I received the a letter that didn't have a return to sender address. Upon opening it read "CONGRATULATIONS you have been selected to be one of our representatives to be a Customer Service Evaluator". Now usually if I would receive something like this in the mail and I already had a job then this would have been gone into the garbage, but since I've been looking for Full-Time Employment for quite sometime now I felt that this was a great opportunity being that I just moved to GA and really needed a job.
They sent a check that was for $1,950.00. The check they send covers the expenses, and you receive a pay of $360 (evaluation/training pay), the remainder of the monies goes to making purchases as Sears, Walmart and Moneygram.
I followed the directions by contacting the number that was on the letter. I got in contract with an individual who's name is "MIKE WILSON". Being that I actually thought I had just been hired I asked him what was all the requirements and my next step. He informed me that I would be a secret shopper and would have two to three assignments per week. That this would be a great way to earn extra income he informed me that I would have to deposit the check and once the hold release to go ahead and began my first assignment.
It took my bank almost 6 DAYS to release the hold and on that DAY is when I went to Walmart and Sears and MoneyGram. He instructed me that I would go to Walmart and MoneyGram first and that the individual I would send it to was a Shelly Pett in Houston Texas and once I receive the reference number from Money Gram that I would call back to the office to let him know. Now as I write this is makes me so upset that I WAS SO NAIVE to do this. After making the purchases at Walmart and doing the Money Gram he informed me that I had to finish the assignment with Sears. After finishing the assignment he informed me that I should contact the office on Monday and fax the CSET Tool Sheets for all three companies. On Monday I called and called and called... No answer. This was odd I thought. So I assume maybe he took a sick day or a vacation day. Tuesday came and still NO ANSWER so I thought I would look online for an ALTERNATIVE NUMBER and I googled the name and to my SHOCK... Usacomplaints.com.Com is the first thing that comes up.
I was HORRIFIED and I was like PLEASE GOD don't let this be true but it was VERY REAL... I HAD BEEN TAKEN.
Now, i'm not only negative in my account but i"m more stressed about how i"m going to even get justice for this.
I filed a police report and that will take a week, I file a FTC report and still yet to hear back and I will try and contact the BBB.
The worst thing about it is that I keep calling the number and it is still on and you know I even told him that I want my money back and that I filed a complaint and he is still answering the phone saying"THANK YOU FOR CALLING KRESS EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS THIS IS MIKE SPEAKING HOW CAN I HELP YOU"
I want my money back and i want him to go to jail...
If anyone can give any advice please comment. My parents say I was just NAIVE but they would have never did that I feel so HURT, STRESS and UPSET that we as tax payers can't get any resolve from these types of scams how can we be PROTECTED???
I feel that banks should be put on notice and should inform their customer's of this type of events. Cause to me the check looked like an employment check and I sadly thought it was real.
After looking back if I could do this all over again without the added stress of FINDING FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT and FINDING A PLACE TO MOVE INTO BY JUNE. I think if I didn't have those factors the RED FLAGS would have been more out there for me.
Again any suggestions where I can seek JUSTICE FOR THIS would be greatly appreciated.
I WANT JUSTICE FOR THIS
Lawrenceville, Georgia
U.S.A.
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