Joe Collins (Mystery Shopper)
Complaint 134197 Details

This Happened in February 2012. I am a USArmy Veteran Who is attending College. I needed the type of employment that would not interfer with my studies at UMASS Boston. I needed the extra cash that was being offered and after months of fear I finally took the bait. I have all the Information on this person. I need him caught because he has cause me problems with my bank. I did not do the research until after it happened and was fully aware right after it occurred. I fell into a deep depression due to this situation and finally with help from my doctor am able to fight back. The phone number he used to contact me was 213-628-0616. His ruse was I would be going to businesses checking on service of workers in the business as a MYSTERY SHOPPER. He sends me a Check for $2,300. I was to deposit check then wait til the following day and withdrawn all but $200.00. Of course he called to see that I was making the transaction at the western union. As soon as the transaction was complete he cancelled the check. I figured it out in the next two days and was devastated at my stupidity. I called and called his number he finally answered and actually said another check was in the mail. I knew he was a scam when I checked my account balance two days after to find my account was still $2,500 overdrawn. I asked him when he finally answered "Why was my account overdrawn"! But it was the weekend and I was praying with all my might that he had made a mistake, but my instincts told me otherwise. It took me awhile to get over the embarrassment to finally go online and google your site. I was so depressed my grades and attendance began to lack. Because i was so embarrassed and humiliated by what had happened. I needed to finish that semester and It was all I could do. I dropped 2 classes from attendance due to the fact my PTSD had truly began to kick in. I also have the addresses and the second check undeposited with two names. Please contact me by email to help me remedy this situation. I will gladly give all information but am in classes from July 9th-26th 2012. I do not have access to online except in class and I just read the full email from your site. I will have access to check my emails on a regular basis for those dates. Gladly appreciating any assistance in getting my banking account back to normal.