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Complaint 9542 Details

  • Date Occurred: 07/28/2013
  • Reported Damages: $7,440.06
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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 was contacted by [email protected] saying Wal-Mart needs Secret Shoppers. Before I did this, I called Wal-Mart to verify if they have Secret Shoppers and was told yes they do. Therefore, I thought this was a legitimate part-time job for me. They sent me a check from American United Life Insurance Company via Fed-X, and was instructed on a piece of paper sent with the check to email [email protected] for immediate activation of this payment so as to make all clarifications for funds to be available instantly by Jose Tirado, Payment Officer. I was then instructed to cash it and then deduct $300.00 for my service and then go the Money Dept at Wal-Mart and transfer $3500.00 minus the transfer charges from money gram to Tonya Mae Bugher, 340 Treeline, San Antonio, TX 58209. I was to observe the following: How fast and efficient is the money transfer service; how long does it take you to have the funds wired; how close is the Walmart location to my area; is the Senders Request Form too short or too long; Is the neighboring environment safe for handling money gram transfer service; name of the money gram agent; general comment; if the bathrooms were clean; are the Walmart personnel courteous. I was then to email [email protected] and given them the transfer number and the report.

After this I got my second assignment ($3800.00) which was to compare Walmart Money Gram with Western Union. I took the check to the bankl and they put a two day hold on it and I did not think anything of it. After the two days, I went and took out the cash and carried out the same assignment splitting the funds between the two places to the same person.

I get a call two days later from my bank stating that the first check came back hot which at that time I told them it could not be because the funds were availabe. I called the bank the check was issued from and they said funds were in the account and ready to be transferred. So, Rose was going to see if they could do it electronically.

In the meantime, a third assignment ($4500.00) comes which is the same type of assignment, but this time the bank tells me they are putting a 7 day hold on the check. I asked if something was wrong and the teller told me that they just wanted to protect me and make sure it was okay. I told her go thank you for protecting my interest and left not thinking anything about it. Then I get a call from Rose telling me that the checks were flagged and that I owed the bank $7,440.06. I asked her how is this possible, when my bank should have caught this as I rely on them to protect me from this and that it was a part-time job as a secret shopper for WalMart. She then told me I was scammed. I was very upset and told her they better not cash that check they have for $4500.00 and I needed to talk to someone about this because I felt my bank did not protect me. They should have realized this and not cashed the checks. I recieved $600.00 from the checks and the rest of the money was transferred to Tonya Mae Bugher. Rose told me that there was nothing the police could do. I just cannot believe my own bank is now coming after me for this money I do not have. The way the economy is, I just do not have this kind of money to give them.

I can't believe I was scammed. Monday, I am going to the Police Department in Converse to talk to them about this. I kept a copy of all the emails and two of the checks.

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