May 7: I received a letter from Galaxy Distribution offering a job position as a Mistery Shopper as replying to my application I did online (I did apply for working from home positions online few days before). I called the number on the letter, receptionist answered the phone. I asked about the letter and she explained what the job is and asked me to call back to speak with the cordinator named Jim Godsey since he was not available at the moment, however she said if I am interested, I can deposit the check they sent along with the letter. The check was for $1833.56.
The letter said as a mistery shopper, I have to keep it confidential. The first assigments are to go the Western Union, make transfer and evaluate the service and also to go to one of department stores (I chose Walmart) make purchase and evaluate the service. The check covered for $100 shopping spree, $300 my fee, $1318.56 for Western Union transfer and $115 for transfer fee.
I checked the website www.galaxydistributionsa.com and it has all the information that made me think that this is for real. So I decided to do the job and then I deposited the check into Citibank in Redlands location. (I worked at the restaurant before and we got visit from mistery shoppers evey month to give the restaurant evaluation on how we perform, so I knew that this kind of job is real, besides they offered good pay and will give next assignments as soon as I finished with the first one).
May 8 I went to bank to see if the check has been cleared. The teller said the funds is already available on my account but the check has not been cleared yet, the teller advised to wait for another day. So I called Jim Godsey tell him that. He said to try again tomorrow.
May 9 I went back to bank to see if the check has been cleared. The teller said yes, it's cleared. So I withdraw $ 1533.56. I called Jim Godsey and tell him that I already withdraw the money and ready to do the assignment. He then gave me the information to whom I can send the transfer to: Lisa Tompkins in Dublin, Ireland and he told me to do the transfer within 1 hour and call him back.
I made the transfer and then called him to give the MTCN# and then he said I can do the next assigment (which I chose to go to Walmart) and fax the store receipt along with the evaluation form.
I tried to fax but it did not go through. So I called Jim Godsey to veify the fax# and he said just email insted.
May 13 I emailed the copy of walmart receipts and the evaluation form to [email protected] and reported to Jim Godsey that the assigment is done and told him that I'm ready for the next ones.
Today May 14 my bank informed me that the check was returned. I called Jim Godsey, he said he will talk to his supervisor. I started to worry. I went police to file a police report after I talked to bank manager and called western union fraud dept. The check was returned and the money I transferred to WU has been cashed out. I called Jim Godsey and he did not answer the phone. I tried to get explanation from the bank, why I was told that the check has been cleared while It's not. Because if it's not, I would not withdraw the money and make the transfer. The police said they cannot do anything, even my report and all evidences I have will not help anything. So, the bad guys are going to keep doing this to other victims. Where's the justice when you need them?
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