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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 30 Oct 2008 Posts: 1

Heres a new one, never seen one like this before. I have to give them credit for imagination Very Happy

Hello Shopper,
You have been selected for an assignment as a Mystery Shopper. You will earn money by being a mystery shopper. Your employment packet include business
evaluation form, a training assignment which will be send to you via email after you received payment for the assignment. Paycheck would be send to you for the
assignment.The paycheck would be in form of Money Order or Certified Check.You must deduct your salary while the rest will be use
for the evaluation at a store which will be send to you after you recieved the payment.

Your Employment packet are as follows :
1. Business evaluation form: This is the form you are required to fill after you visit the shopping mall/Store within your area.The Store will be sent to you via email
including the store name and address. You are required to evaluate its customer service and quality control after their services have been rendered to
you. You would required to fill a form to rate the employee(s),this form would be given to you after your evaluation:

2. Training Assignment: You are hired to evaluate the quality of services of the store or mall that would be given to you and to rate the employees.
Please note, this is a part-time activity.

Full name as it should be on payment:

Full Legal Name :
Address :
City :
State :
Zip code :
Country :
Home and Cell # :
Sex :
Date of Birth :
Age : (18 and Above)
Bank Name Only:

I will be looking forward to receive the above details.

Sincerely,
Chris Banks

By the way, hi, great forum, long time reader first time poster

Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:13 am

Hi Shadow, and welcome!

That one's been around for a little while - a variation on cheque mule scamming. There were posts here about a year ago on it - so I guess it's newish.

Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:19 pm

It's quite an ingenious one. The store you will be asked to evaluate will be a Western Union agency. A possibly plausible reason for sending you a (bogus) check for more than you are due to receive.

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 29 Oct 2008 Posts: 4

What's from stopping you from cashing the check and keeping the whole thing? Obviousely some people get away with cashing it if these scams have people sending money back to the scammers.

Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 4:40 pm

By law, banks have to release funds within a few days based on the deposit, but they can demand that money back (and press charges) if the check is determined to be a fake later. And it sometimes takes weeks to months to determine it is a fake.

So it is very possible the victim will be able to cash the check, and they could keep the whole sum. Unfortunately, a few months later, when the bank has determined the check is fake, the victim is left being forced to pay back the original sum, plus numerous bounced check charges, and could find themselves facing criminal charges for passing fraudulent checks.

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 29 Oct 2008 Posts: 4

Wow good to know, thanks.

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