Wednesday 01/30
This afternoon, I received a letter from Bargain Shoppers Express in the mail. When I opened the envelope and found a very legitimate looking check for $ 4,695.00 it took my breath away for a moment and I naturally became very excited. As I read the enclosed material (just two sheets of paper), it stated that I was to call them as soon as possible before depositing the check, so that I could receive payment verification. The letter asked me to call a man named Richard Cash.
Somehow, I ended up speaking to a Gina Murphy (probablly
not her real name). She said that she was the assistant to Mr. Cash. She told me that I was to deposit the check immediately because it would take a few days to clear. She said that I was to call her after I deposited it, so that she could contact the bank and have the funds released. Once the funds were release, I was to withdraw
All of the cash. I was to then use the funds as follows: I was to send a money gram in the amount of $2100.00, and the service charge for this would be $ 99.00. I was to send a western union transfer in the amount of $ 1935.00, the service charge for
this would be $ 99.00. I was to spend $ 17.00 at Burger King and then spend $ 45.00 at walmart. After all this, I would be left with " Employee Probational Training pay Expenses " in the amount of $ 400.00.
I thought to myself, sounds easy enough, right? I could do this. Then I took another look at things. I noticed that the envelope it came in had no return address and it had a Canadian stamp. I live in Georgia. I called Gina Murphy back and started asking questions? And that is when her attitude changed. I asked her why it had a Canadian stamp? She said it was because the
corporate office was in Toronto.
I asked for their address. She quickly put me on hold and came back with an address. I am sure that it is fake, I am looking into it. Then I asked for the phone
number. She became agitated and asked me why I needed that, I told her, it was for my records. She replied that she was not authorized to give out that number. I said ok and then wanted to know why the number I was calling was a new york number if the letter has an North Carolina address on the letterhead?
She then said that New York was where the USA corporate
address was.By this time, she was not happy with me at all and she was getting really tired of me asking so maany questions. But I had one more to go. What was her address in New York. She did give me an address??? To what, I am not sure. I let things go at that. I have not deposited the check, but I am going to call her back tomorrow and tell her that I did and we will see what happens.
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