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Mystery Shopper

This scam is a variation of the work from home scams where you are sent checks by “customers”, and your job is to cash them, keep 10%, and forward the rest thru Western Union to the company. This is the same except, the premise is that you are a Mystery Shopper (although you don’t actually shop for anything…). These are usually short scams, but I like it because they have to spend money using FedEx or UPS to send the checks to you… My emails are in blue, his/hers are in black, my comments in red. Happy reading!

Greetings to you, Mystery Shopper Representative, The Mystery Shopper Organization is solemnly happy for the turn up made by you in applying as a Mystery Shopper Representative in your area and all details you sent to us in your first email has been filed and passed on to the database management department for updates on your first mystery shopper assignment.Your information has been received and will be recorded. There is an assignment in your area now. Here are the details for the assignment. You are to shop at Wal-Mart(Money Gram) and give a report on customer service, quality of product, and cleanliness of the establishment. I hope there is a Wal-Mart(Money gram) store in your area. Money will be provided for you to shop.We are going to send you a payment(Certified Cashier Check) for the assignments this week. You are not to use any money from your pocket and You will also be paid a commission of $300 for your assignments. you should be able to cash the check at your bank immediately since its a cashier check and start with the assignment instantly,will you be able to do that? Note: PLEASE ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOU ARE ALWAYS BY YOUR PHONE TO ANSWER IT AND ALSO CHECKING YOUR EMAILS REGULARLY. BECAUSE THIS JOBS NEEDS COMMUNICATION. Hope all is clear? Please get back to me if you are ready to carry out the assignment and also i will be emailing you the instructions on how to carry out your first assignment. I will await your immediate response and payment for the assignment can be forwarded immediately. Mark Anderson

Let me know what I need to do.

Thomas

Hello The Mystery Shopper Organization is solemnly happy for the turn up made by you
All you have to do is that a payment of $3800 will be made out to you in a certified cashier check and all you have to do is cash it at your bank and deduct your $300 and use $100 for Money gram fee and wire $3400 to one of our officer which the info will be given to you after you receive the payment..you are to intaract with the money gram official and give a report on customer service, quality of there service and cleanliness of the establishment.
You are require to send the following details so the payment can be make out to you
The following information below will be needed to make the check out to you

Full Name:
Address (no Po Box):
City:
State:
Zip code:
Phone Number(s):
Email Address:
Age:
Occupation:

We look forward to working with you and please confirm the receipt of this payment and get back to me!

Mark Anderson

I don’t understand this – where is the shopping part???

I am supposed to be shopping and buying certain products, correct?

Please explain this.

Thomas

Good day

Yeap sorry for the mix up. You are to deduct $ 40 inside the $100 for the money gram fee because the fee i $60 to wire the remaining money .ok?You are to shop for anything you like and use it for your personal use and all we need is to give a report on customer service, quality of product, and cleanliness of the establishment.

Mark Anderson

I re-read the email – this is a Mystery Shopper program aimed at MoneyGram? Why do you need to send such a big check? Just send enough to pay me my commission and a small amount to send thru MoneyGram – that would be smarter, don’t you think? I mean, what’s to stop me with running off with your money? Just send me a check for $350.00 – I’ll keep $300.00 and send $40.00 through MoneyGram – that shouldn’t cost more than $10.00.

Let me know what you think.

Full Name: Thomas Payne
Address (no Po Box): 1422 Lake Road
City: Medina
State: Ohio
Zip code: 44256
Phone Number(s):
Email Address: t.payne@xxxxxxxxxx.com
Age: 39
Occupation: Accountant

well why i am sending you a big amount of check is that we want to see their reaction when sending such amount .and also what you notice .is part of your job.
Mark Anderson

All right – send the check…

Dear Thomas Payne,
Thanks for the response and as soon as you receive the payment,make sure you proceed to your bank for instant cashing,then i will provide to your name and where you will wire the money after you have deduct your own.
Note all Money gram charges will be deducted from the companys money and not from yours .i look forward to your email and as soon as you get these done,i will instruct my client to forward more payment to you depending on your competency.i will like to know in your next email

1. The Type of account you operate(Checking Or Savings Account)
2. Will you be able to get the checks cashed and wire the same day?
Best Regards
Mark Anderson

Checks normally take 3 days to clear – I’m not sure about International Checks, maybe longer. I’ll have to talk to my bank officials and see.

I have a Checking and a Savings Account.

Thomas

it a cashiers check ..it instant

Did you send the check? How long until it reaches me?

Thomas

i will want you to reconfirm your home address to me.

