Regional Management & Consumer Research INC.
Complaint 24630 Details

I received this letter from Regional Management & Consumer Research INC on last friday 9/30/2011. Called Mike Anderson as instructed in letter. Spoke to male named John who claimed to be standing in for Mike. Told me to go ahead and deposit the check and call Mike on Monday morning to obtain instructions for assignment.
I went to UPS store on University Avenue in Georgetown and made the deposit to my USAA account in the amount of $2285.12
Monday morning I called and spoke to male supposing to be Mr. Mike Anderson who then instructed me to withdraw $1750.00 and Western Union it to Lila Baker at 121 Blake Avenue Luton, England.
Then I will fill out evaluation on service to be faxed in to Regional Management & Consumer Research INC. Fortunately my bank had not released but $600.00 and would hold check for 7-10 days before releasing the balance. I called Mr. Anderson back and was instructed to Western Union $550.00 and the transaction charge would then be $50.00. I was to then wait until the 7days and call back for further instructions. I had no imagination that this would be a scam considering I had filled out numerous surveys online previously for SECRET SHOPPERS and had actually met a lady on the plane on my way to Hawaii once that told me she was used to doing it and making some money however, after telling my daughter about it on yesterday and she verbalized some concerns, I became somewhat uneasy so I contacted my bank today 10/6/2011 and asked for assistance in helping me verify that the check was written on a repatable bank and that the company was also be credible. The bank agent advised me to wait for the full 10 days for the check to clear before attempting to use anymore of the monies and advised me to go on the internet and research the PCN Bank in Baltimore, MD. as well as the company, Regional Management & Consumer Research Inc. Much to my dismay, the first thing came up was a scam report from two other customers!
I used my debit card from USAA and did a cash advance transaction to remove the $600.00 from my account to do the wire transfer to make sure my banking information might not be compromised. I immediately called my bank USAA back and informed them of what I had found. They instructed me to contact the police and file a fraud report! Unfortunately the bank said because I did the cash advance transaction there was nothing they could do to help me recover the $600.00. I would be responsible for paying the bank back the $600.00