Shop Until You Drop
Check cashing scam

I received a letter in the mail today that included a cashier's check from shopuntilyoudrop.net (po box 556, st john, virgin islands 00830) for employment as a secret shopper. This letter also had a canadian stamp on it with no return address. I had not signed up to do this so i'm wondering where they could have gotten my name and address. I go on to read what's in the letter and it states to contact phillip morris at 705-770-2473 monday thru friday between the hours of 10am and 6pm for additional detailed instructions. When i called this number just to see what would happen there was a voicemail greeting telling me to contact him between the hours of 6pm and 10pm. No company name... Just his voicemail. Okay... Who conducts business during this time of the night? Here is a breakdown of what i was supposed to spend and how: $400 for training pay & expenses (i assume i was to keep this for myself), spend $12 at burger king, $2100 money gram transfer, $99 svc charge for money gram, $2050 western union transfer, $99 svc charge for that, & $50 at walmart... Total of check was $4810. This letter was signed by andrew briant (director, operations). I was also given a customer service evaluation tool (cset) to fill out and fax to them along with the reciepts to phillip morris' attn: at 877-570-2827.

The cashier's check itself has company name DATCU on it which i found out is a credit union (po box 827,225 west mulberry st, denton, tx 76202). The check was made out to me with "from: alex winters" typed directly under my name which i also thought to be strange. The check is signed by a marlene (cant make out her last name), could be samuels. This was also strange.

I also called the check verification number from another report on this website (250-797-1647) and this was a company called global financial. I looked this company up on the internet and read that it was having financial issues. That actually struck me as interesting considering they have to verify all of these checks. Please visit this link for more information: http://www.fraud.org/tips/internet/fakecheck.htm.

To whoever may be responsible for this, there are two things that i take very seriously... Thats my family and my money (which i need to support my family). I plan on going to the authorities with this information. You may get caught. You may not. But there is somebody who one day you wont be able to hide from like the cowards you are. I guess you all have your parents and grandparents to thank for that. They were the ones who attempted to raise you and failed miserably.

Company: Shop Until You Drop
Country: Virgin Islands (U. S. )
State: Virgin Islands
City: ST. JOHN
Address: PO BOX 556
Phone: 7057702473

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