Comments on: Secret Shopper Scam Arrests in Canada http://www.mysteryshoppersmanual.com/secret-shopper-scam-arrests-in-canada Tips for being a successful professional shopper Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:51:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Cathy Stucker http://www.mysteryshoppersmanual.com/secret-shopper-scam-arrests-in-canada/comment-page-1#comment-2026 Cathy Stucker Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:28:05 +0000 http://www.mysteryshoppersmanual.com/secret-shopper-scam-arrests-in-canada#comment-2026 You are absolutely right. People do not send you money before you do work. This is always a scam. Glad you trusted your instincts and checked it out. You are absolutely right. People do not send you money before you do work. This is always a scam. Glad you trusted your instincts and checked it out.

]]> By: Chris http://www.mysteryshoppersmanual.com/secret-shopper-scam-arrests-in-canada/comment-page-1#comment-2025 Chris Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:23:01 +0000 http://www.mysteryshoppersmanual.com/secret-shopper-scam-arrests-in-canada#comment-2025 LOL so funny i got one today. At first i though i just got a check and was excited. But after i read i was though it was real. I had signed up for a bunch of stuff a while ago. I almost believed it until I saw i had to send money to Western Union. So i decided to get on the web and research this. And i wound up here. I figured it was to good to be true! I also look at the check even more it was written for 2,985.00. I saw in the water mark the letters VOID. Its very hard to see but if you look close you will see it... I hope this helps others i plan on taking this to my back tomorrow so they can warn others and perhaps contact the bank and get these people! If your here reading this, its probably a fake. the only time you will ever get a check from anyone is when you have done the work or already entered into an agreement! LOL so funny i got one today. At first i though i just got a check and was excited. But after i read i was though it was real. I had signed up for a bunch of stuff a while ago. I almost believed it until I saw i had to send money to Western Union. So i decided to get on the web and research this. And i wound up here. I figured it was to good to be true! I also look at the check even more it was written for 2,985.00. I saw in the water mark the letters VOID. Its very hard to see but if you look close you will see it… I hope this helps others i plan on taking this to my back tomorrow so they can warn others and perhaps contact the bank and get these people! If your here reading this, its probably a fake. the only time you will ever get a check from anyone is when you have done the work or already entered into an agreement!

]]> By: Joey http://www.mysteryshoppersmanual.com/secret-shopper-scam-arrests-in-canada/comment-page-1#comment-1818 Joey Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:40:15 +0000 http://www.mysteryshoppersmanual.com/secret-shopper-scam-arrests-in-canada#comment-1818 I received this letter too. Just to let you know there's a new company name. It is Waterloo Market Research 325 Sycamore St. P.O. Box 27 NY, NY. Yet the letter had a stamp from Canada? Come on supposed market research companies, this doesn't make sense! I received this letter too. Just to let you know there’s a new company name. It is Waterloo Market Research 325 Sycamore St. P.O. Box 27 NY, NY. Yet the letter had a stamp from Canada? Come on supposed market research companies, this doesn’t make sense!

]]> By: AL ============ http://www.mysteryshoppersmanual.com/secret-shopper-scam-arrests-in-canada/comment-page-1#comment-1785 AL ============ Thu, 20 May 2010 20:44:45 +0000 http://www.mysteryshoppersmanual.com/secret-shopper-scam-arrests-in-canada#comment-1785 ALSO GOT SCAMED, FOR 1900.00,I DONT KNOW WHY THE FBI DOES NOT GO AFTER THESE GUYS ANF LOCK THEM UP ALSO GOT SCAMED, FOR 1900.00,I DONT KNOW WHY THE FBI DOES NOT GO AFTER THESE GUYS ANF LOCK THEM UP

]]> By: Lori http://www.mysteryshoppersmanual.com/secret-shopper-scam-arrests-in-canada/comment-page-1#comment-1781 Lori Wed, 19 May 2010 15:22:55 +0000 http://www.mysteryshoppersmanual.com/secret-shopper-scam-arrests-in-canada#comment-1781 I received a check yesterday stating pretty much the same thing - Check for $3,375.00 - for two assignments, Western Union and Best Buy, JC Penny, K-Mart, Macy's, Sears, or Walmart. They advised me to call my "Assigned Training Coordinator" at a number listed to receive the receiver name and destination of the $2,150 wire. They included $190 to cover the Western Union Fee. They then advise me that I am to take $150 to one of the above retail shops and purchase whatever I'd like, as I get to keep what is bought, I just need to forward my observations. The remaining $200 is my "fee" to keep. I received a check yesterday stating pretty much the same thing – Check for $3,375.00 – for two assignments, Western Union and Best Buy, JC Penny, K-Mart, Macy’s, Sears, or Walmart. They advised me to call my “Assigned Training Coordinator” at a number listed to receive the receiver name and destination of the $2,150 wire. They included $190 to cover the Western Union Fee. They then advise me that I am to take $150 to one of the above retail shops and purchase whatever I’d like, as I get to keep what is bought, I just need to forward my observations. The remaining $200 is my “fee” to keep.

