Mystery Shopper
Complaint 244200 Details

I received in the mail by priority mail a check from SunTrust bank for $1985.00 for "payment for your first mystery shopper and survey assignment, addressed to Prospective Shopper. And to email Ms. Brownell at the above email for further instructions. I did email her and received an email from her giving me the instructions. Cash the check if I couldn't cash it right away then deposit the check in my account, and the funds should be available within 24 hours. She also stated to take the payment to the bank have it deposited for clearance and cashed the do my assignment. I was to keep $350 for my assignment, go to any retail outlet for evaluation, using $50 of the money for my purchases and to keep what I purchased. Then the remainder I was to go to a MoneyGram place using the 10-minute transfer. The money was to go to TAMIKA BARNES 1620 HOLLYWOOD ROAD #124 ATLANTA, GA 30318 USA
Stating that MoneyGram places were slow, missing funds.
I really thought it was for real, so I went to my bank, fortunate for me the computers were down and the teller looked at the check, I showed her my email from Ms. Brownell and she advised me NOT TO CASH THE CHECK!! SCAM, SCAM, SCAM. I was really made because it all looked and seemed ligitmate, since I had signed up for Mystery Shopping. I came home and dug deeper and found that the routing number on the check didnt exist, the check numbers did not match and there was no address nor phone number on the check. Should have known something when I called back and it sounded like a someone from out of the country answered and Ms. Brownell was unavailable. I then received a text aking if I cashed the check, odd. I texted back that my bank told me it was all a scam. I also looked at the return address on the envelope and it was from Rivka Honig 1036 46th Street Brooklyn, NY 11219-2401. Obviously there is no Bianca Brownell, no $350, nothing. Please beware of this SCAM because it really looks and sounds ligitimate!!!