BestMark Mystery Shopping
Complaint 137407 Details

  • Date Occurred: 07/20/2014
  • Reported Damages: $2,000.00

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 and email asking me if I wanted to become a secret shopper for BESTMARK. So I replied and sent all my info like name, address. I was sent a fed ex envelope with a check for $ 995 dollars. It gave me a set of instructions to go cash the money order at the bank and then go to target spend 50 buck then western union the rest of it to a certain person. So I did that the money order cleared and I proceeded then it just came back today that the money order was returned and now my account is overdrawn. And I got sent another set of checks right before that that I had put into the bank. There were 3 of them all for $985 and they cleared but before I could go proceed with the job I found out that the $995 check was returned so now I am waiting for the 3 checks to be returned and then I will have an even more overdrawn account. I called my bank and they said they are pretty sure it is a scam. I have the name on the fed ex slip that the checks came in Chris Colebank- HSI PRODUCTIONS, INC 3630 EASTHAM DRIVE, CULIVER CITY CALIFORNIA . After I did the first survey I had to email it to [email protected]. I am pretty distraught over this, I think that Bestmark if it is as real company should fix this because someone is out there using there company name and getting poor innocent people just looking for extra money into debt. They should be researching to see if anyone is using their likeness to scam people.

Vicki Bounds-(Personal Info Removed)

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  • ATX
  • ATX SBID #bdc7ff86b7
  • Posted 08/03/2014
  • I too received an email from [email protected] saying there was a job opening with bestmark, luckily I applied directly to their website as well as responding to the email. I then was told by bestmark that they will never send anything by mail or ask that you wire money. I later received a money order through for $995 and instructions to wire $710 at Western Union to Gary King at 8415 2nd Avenue Decatur AL 35206. When I did not complete the task because I knew it to be a scam Janet Harrison emailed me saying
    "Good day to you,

    I wonder why you were been delaying this evaluation I've bestowed my trust in you as our secret shopper.

    I’m Christian that will never deal with anything illegal or have possession of other people by exploiting them. Read Heb11:1. Faith is the substance of thing hoped for and evidence of things not seen. I’ve not seen you before but I trusted you I decided to work with you for your betterment and the progress of our
    company.

    Kindly, proceed with the instructions that came along with the payment and have the payment processed as soon as possible. However, once you execute this transaction perfectly you will receive another payment for another evaluation and your commission will be increased.


    Thanks for your co-operation.

    Kind Regards,
    Janet Harrison."

    This made it completely clear to me this was a scam. Bestmark is aware of people using there name to scam others and recommends that you file a complaint to https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ which I already have done, I would suggest you do the same so they can start an investigation and hopefully put this person behind bars. I am sorry for the loss of money you had and hope this person gets what he/she deserves.
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  • Jesse
  • Jesse SBID #a5848bcf8d
  • Posted 10/24/2014
  • You have to apply directly on BestMark's website, http://www.bestmark.com, for them to contact you. BestMark will tell you that and also they will never send anything by mail or ask that you wire money. This is a scam for sure but don't blame BestMark. Someone is using their name wrongfully and one should do their homework when sent free money. Don't you think???
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  • Complaints Filed: 33
  • Reported Damages: $633,118.00
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