The other day, a letter from EAST INK FINANCIAL arrived in the mail telling me that I am hired to be a "mystery shopper" in my area. They sent me a whooping check of $3,950.00 with an instruction on where to use the money. They even had a break down of the enclosed check.
3 hours training pay - $300
funds for shopping in walmart, jc penney or home depot - $140
service charge for western union - $170
required funds to be sent - $3340
The whole things seems to be so wonderful. Imagine getting paid for shopping and giving reviews but they said, if a thing is too good to be true, then it is too good to be true.
At first glance, the offered plan seemed so legitimate because they even put an address, a number to call, and other stuff. But I noticed that the company name on the check is different from the name on the letter head. The company on the check is SCHNEIDER LOGISTICS TRANSLOADING & DISTRIBUTION, INC while the letter head is EAST INK FINANCIAL.
I searched online and I found out that this is one of the many scams. MYSTERY SHOPPER SCAM. What they do is send you a fat check with instructions to cash in the check, wire them half of the money, take a portion of the money for yourself as your first payment, then use the rest of the money to shop at certain stores and write down your experience and then send them your report. Sounds easy but the moment you en cash the check, the bank and the police will be hounding you for cashing in a fake check / bounced check etc. The scammers get their money and you alone is left to face the prosecution of the bank . So be cautious and don't be fooled.
3 hours training pay - $300
funds for shopping in walmart, jc penney or home depot - $140
service charge for western union - $170
required funds to be sent - $3340
The whole things seems to be so wonderful. Imagine getting paid for shopping and giving reviews but they said, if a thing is too good to be true, then it is too good to be true.
At first glance, the offered plan seemed so legitimate because they even put an address, a number to call, and other stuff. But I noticed that the company name on the check is different from the name on the letter head. The company on the check is SCHNEIDER LOGISTICS TRANSLOADING & DISTRIBUTION, INC while the letter head is EAST INK FINANCIAL.
I searched online and I found out that this is one of the many scams. MYSTERY SHOPPER SCAM. What they do is send you a fat check with instructions to cash in the check, wire them half of the money, take a portion of the money for yourself as your first payment, then use the rest of the money to shop at certain stores and write down your experience and then send them your report. Sounds easy but the moment you en cash the check, the bank and the police will be hounding you for cashing in a fake check / bounced check etc. The scammers get their money and you alone is left to face the prosecution of the bank . So be cautious and don't be fooled.
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