Today I received an offer to mystery shop for the holiday season.
The letter comes from RETAIL TRACKING MARKET RESEARCH Mystery Shopping / Consulting, located in Niagara Falls, NY. There is no street address only P.O. Box 7173. However the postmark on the envelope comes from postescanada.ca with a Canandian stamp.
The letter states that this could become a full time job making 800.00 a week after working for RTMR for 6 monthes. The first evaluation is for Best Buy, Home Depot, JC Penny, K-Mart, Wal-Mart, Target and Circuit City. The second evaluation is for Western Union or Money Gram.
First they ask you to pose as a customer at one of the stores and spend $100.00. Then Send a Western Union or Money Gram to Kim Medina, Los Angeles CA, Misty Ochoa Alhambra CA and Molly Molina East Los Angeles CA.
They ask you to fax your shopping receipts and call with the Western Union or Money Gram reference number.
To accept the offer they ask you to fill out a sheet of paper with all your contact info and fax it to them and then deposit the check included.
The offer was very suspicious since it included a check for 3,899.00. The check appears very real and is issued by Big Thompson Federal Credit Union (which I pulled up on the web.) The check lists the remitter as Roselyn Dolye.
The letter states the check is broken down as follows:
Probationary training pay 300.00
Required fund to be transfered 3,200.00
Service charges 199.00
Funds need for shopping 100.00
Total 3,899.00
After reading this letter, I found on usacomplaints.com similar reports under different names. Look at the reports for Reward Program Of America, Jamaica, NY and you will see the amount of the check is the same as some. The bank and remitter are the same. The Canadian post mark is the same.
This offer is too good to be true.
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