I received a check for 3980.00 along with a letter from Ray Benzim director of operations stating how this money was to be used.
It stated that i was hired by their company to be a secret shopper. It is a part time research that wouldnt take more then 3 hours of my time.
I was given to category with names of outlets to evaluate. category a was staples or circuit city, home depot or office depot, kmart or walmart, and category b was moneygram.
The objective is to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of these well known outlets and payment systems in regards to consumers rights and protections. the first task is to purchase anything of my choice from any of the listed category a outlets and return the item back within 30 minutes of the purchase with the original receipt, taking precise observations of the outlet rules and regulation in lieu to returned/exchanged goods. After the returns, purchase and take home a different item of my choice for the same outlet. Finally, use Money gram, sending the sum stipulated below to the accounts personnel as would be directed by the representative assigned to my file.
During this research period, the merchandises that i bought would be mines to keep, while the receipts of every of my transactions should be kept for their accounts purposes, the check of 3980.00 enclosed is to cover all outlined expenses and my payment, which is non-tax deductible for this part time phrase.
For verification and assessment of the completion of my research and further directives on the retuning of receipts and completed forms, please contact my account rep assigned to my file "Robert Mclaine" at 14506756538 making sure that i state my rep id#: 540012 in every of my correspondences with the office. It said for me to deposit the check immediately for the funds i require for my assignments. Completion should be done within one week of receipt.
Below is the breakdown of the estimated expenditures:
1. my part time payment: 270.00
2. Money gram to be transferred: 3460.00
3. Funds needed for shopping 100.00
4. Traveling fund: 30.00
5. Transferring fees: 120.00
I called the number above on June 7, 2008 and spoke to my agent and informed him that my bank was not going to release the funds to my account for one week because it was an out of state check and they needed to receive the money first. He informed me that, that would be fine but to continue to call the bank because the funds might be available earlier. I asked if this was real because the check was form a golf association and that i did not understand why they sent me a huge check and i needed to send the 3460.00 in a money gram that it seemed to be a scam he said that they were infestigating money grams because big amounts like this was being stolen. I told him I was going to take the check to the police station to follow up and he said it was fine.
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