I received an email through careerbuilder.com about a mystery shopper. I had always wanted to do that so I was interested. I responded to the application, to which they asked for my financial institution, no account numbers, just the name of bank. It seemed legit, the website looks professional as well as the emails.
I never heard anything back after sending my application. A week later I received a check in the mail for $2800.00. The name on the check was Smart Business Solutions. I didn't recognize this business so I went online & it pulled up the Corporex LLC website. Nothing came with the check, no letter informing me of my duties, the bank on the check was BB&T. I checked my spam mail & saw an email with my "task", which was to go to the nearest wal-mart & purchase a 42" flat screen tv. They then gave me 4 links to choose which tv I wanted, they were about $500.00. The second part of my task was to go to the nearest western union & test the Money in Minutes program by wiring the money to a fake person in russia, which they would control & supposedly the money would come back to my account.
After going to two wdifferent Wal-Mart's I found the tv's are only available online! I tried to e-mail them about 4 times to let them know these were not available to buy in the stores; I still have not gotten a response to anything. I never purchased the tv, but I did spend some of the money...: (Not thinking... Needless to say I am -960.00 in the bank right now because they are taking the check back. My bank told me the company did not state a reason for the check return.
So it sucks bad man... Got scammed! Don't let this happen to you! Learn from my mistakes!
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