I had responded to an e-mail solicitation regarding being a secret shopper... A few weeks later I received a letter explaining mission of the company and a contract to become a 'Customer Services Evaluator" - it looked very legitimate. I even checked their on-line web site which also seemed to convey that this was credible. A 'cashier check' in the amount $3925. Also was sent to cover purchases during these shopping evaluations and wages @$180/per day. Still seemed legit!
The next day I called Mr Howard O'Reilly give the rep ID # on the documents - was very nice individual and explained the process of evaluating businesses, etc. - Was told to deposit the check in my checking account and contact him in the following morning.
The next day I checked my bank balance and the cashier's check had been accepted by my bank & seemed OK!
I contacted Mr O'Reilly and he began with welcoming to Retaileyes and would like to give me a couple assignments that day to get a feel for the job... Seemed OK!
Now, this is where it started to get edgy & he explained that I would need to withdraw $3900 in cash from my bank for my assignments that day. I questioned that size a withdrawal, but complied... And started my first assigment with WalMart. I was told to purchase 3 items of my choice in 3 separate departments and not to spend more then $100. I did just that and purchased a few items that I actually needed anyway & Total of $57.32
I contacted Mr O'Reilly to give him feedback of my visit and wa sgiven another assignment to go to a business - 'Check 'n Go' in Waukesha, WI - at that location I would go to the Western Union department to transfer $1710 to a person of my choice and send it the "LEEDS - United Kingdom". The next day I would return to Western Union and request a refund... With the excuse that the individual I sent the money to no longer needed the funds. The assignment was to make sure I received the full $1710 the processing fee (They were testing whether or not the Western Union employee would only return my $1710, but keep the transfer fee for themselves).
I became very suspicious of this entire process and went home to call my bank and report what I preceived as a scam. I would expect that the cashier's check will be returned to my bank in the next week due to account closed or stop payment order. The bank concurred and await for the check to 'not' clear.
I trying to get a bit more info from Retaileyes and contacted Mr O'Reilly and explained that I had an emergency just before a went into the Check 'n Go business and couldn't accomplish the assignment until Monday (I was leaving to go out of town over the weekend). He was very insistant that I complete my assignment that day or it would compromise my future employment with Retaileyes. I explained that it would not happen until Monday and I would call him at that time. The saga continues!
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