answered, exept for an answering machine. I left a message letting them know that I will report this to proper authorities. No one has called me back. I am assuming that if this would be legite, it would be in their best interest to make sure that they call back, to clear their name. Secondly, the nerevous tone of voce and constant cutting me off while reading the above really got me assuered that whoever this was on the other side was not doing a legal business. Thanks to your statement I am not ripped off from Illinois. 7/17/09
