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06/02/08, 12:05 AM
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Is This $4,500.00 check For Real?
from Fairplay Research Group, a dividion of MysteryShopOnline.com. Check has Archer Western Contractors, LTD on it. I has a fax # of 1-888-314-1975, but that's it.
Says I'll be paid $400.00 a month, increasing to $800.00 per week after 6 months as a mystery shopper in my area after...
I shop at Walmart & buy $100.00 worth of goods that I can keep. Then I have to get 2 Money Grams for a total of $3,800.00 with service charges of $200.00 and send
Sure sounds like a scam to me. I want to deposit the check in a new savings account & just wait. Not having solicited this I can, Right?
The only thing I remotely did was sign up for a thing whereby I'd try products at home that someone here said was a good deal. That was so long ago I don't even remember the name of it.
If you all say No, I'll turn it in to the Postmaster...
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06/02/08, 12:12 AM
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Where do you send the 3800.00. That type of scam is an old one. If it is like the others you deposit the check and send them the money and find out the check has bounced and they are gone with your money. They most likely want a bank check that is good. Take it to the post master or police and see what they say. Even if you put it in a new account and it is no good you still have to pay the fees. Good luck. Sam
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06/02/08, 12:16 AM
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There was something similar on the news up here last week and apparently it's a scam. After you send them the money the cheque bounces. Do some research if you like but I would turn it over the the police.
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06/02/08, 12:16 AM
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Um. No. Don't do it. If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is. I'd talk with the postmaster.....
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06/02/08, 12:18 AM
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06/02/08, 12:34 AM
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Ahhhhhh well. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.....Sure would have liked to deposit that check though.
Think I'll turn it in to the postmaster. I don't think the police will do much, it's a pretty rural area.
I wonder if it's my age. Maybe they think anyone over 60 is half way senile or only living off Social Security.
I turned another scam letter in to the post office a few weeks ago.
Thank you all. 
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06/02/08, 04:02 AM
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contact the postmaster general if you received it in the mail, they;ll find out if it's any good fast, it sounds like a pyimid game.
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06/02/08, 08:08 AM
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WHY would anyone pay you to shop at wallmart and pay you $3800. YOU dont even need to google that one ot know its a scam.
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06/02/08, 08:16 AM
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From the Mystery shop online .com site here is the registered site holders info just in case it is a Scam
This is the web site of Jacob Jans.
Our postal address is
60 Cambo Pl
Wilmington, OH
We can be reached via e-mail at webmaster@mysteryshoponline.com
or you can reach us by telephone at 9373831408
Who knows if this is legit information on this person but I would at least try calling the phone # for more info
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06/02/08, 08:55 AM
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My BIL got one of those once. Definitly a scam. He had the bank call the bank the check was issued from to make sure.
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06/02/08, 09:57 AM
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Mystery shopping does not pay that well and a new person especially does not get any of the good assignments from a real company until they have established themselves.
Never, never, never deposit an unsolicited check in a bank - that gives someone you don't know a lot of access to your information.
Bev
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06/02/08, 09:59 AM
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The key here is
I shop at Walmart & buy $100.00 worth of goods that I can keep. Then I have to get 2 Money Grams for a total of $3,800.00 with service charges of $200.00 and send
I am assuming they are getting $3,800.00 sent back to them in money orders that are good. Anytime you have to send money back from a check that was sent for no reason it has to be a scam. Hope no one gets caught in one of these. Sam
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06/02/08, 10:13 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary in ohio
WHY would anyone pay you to shop at wallmart and pay you $3800. YOU dont even need to google that one ot know its a scam.
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I knew immediately that it was a scam, but I had to google to find links to prove that to the OP.
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06/02/08, 12:00 PM
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Don't try to deposit a check that you are not sure of until you verify that it is real. They had a case where there were charges against the victim of this kind of scam because they said she knew it was a fake check when she deposited it.
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06/02/08, 06:30 PM
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I've always wondered who falls for these scams....
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06/02/08, 10:21 PM
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I heard a story on the news about a woman that got mixed up in one of these scams. Really sad. I'm glad you asked on here first.
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06/03/08, 11:03 AM
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Sorry, tis a scam... You deposit the money in your bank and send them a large share of it, keeping a little for your 'processing fees'... the check looks legit... the bank takes it.... then a month from now, when it bounces, YOU're responsible for covering it.
It's an oldie but goldie...
If you really really want to give away all of your money, there are plenty of folks on this board who'd gladly take it... and they'd probably send you a thank you note.
NOW, if someone wants to send me a box full of silver dollars, or greenbacks.... I'd gladly send along a share of the 'same' silver or greenbacks... if they pay postage... of course, that'd be real money and no ones going to do that... they're sending you a piece of funny paper, designed to make you willingly send them real money...
good luck.....
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06/03/08, 12:42 PM
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best thing you can do with that is start your firepit. Sounds like another version of the 419 scam http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeria.asp
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