omni health and fitness
Complaint 61753 Details

I applyed for a secret shopper job on craigslist. I got an email displaying the name Tracy Rose and she asked me to send her my name and address to put my info in her system. So I did and today I got a package in the mail with a check in it worth over $2900. Moments after getting this check I was looking through my email and found this:

Good Morning,

I am really happy to informed you that the payment for your first assignment will be deliver to you today via Fedex .I need to rush online to notify you so that you be expecting the Fedex today.Here is the tracking number for the payment  ( 123456789 ), you can confirm at www.fedex.com to know the delivery time...The check is sum of $2,925...

Once you received the payment,i want you to have it deposit or cashed at your bank  and deduct $400 which is your commission for the first assignment once the first is completed ,you would get  another pay to start the 2nd, I want you  to send the rest funds to  the other secret customer and remember to make record of all the activities in the western union location you survey.

$400 for your commission You will deduct the western union transfer charges from the remaining $2525 and you will send the rest to other  secret customer.

You are to make the survey for your first assignment at nearest
western  union money transfer  location around you.

Note  that western union charges will be deduct  from the money you're sending to other secret customer.

Here is the information for the other  secret customer you are to send the money to:

Name :..................Adriana Perez
Address:................168 SE 1st St
City:...................Miami
State:..................FL
Zip code:...............33131

Once you have sent the funds at the location, I'll want you to send me the information below:

Sender Name and Address
Amount sent (After deducting Transfer Charges) Money Sent In Minutes
MTCN (Money transfer Code)
Detailed Survey Report
The Address of western union you survey

*Notice : You are to take cash to the Western Union.
*Notice : You are to deduct any charges for the wiring western union
from the rest money you're sending .

N:B:- Please note that you are a mystery shopper and take secret
records of their service at the western union store, know the name of
the store and some vital other things to your assignment, but they
must not be aware of you assignment.

I would be awaiting for your response as soon as possible .


The way that they wrote the email is what made me skeptical. It sound like a foreigner wrote it but I'm not sure. The Emil address come somewhere out of Arkansas.

Thanks .