Complaint / Review
Direct Research Services, Inc
A letter came in the mail. I was picked to be a "Secret Shopper", and included was a check for $3,500.00. First task was Money Gram for $3,000. I did research on Company name... No luck there

Beware of scams that you receive by mail, which is what I received. Even though I wasn't dooped I wanted to make people aware of this scam.

The so called companies name is "Direct Research Services, Inc." located in Plano, TX. The letter I received stated I was picked to be a "Consumer Service Evaluator", and a check made out to me for $3,500.00, which I was to deposit into my bank account. The check was from Allstate Life Insurance Company in Topeka, KS.

I was to do two tasks. The first was to go to a Money Gram store and do a Money Gram transfer of $3,000.00, and the second was to go to Walmart and spend $80.00 and keep what I bought as long as I saved all receipts and then fax all the information to them (Direct Research Services, Inc.). The $300.00 that was left was suppose to be for my first week pay.

I did my research and went on my computer to find no listing in Plano, Texas for "Direct Research Services, Inc." Nor did I when I did a reverse phone number look up on the number on their letterhead. It stated that the phone number was cell phone number... No name listed, but that it was actually a cell phone number for someone in "Quebec, Canada". I didn't need to go any further and new this was a scam.

If anyone receives these types of letters in the mail, please be aware that it is a scam. I was lucky and did not fall for it.