]]> By: Angelique Mitchell http://www.mysteryshoppersmanual.com/secret-shopper-scam-arrests-in-canada/comment-page-1#comment-1758 Angelique Mitchell Wed, 12 May 2010 21:38:16 +0000 http://www.mysteryshoppersmanual.com/secret-shopper-scam-arrests-in-canada#comment-1758 Folks what is wrong with many of you. When she notes ALWAYS A SCAM ANYTIME YOU HAVE TO SEND MONEY WHY DONT YOU GET IT PLEASE DONT FALL FOR THESE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE CHECK SCAMS ALWAYS AND FOREVER FAKE. Folks what is wrong with many of you. When she notes ALWAYS A SCAM ANYTIME YOU HAVE TO SEND MONEY WHY DONT YOU GET IT PLEASE DONT FALL FOR THESE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE CHECK SCAMS ALWAYS AND FOREVER FAKE.

]]> By: TIM http://www.mysteryshoppersmanual.com/secret-shopper-scam-arrests-in-canada/comment-page-1#comment-1706 TIM Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:38:50 +0000 http://www.mysteryshoppersmanual.com/secret-shopper-scam-arrests-in-canada#comment-1706 I got a letter in the mail on 04/26/2010 with a check in the amount of $3880.00 to be a mystery shopper. the letter like all the rest telling me to keep $300.00 for my first weeks pay and wire transfer $3285.00 and spend the rest on a shopping assignment. this letter post marked from Canada, return address from Welland ON. L3B-5S3. The letter was addressed as AMERICAN CONSUMER SURVEY AND THEIR ADDRESS IS 111 CROSLEY STREET WEST MONROE LA 71291. IT ALL LOOKED VERY GOOD, BUT I KNEW IT WAS A SCAM. BEWARE TO ALL, DON'T FALL FOR THIS CRAP... IT HITTING ARKANSAS I got a letter in the mail on 04/26/2010 with a check in the amount of $3880.00 to be a mystery shopper. the letter like all the rest telling me to keep $300.00 for my first weeks pay and wire transfer $3285.00 and spend the rest on a shopping assignment. this letter post marked from Canada, return address from Welland ON. L3B-5S3. The letter was addressed as AMERICAN CONSUMER SURVEY AND THEIR ADDRESS IS 111 CROSLEY STREET WEST MONROE LA 71291. IT ALL LOOKED VERY GOOD, BUT I KNEW IT WAS A SCAM.

BEWARE TO ALL, DON’T FALL FOR THIS CRAP…

IT HITTING ARKANSAS

]]> By: Cathy Stucker http://www.mysteryshoppersmanual.com/secret-shopper-scam-arrests-in-canada/comment-page-1#comment-1651 Cathy Stucker Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:18:29 +0000 http://www.mysteryshoppersmanual.com/secret-shopper-scam-arrests-in-canada#comment-1651 You can report it to the police or other law enforcement, but there is not much they can or will do. You can report it to the police or other law enforcement, but there is not much they can or will do.

]]> By: Kathy Rickert http://www.mysteryshoppersmanual.com/secret-shopper-scam-arrests-in-canada/comment-page-1#comment-1650 Kathy Rickert Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:18:06 +0000 http://www.mysteryshoppersmanual.com/secret-shopper-scam-arrests-in-canada#comment-1650 Thank you, Cathy for all your information. I received a "check" today from mystery shoppers usa which screamed of a sham just like so many other people have posted on your site. So I called St Anne's Credit Union(which was the company on the check) and SURE ENOUGH... they said it was just as I thought...A Scam!!!! Now I am just mad.. because I wasn't that stupid (or Naive) but many other people just might be. And I really don't want these crooks to get by with simply stealing money from uneducated or monetarily desperate people. What do you think I should do? Would contacting the authorities REALLY do any good?? Thank you, Cathy for all your information. I received a “check” today from mystery shoppers usa which screamed of a sham just like so many other people have posted on your site. So I called St Anne’s Credit Union(which was the company on the check) and SURE ENOUGH… they said it was just as I thought…A Scam!!!! Now I am just mad.. because I wasn’t that stupid (or Naive) but many other people just might be. And I really don’t want these crooks to get by with simply stealing money from uneducated or monetarily desperate people. What do you think I should do? Would contacting the authorities REALLY do any good??

]]> By: Cathy Stucker http://www.mysteryshoppersmanual.com/secret-shopper-scam-arrests-in-canada/comment-page-1#comment-1634 Cathy Stucker Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:13:03 +0000 http://www.mysteryshoppersmanual.com/secret-shopper-scam-arrests-in-canada#comment-1634 You are not really in any trouble--yet. Do not wire money to anyone. Notify your bank that the check you deposited was part of an attempted scam, and that it will bounce. Do not contact the scammers, just ignore them. You (or your bank) may also wish to notify law enforcement, although it is doubtful that they would/could take any action. You are not really in any trouble–yet. Do not wire money to anyone. Notify your bank that the check you deposited was part of an attempted scam, and that it will bounce. Do not contact the scammers, just ignore them. You (or your bank) may also wish to notify law enforcement, although it is doubtful that they would/could take any action.

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