The letter is asking you to deposit a counterfeit item into your account - you don't know it's counterfeit then it's asking you to wire funds typically overseas or to contact someone who's going to instruct you to wire funds."
Mystery shopper scams are common, and its easy to fall for them.
Here's how this one would work. A mystery shopper is to check on whether money wiring services like Western Union or Money Gram check for identification. The shopper is asked to deposit this check into their bank account, then wire $3,400 of it to a given location.
"You've now deposited a counterfeit item into your account, you hand over cash to a criminal, the check is returned as fraudulent and now you're stuck with trying to get $3,980 back into your account, "
Go here to watch the local news report
Http://www.wwaytv3.com/mystery_shopper_scam/07
Go here to watch the local news report video
Http://www.wwaytv3.com/video/mystery_shopper_scam/07
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