RE: bogus offers for secret shoppers

[TriquetraArts]

HIya community!

I just wanted to inform everyone that through a 3rd party.... not sure which survey I did... other than to check into the idea of secret shopping.... I mysteriously was mailed a check with a large sum on it from Madrid, Spain. The company claimed they were a secret shopper company but it was a scam. Anyone who receives that kind of check and tries to cash it will instantly get arrested. These companies are bogus. They change routing numbers on the checks and then tell you once the check is in your bank account that you have to mail the money right back to them. They are STEALING FUNDS FROM AMERICAN BANKS!

The check I was mailed was from a scammer trying to represent REALITY BASED GROUP. The ACTUAL company, when doing a Google search shows up as an internet company in Texas. The letter for the secret shopping company claims RBG is out of Washington D.C..... and the bank out of Chicago.... but the check itself is mailed internationally from Spain. VERY FISHY.

I am not in any way trying to bash any of the companies on here. All I know is that yes.... your info CAN be given to other companies and something like this can happen. DO NOT CASH THESE CHECKS!!! YOU WILL GO TO JAIL!!!  If you get something like this... SHRED IT and don't touch it.

Just looking out. 

[jenniferhoder]

I had a similar situation like that happen to me earlier this year. I didn't cash it either, but GEEZ, people put a lot of effort into trying to scam people!

[frozenimage]

luckily, I haven't received that kind of offer. It's a new low for scammers to pull this kind of stuff. Good thing we can look up on google or something.

[gaylasue]

I haven't received anything like this yet.  I do mystery shoppings but have always been paid legitimately.  I would be very careful of cashing a check that I wasn't expecting or one that is too good to be true because it generally turns out to be too good to be true.

[abdyer2001]

When you recieve  a large check and you did nothing to get it, best to believe that its a scam...