Pinnacle Market Research
Complaint 22345 Details

  • Date Occurred: 09/23/2013
  • Reported Damages: $0.00

The complaint is against an online dating profile

The complaint is a listing fraud posted on public forums or sites against an anonymous entity

The complaint is mobile text spam or smishing related against an anonymous entity

The company or person contact no longer exists

International boundaries

I received a letter stating that I had been identified as a person looking to make additional income. Enclosed was a very real looking check for $3,460.00. I was to pose as a "Mystery Shopper". I would earn $300.00 a week for evaluating customer service. I've heard about this scam before but from other companies. So I went online and looked up the company and bingo.. This is a scam!! Do not deposit the check or wire the funds at all.. And alert the bank, so that they can be on the look out for fake checks...Because if you cash the check YOU can be arrested for passing a BAD CHECK.......

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  • Kelly
  • Kelly SBID #N/A
  • Posted 09/23/2013
  • Unfortunately, this is a common scam. No legitimate Mystery Shopping Company or support company will EVER send you a check, unless it's for a shop you have already completed. Ads saying that you will be evaluating Western Union and other such services, and that you are to transfer a large portion of the money and keep the difference as your fee, are not legitimate. That's a widely known scam, and some scammers even go so far as to impersonate well-known, reputable companies, like what appears to be happening here; Pinnacle Financial Strategies is a legitimate company, so what you're seeing is a very similar name that plays on the trust built up by legitimate companies. For more information about this and mystery shopping in general, visit Market Research pros at: http://www.facebook.com/groups/MarketResearchPros/ or Integrity Consultants at: http://www.integrityconsultants.us
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  • Complaint Against Pinnacle Market Research
  • Complaints Filed: 40
  • Reported Damages: $118,942.00
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