Comments on: Secret Shopper Scam Arrests in Canada

By: AxeMan

AxeMan — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:43:56 +0000

Just got the same letter in the mail as everybody else. Secret Shopper. Spend money at Walmart, Home Depot and send $1600 via Western Union. The red flag for me was: why would a company need to ask you to send LARGE amounts of money just to test Western Union? WU charges like 9%, so if this was a real company, they would be FLUSHING away money with EVERY transaction. That is just stupid, and stupid companies don’t do business with Walmart. I will report to law enforcement ASAP.

By: Shaina

Shaina — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:52:13 +0000

I got a check that was from North Carolina, the letter with it had Canadian phone numbers, the guy that answered the phone spoke with a very heavy Mid east accent, and the envelope had a Texas return address. I figured it was fishy but non-the-less went to my local Western union to see if it real or not, the woman that helped me with it knew it was fake and point blank asked me if I had gotten it in the mail and if they(the company that sent it) were requesting I send money back. She still called the bank that was on the check and they never heard of the person that signed it. I’m glad to see that the signer has been punished for it.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:14:42 +0000

My husband received a check for 1990- same instructions or assignments cash check and western union. He did and once it “cleared” he sent it to find out it didn’t clear. Merry Christmas to Matthew Rock in London England because we just scammed out of almost $2000. Just out looking to see if we have any recourse and it doesn’t look like it. The worst part about it is my husband did this behind my back. He’s been unemployed and was hoping to get some extra money for Christmas- a very sad situation. We will all face judgement someday and karma is an awful thing this will come back to these people one way or another.

By: Cathy Stucker

Cathy Stucker — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:08:49 +0000

Good job! I am glad you didn’t get caught up in the scam.

Anyone wanting to mystery shop should stick to applying to reputable companies (such as these: http://MysteryShoppersManual.com/mystery-shopping-companies ). Do not respond to spam email solicitations. And, of course, NEVER wire money to anyone you do not know.

By: Jan Dicker

Jan Dicker — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:04:29 +0000

I just received a letter and cheque yesterday as I had signed up online to become a Mystery Shopper in our area. It sounded too good to be true and it was. The cheque was for almost $4000.00 and I was to spend $100.00 at Walmart and then evaluate the store. the second assignment I was to do was to wire to transactions from Money Gram to people in the US. I got ahold of the compnay whos name was on the cheque and I also called the RCMP. Thank God I didnt try to cash the cheque. They are now investigating the fraudsters. Go Get “em Guys!!!!

By: Kay Bustillo

Kay Bustillo — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:17:54 +0000

Hi,
I just received a check in the mail via UPS Express. The envelope has a cashier’s check for $2,850.99 from US bank. The remitter is someone named Severien Meyer. I am so glad for these posts that let’s me know this is a scam. I have no intention of attempting to take this check to the bank!

By: Beverly Guerra

Beverly Guerra — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:18:30 +0000

Hi everyone I had just posted an ad on craigslist to sell some of my furniture and got a call from someone in New York (I live in GA) saying that she was the assistant and her boss would like to know if the sofa was still for sale of course I said yes she asked for my email so I gave it to her therafter I got this email.

Hello

This is Mr Meyer i just contacted you and since the price is okay by me and its good to go i will like to pay for it and my mode of payment will be via CERTIFIED CHECK which you can cash instantly at your bank,the payment will be sent down to your place via ups courier service.
About the shipping there is no need for you to worry about that because i will have my personal shipping agent sent down to your residence for the pick up and inspection but i will need your help in remitting the shippers fee because I have not gotten in contact with the shipping agent for sometime now so what i want to do is that i will add excess fund i mean include his payment together with yours and once you have received the check,Cashed instantly at your bank,Then you will deduct your payment and have the rest paid to the shipping agent via WESTERN UNION as soon as i have him located ok,he will be able to make arrangement to take his flight to ur resident and pickup then ship.So if this is ok by you i would want you to provide me with the below information which will be used to send the payment to you I hope you understand my explanation to you.

1. First and Last names(which will be issued on the CHECK )
2. House address(physical home address where UPS will deliver payment too)
3. Phone number.(incase i need to contact you urgently)

I will be waiting for the details so that i can mail the payment to you.Thanks and GOD bless you

So i decided to google the name cause this all sounded fishy to me and first thing I see is that someone else got a check from this person and it was all a scam. Good thing I decided to check this first. Just wanted to post this so that other people can be aware of this type of scam. Do not cash a check from anyone you dont know period. Protect yourself.

By: Tiffany Benkert

Tiffany Benkert — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:41:56 +0000

Yes, I’m soo happy that I did. I told my boyfriend this morning that I trashed the checks and he said, why the hell did you do that. We need that money. I showed his website and he was like damn. He said I’m sorry Tiffany I didn’t know. I said its okay I didn’t know too. I told him and everyone in the house if any of you get something in the mail from Canada and you find a check in it. Rip it up and DON”T believe it. I even called my mom to worn her. She a single mom and taking care of my brother, who has many disabilities. She needs all the money she can get so I wanted to make sure she NEVER becomes one of the victims.

By: Cathy Stucker

Cathy Stucker — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:36:51 +0000

I’m glad you found us, too!

A lot of people want to believe that the checks are real, because they need the money. Unfortunately for them, the checks are never real and they end up in a worse financial situation than before they got the checks.

Good for you for researching this and not becoming a victim!

By: Tiffany Benkert

Tiffany Benkert — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:41:47 +0000

WOW!!! I’m very happy to have found this website.

I got a check in the mail last week for secret shopper. It was for $2,400.00. I looked at the check then I said to my boyfriend what the hell is this. I think this a scam. He said well show this to my mom and ask her what she thinks of it. I showed her and I said, to her I really think this is a scam. She said I don’t know so I put the letter and the check in a bag in my room.

Then yesterday in the mail I got another one. It was for 1,993.00. I said to my boyfriend damn I got another check. He looked at it and said do it. I said, well look at it. He said, what’s wrong with it. I said people have been scam using Western Union and I don’t like them. He said, so you get $ 350 for doing it. I put that check in the bag with the other one.

I keep thinking about the 2 checks all day and said to myself i’m gonna google this. What know this site came up and I said thank God I did not cash both checks. I could have used money as I’m I read some of the stories on here and some people have big losses for this. I’m happy that I trusted my gut and didn’t do anything. I will let people know that the checks are scams and DON’T fall for it.