Mystery Shopper
Complaint 118303 Details

I received and email regarding a job as a mystery shopper. I am unemployed and it sounded like a fun way to make a couple hundred dollars here and there.

I received this email a few days after getting two U.S. Post Office money orders that didn't look right to me.

Hello,
As soon as you receive the funds for your 1st Mystery Shopper evaluation, follow instructions carefully and get back with the evaluation report on Western Union.

The package contains a total payment of $1,890 (2 pieces of $945 M/O). You are to cash the Money Orders at your bank or make a next day deposit, you then deduct $200 as your commission for the 1st evaluation, you will have $1,690 left. Make use of $190 for your transportation & Western Union Charges. You are required to send a total of $1,500 to another Mystery Shopper in another location (where a customer reported her funds missing) via Western Union Money Transfer in minutes so he can carry out another evaluation study.

Here is the name of the Mystery Shopper in another location whom you would be sending the funds to:

Name: Kurry Leonard
Addy: 7651 Pleasant Valley Drive
City: Norman
State: Oklahoma
Zip: 73072

===HOW TO FILL THE MONEY ORDERS===
The Money Orders has 2 sections
The 1st section {writes pay to}.....in this space you are to fill in your full names and address.
The 2nd section {writes from}.....in this space you are to fill in this name and address:

Name: Richard Wilson
Addy: 153 WATERS EDGE LN, HENDERSONVILLE TN 37075-5069

===YOUR 1st ASSIGNMENT===
You are to have the Money Orders cashed at your bank before proceeding to conduct the evaluation study at any local Western Union Money Transfer location in your area. You are expected to perform the following evaluation without being noticed while sending the funds like a normal customer:

1. Address of the Western Union outlet visited.
2. Exact time you stepped into the outlet.
3. Ambient outlook of the W/U Outlet.
4. How long does it take you to have the funds wired?
5. How Close is the Western Union outlet to you?
6. Gender of Agent who attends to you (Male or Female)
7. Is the agent wearing a name tag? If yes take down the name
8. Exact questions asked while sending the funds
9. Name and Address of the Sender, which is your name (as on the Western Union receipt)
10. Money Transfer Control Number (10 digits)
11. Exact Amount Wired

Use your discretion and make sure you complete the evaluation report, you then email me back your results with the following information after you have wired the funds.

I will like you to get this done as soon as you receive your package in the mail. Thanks

Mr Richard

I took the money orders to the Post Office where the clerk confirmed that they were fake. I turned over every email I received and gave my name, address and phone number. I am not out any money, but there are people out there who are not only out the money but bank fees as well.

I really hope these people get caught and spend a good deal of time in jail.