Here’s my info;

Thomas Payne
1422 Lake Road
Medina, Ohio 44256 USA

Dear Thomas Payne ,

This is the notification to alert you that the payment will be delivered to you today on or before 10.30 am.The delivery will be in your mailbox or drop by your door . As soon as you get the payment i will like you to follow my instructions....You will be cashing the check at your bank and you will receive payment of $3800 and you are to deduct 10% of the money,and thats $370 after deducting the 10% you will have $3410 left, deduct the Money gram charges from the $3410 you have with you and send the rest.

You are sending the money to me in London because presently i`m in London funding to head a research project in the tropical regions in West London,You will be sending the Western union ...Send the money to his informations listed,

Name: Peter Young
Address: 20 links drive
City: London
Country : England
United Kingdom

As soon as you send the money,i will be needing the information to claim the funds out here...MTCN # (Money Transfer Control Number),Total Amount sent on the transaction and sender`s information.

Hope to read from you soon .
Mark Anderson

Thank you very much – I’ll let you know when I get the check.

Thomas

you have to call ... ups the address is not correct ... call them to correct the address

What was the address that you shipped it to?

Thomas

Hello ,

I just want you to know that the payment of $3800 has been sent to the address you gave to us and we can see that it is not a correct address you provided trough the tracking number of the package.You are to call UPS with the tracking number J2112379274... so you can get the check and do as you are ordered..let me know what is going on..here is the tracking number info

Your Tracking Information
Status: EXCEPTION
Last Scan: 1/22/2009 8:13:00 AM A CORRECT STREET NUMBER IS NEEDED FOR
DELIVERY. UPS IS ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION / RETURNED TO SHIPPER MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, OH US
MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, OH US
Carrier: UPS
Service: NEXT DAY AIR
UPS Tracking Number: J2112379274
Scan History:

1/22/2009 8:13:00 AM A CORRECT STREET NUMBER IS NEEDED FOR DELIVERY. UPS IS ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION / RETURNED TO SHIPPER MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, OH US 1/22/2009 7:16:00 AM OUT FOR DELIVERY MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, OH US 1/22/2009 6:35:00 AM ARRIVAL SCAN MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, OH US 1/22/2009 6:17:00 AM DEPARTURE SCAN CLEVELAND, OH US 1/22/2009 5:37:00 AM ARRIVAL SCAN CLEVELAND, OH US 1/22/2009 4:30:00 AM DEPARTURE SCAN LOUISVILLE, KY US 1/22/2009 1:50:00 AM LOCATION SCAN LOUISVILLE, KY US 1/22/2009 1:29:00 AM UNLOAD SCAN LOUISVILLE, KY US 1/22/2009 12:48:00 AM ARRIVAL SCAN LOUISVILLE, KY US 1/21/2009 11:07:00 PM DEPARTURE SCAN BUFFALO, NY US 1/21/2009 10:36:00 PM ARRIVAL SCAN BUFFALO, NY US 1/21/2009 9:54:00 PM DEPARTURE SCAN E. SYRACUSE, NY US 1/21/2009 8:12:00 PM UNLOAD SCAN NORTH SYRACUSE, NY US 1/21/2009 8:11:00 PM ARRIVAL SCAN NORTH SYRACUSE, NY US 1/21/2009 7:15:00 PM DEPARTURE SCAN NEW HARTFORD, NY US 1/21/2009 7:08:00 PM LOCATION SCAN NEW HARTFORD, NY US 1/21/2009 5:18:00 PM PICKUP SCAN NEW HARTFORD, NY US

NOTE: The times listed in the scan details are local time.

Hey you filthy rotten thief…

Here’s what I know about 419 Scammers...

1) Their spelling and command of the English language is terrible, like yours.
2) They always want you to use Western Union or Moneygram - no respectable bank or business uses this except for you.
3) They are always stupid, smelly, savages from that cesspool of a continent Africa, like you are.
4) They pose as lawyers, bankers, and even Directors with the United Nations, like you.
5) They quote God and religion a lot even though they are going to Hell, like you are.
6) They claim to be getting back at the "white man" for injustices done to them, but the truth is that they will steal from anyone of any race, religion, creed, and color, like you would.
7) They often have sex with goats, monkeys, and their own parents, like you do.
8) They are the lowest form of life on the planet and have the intelligence of a 5-year old retarded child, like you do.
9) They strongly resemble gorillas but they smell even worse, like you do.
10) They are rooted in evil - everything bad in this world comes from Africa - AIDS, crime, war, disease, poverty, hunger, savages - all from Africa. True, we in the USA have our share of these problems too, but they all come from the savages that our forefathers unfortunately brought to this great nation.

No more replies to my email – I wonder why? Basically, once the mail (tracking) comes back with my phony address, the bait is pretty much over anyways.

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