NPD Research Inc.
Complaint 44190 Details

I was sent a check via mail to be a secret shopper for this Research Marketing company by the name of NPD Research Inc. Address: 900 West Shore Road, Port Washington, NY 11050. Phone: 1800 -726-0635. The contact person was NINA SMITH and the V.P. of Operations is Michael Hainsworth. Upon receiving letter,I was directed to call and speak to Nina Smith to confirm I received the check. I was then told to deposit check into my account and I had 48 hours to complete the assignment. Once the check cleared with my bank, TD BANK, I was then told to call back and speak to NINA SMITH for further instructions. I was then told by NINA SMITH to take out a total of $2,100.00 for the actual "evaluation" of two stores to evaluate. I was told first to evaluate a Western Union in my area. She told me to go into the store and check to see if the store was tidy, if the slips to send out money were available for customers and also to see if there service was in a timely manner, which I did. I was then told to proceed with a transaction of $1,800.00, plus a transaction fee of $115.00 which totaled to $1,915.00. I was told to wire $1,800.00 to Mary Davis in London, England UK. Once the transaction was complete, I was told to call NINA SMITH back with a confirmation number.(Western Union Money Transfer Control Number is 409-939-7392.) Then, I was told to go to K-Mart and evaluate the store by being a "secret shopper", asking employees questions about the products in the store, etc.... I was told to spend $150.00 which I did. After I finished the assignment, I was told to fax over all receipts. I week later, I go to my bank to withdraw money and was informed by a representative that my account was frozen due to a counterfeit check of $2,400.00. I am still waiting for a investigator from TD BANK to call me regarding this matter. After finding out this information, I called NINA SMITH to discuss this matter with her and I was hung up on over 20 times. I finally, get her on the phone and she tells me, "don't you understand, what i am doing is fraud". I said, I need to know who is going to pay this money back to the bank? She said,"that's not my problem".. she laughed and hung up on me. I went the my closest police pct. to see if I could file a police report, the police told me that I can go this a sight, file a complaint and try to see whats my next step into clearing this matter. I also filed a complaint with the BBB. I really need help .. My Name is Rebecca Rivera cell (Personal Info Removed)