Visionquest Monitoring & Research Group
Bogus Check for $3885 received to pay for services as "Mystery Shopper"
- 04-02-2009
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I received a letter from Visionquest Monitoring & Research Group today for $3885 accompanied by a letter signed by Janes F. Shelley, Director. Human Resources. The company is supposedly offering me a part-time position as a Consumer Service Evaluator. The letter presents 2 assignments:
The First Assignment involves testing the effectiveness and efficiency of the payment system offered by Western Union or MoneyGram (or "any other specified Financial Institution"). The Second Assignment involves me spending $200 at Walmart, K-mart, Macys or JC Penney and evaluating how I was treated as a customer.
The breakdown of the check is as follows:
1.3 hours probationary training pay @ $100 / hr...$300.00
2. Funds for shopping or Hotel Lodging...$200.00
3. Service Charge by Western Union/MoneyGram...$175.00
4. Required funds to be sent...$3,150.00
TOTAL...$3,825.00
The check actually looks pretty good. The one I received was supposedly drawn on US Bank (no city). The account is The Renaissance on Turtle Creek Condominium Association. It looks like it is signed by Dorothy Jolly.
Although I recognize this as a scam, I know that there are thousands of people who may fall for this, because the check looks so good, and times are so bad. I am sure that if I had called the number for my assignment coordinator to confirm my receipt of the check, he would instruct me to deposit it to my account and then to transfer money from my account to them via Western Union or MoneyGram as my assignment. Then the check would undoubtedly bounce right back to me, overdrawing my checking account and wreaking havoc on my finances.
No one sends $3825 to someone they don't know with a letter telling them to call for instructions on what to do with the money. I am posting this in the hope that others will see it before they fall prey to this scam.
Company: Visionquest Monitoring & Research Group
Country: USA
State: Georgia
City: Atlanta
Address: P.O. Box 450242
Phone: 5145850855