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Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order
The market research company name is ghostsurveys.com
Says #1 employer of mystery diners & shoppers top of long detailed letter & instructions.
I received a check in priority envelope for $1,906.25 of which I was instructed to deposit immediately as soon as received to my bank account & wait 24 hrs for this cashiers check to clear & funds made available. The cashiers check looks 100% official, (I have worked in the financial industry for 30 years) since the cashiers check looked legit I deposited it 04-11-17, & replied to said email that I had done so.
The letter instructed me to wait 24 hrs then to withdraw as follows: withdraw entire amount of check deposited, keep $250.00 for my commission as mystery shopper assignment, another $20.25 for my dining assignment & an additional $23.00 to cover money transfer fees. And an additional $50 to keep until the end of assignment (further instructions to be provided for its usage on completion of pending tasks.
Split the balance of $1,540.00 into one part $769 & another part $771
Complete my mystery transfer by dining & sending $769 & $771 each as instructed.
Sit in & have meal & email details for evaluation.
1) name of restaurant
2) meal/drink purchased & cost
3) Customer Service professionalism
Then:
Moneygram assignment:
Go to 2 different Walmarts/Moneygrams
Request for a money transfer service & send the $769 & $771 & $23.00 deducted earlier to pay the money transfer fees.
Send to 2 different Moneygram receipients at 2 different addresses
The first to:
Adam Williams
Horschton, GA
2nd to:
Samson John
Locust Grove, GA
Then to immediately send details to the emailer or text to them details of transactions of moneygrams sent.
My full name, Address & phone number
Referencing #8-digit number on receipt given to me from moneygrams sent.
The exact amount to be received ($769 & $771)
Name & address of stores evaluated with my comments and impressions(compare/contrast both stores
Email or SMS a picture copy of all receipts.
Note: at restaurant & moneygram stores under no circumstances was I to make known that I was secretly evaluating their services that it would defeat the purpose of the program. If I was asked if I was a mystery diner/shopper, please answer NO (in red).
As soon as evaluation complete, email all details to them.
I went so far as to deposit the cashiers check, wait til next day & withdraw the funds from my bank account.
Went to Walmart to do first moneygram as instructed (filing out 1st ever moneygram form there were detailed warnings not to send money to anyone you do not know personally & mentioned mystery shoppers, etc) as well as other situations.
Red flag immediately but still assumed since cashiers check looked 100% official & had cleared (I thought) my account, since funds were available next day surely it was ok...
Not! I after sending the first $769 & paying $9.50 moneygram transfer fee at Walmart sat in my car & started googling & researching for scams involved in mystery shopping & the ghostsurveys.com name....
Immediate red flags again on ScamPulse.com that it was NOT an accredited business.
Then I came across some reviews & posts from other contacted consumers to do the same type transactions & large check amounts all around $1,900 & above in $1,900 to $1,980.00 cashiers check range amts. all said they called bank on cashiers checkbto verify check & funds & each person was told by the credit unions on the checks printed as issued by to be fraudualent checks & to take them to the police asap & also report to the ScamPulse.com which I am now doing. I immediately after an hour of research ran back into the Walmart Moneygram store informing the cashier to cancel the $769.00 moneygram transfer immediately before it was withdrawn on other end in GA by the scammers! Walmarts employee immediately did so no hesitation & said "NEVER" send money to someone you have never met or know, ever! I learned a quick scarry lesson that could have cost me $1,906.25 plus alot of bank fees & major problems on my personal checking account & I worked at my financial institution for 11 yrs & have always been careful, suspicious & was a bank auditor! If it can almost happen to me making me believe it all was official looking, I can only imagine what can happen to much older people & uninformed people of financial dealings, etc.... I got all the money back & redeposited to my bank account to wait on action from my financial institution after I contact them with the specifics tomorrow, as well as call the Family Credit Union listed as the cashiers check issuing financial institution.
Rule of thumb to again always remember:
"If it ses to good to be true (ie: get paid $250-$300 to do a simple restaurant meal paid for & survey, etc.) then yes it is NOT true & legit! "
I had signed up online to do surveys from home for pay so I assumed this is where this ghostsurveys.com & Colleen Belcher emailer got my name, email & information I submitted online to a company that submitted you to multiple survey companies to email & contact you which I have had many but none offering & stating I was receiving a large check in the mail in 3 days to watch for it & let th know asap as I got it.
Beware:
They look 100% official & legit & you can even google the companu name with headlines saying its the #1 employer of mystery diners & shoppers!
I will forgo my chance of earning $250-300 from this company emails & safve myself possibly thousands by doing so!
Better safe than sorry, trust noone!
Lesson Learned & scared out of me