Mystery shopper scam
Dawn
Is anyone still here? I have a question. My daughter got a letter
from Tums America to do a mystery shopping thing. The letter included
a check for almost $3000. In the letter is a breakdown of what it is
for and the assignment was to cash the check and then go to western
union and send the money to some guy in Spain. What is the scam?
There has to be one because she never solicited this from
anyone...hasn't joined any mystery shopper sites, etc.
Dawn, wanting an answer for her kid.
Rod Speed
> Hello to the group,
> Is anyone still here? I have a question. My daughter got a letter
> from Tums America to do a mystery shopping thing. The letter included
> a check for almost $3000. In the letter is a breakdown of what it is
> for and the assignment was to cash the check and then go to western
> union and send the money to some guy in Spain. What is the scam?
Its a check on an account that they have no right to use.
Michael Black
No, everyone moved away when the frugal discussion disappeared.
This isn't a frugal issue, at best it's a consumer issue, and really it's
a scam issue.
You deposit the check, thinking it's good, then withdraw money to send
to the address. Then the check bounces, and you're stuck with the loss
of your money that you sent the person.
This is the Nigerian Scam. It doesn't matter that it's done by mail,
it doesn't matter that no Nigerians are involved. It's the very same
scam.
Michael
George
Just a slight variation of a common scam. You deposit the check and
think everything is OK until the bank sends the check back two weeks later.
If you want a real life education for your daughter deposit the check
and do nothing else except wait. It will cost you whatever your bank
charges for returning a bad check.
Coffee's For Closers
lin...@hotmail.com says...
The cheque is bogus.
The scammers get the info for some innocent business's bank
account. So they can print a cheque drawn on that account. They
send that to some other victim (in this case, your daughter.)
Then, the victim (e.g. your daughter) deposits the cheque into
his/her own bank account, withdraws the money, and wires it to
the scammer.
A week or two later, the cheque bounces. And the victim's bank
reverses the deposit.
Now, the victim is on the hook for money.
Because the scammer received the money by wire or Western Union,
and is in a foreign country, there is no way to get it back from
them.
This deal is commonly used by 419 scammers, in addition to their
basic advance-fee requests.
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hchi...@hotmail.com
A voice from the past! Wasn't your hotmail address taken over or
phished a while back? I can tell it is really you by the way you
wrote your post. Hmmm... was she in St Petersburg FL or somewhere
like that?
Chickpea, who just happened to do a random and rare check here.
Millhaven
This thread is starting to make me all nostalgic for the golden days
of this group. We even have a thread subject that harkens back to the
last century. Maybe we can get some more old timers to show up. Except
for Old_Timer who is probably dead by now.
KenK
4ax.com:
> cash the check and then go to western
>>union and send the money to some guy in Spain
That's the scam. The check bounces after the money is wired.
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remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner
Dawn
Harry,
I do believe you were in FL but moved to the great Alabama area. I've
always been in the PNW. Hopefully my email didn't send you viagra
ads. My brother told me to change my password and viola I quit
sending those bothersome ads. :P
Dawn, appreciative of all the input.
Millhaven
I got those too. I was hoping I would get some pictures to go along
with them.
Dennis
Whoa, Dawn, Harry and Semi-D all in the same thread. It's almost like
a reunion -- where's Bev?
BTW, I'm still across the river in OR.
Dennis (evil)
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"There is a fine line between participation and mockery" - Wally
The Henchman
Whoa, Dawn, Harry and Semi-D all in the same thread. It's almost like
a reunion -- where's Bev?
BTW, I'm still across the river in OR.
Dennis (evil)
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I miss all you old timers. I was a luker for about 10 years, never posted
once in that old timer time. I miss Karen Gordon from Toronto too.
Hope all you old timers are doing well..... I miss learning form ya's
The Real Bev
I'm here, but I dont think The Legume has forgiven me. Still SoCal,
hoping for snow in the mountains but probably doomed to failure.
> BTW, I'm still across the river in OR.
>
> Dennis (evil)
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Cheers, Bev
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because I have a pet halibut? --Monty Python
Dawn
<bashl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Whoa, Dawn, Harry and Semi-D all in the same thread. It's almost like
>> a reunion -- where's Bev?
>
>I'm here, but I dont think The Legume has forgiven me. Still SoCal,
>hoping for snow in the mountains but probably doomed to failure.
>
What did you say to the chickpea to anger him?
Dawn, ever curious.
Dawn
wrote:
>
>Whoa, Dawn, Harry and Semi-D all in the same thread. It's almost like
>a reunion -- where's Bev?
>
>BTW, I'm still across the river in OR.
>
>Dennis (evil)
I had a hunch that you were Dennis. You seem pretty well settled over
there on your side of the river.
Dawn, who misses you guys.
Dawn
From me? Dang I got around.
Dawn, laughing and apologizing to all who got my emails.
The Real Bev
> <bashl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> Whoa, Dawn, Harry and Semi-D all in the same thread. It's almost like
>>> a reunion -- where's Bev?
>>
>>I'm here, but I dont think The Legume has forgiven me. Still SoCal,
>>hoping for snow in the mountains but probably doomed to failure.
>>
> What did you say to the chickpea to anger him?
I replied to Rod S and others for a while, encouraging them to stay and
commit vandalism. I can't blame him, but I've reformed.
> Dawn, ever curious.
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Cheers, Bev
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