i almost was scammed too! thank god i decided to google the name of the company and found this site!
here is the email i received after i replied to a craigslist posting:
Good day,
Your application has been viewed by our customer service, and has been
approved. Through extensive background checks, your information has been
reviewed and processed. It is a pleasure to inform you that you have been
cleared to receive employment from our company.
Your first assignment would be to run a survey on a prominent company in
your area, which is a close Western Union Location , which would be
disclosed to you later on, the management and staff of western union has
reported a laps in the services of their Management and some of their
staffs.
Their complains were based on reports which their customers forwarded
anonymously and Phone calls which were also made to the head office.
The Western union location was reported for evaluation for the following
reasons.
I) Customers have reported their money missing
ii) Slow services
iii) Unbalanced exchange rate
(Iv) Poor services
(v) Rudeness to customers
(vi) Excess charge
(vii) Late opening time and Closing before time.
Your Secret Evaluation would be
1) To make a transfer of fund from this western union location to our
Mystery shopper in the us or anywhere we prescribe which would be given to
you, And the funds would be picked up by our based mystery shopper at the
exact location Which a customer reported her funds stolen from.
2) You would have to record the time at which you got to the location and
the duration of the transaction.You would be sent a check which would cover
your payment of $250.00 for the duty. As soon as you receive the check, you
would then cash at your bank, and deduct your $250.00, and use the rest of
the money for the services.
3) Upon receiving the funds, the locations address would be forwarded to
you, and also the Name and address of whom the Mystery shoppers transfer
would be made to. You would have to keep a comprehensive report on every
activity you carry out.
4) You would also provide me with the name of the cashier that attended to
you.
As a reminder:
Every activity of Mystery shoppers remains a secret between you and your
employees. As as the company reserves the right to every documentation and
information which you gather on behalf of the company.
Let me know if you are ready for this task, so that I can prepare the
cashier for this activity and get the check sent out to you ASAP, to cover
for the cost of the transfer and your commission.
A swift acknowledge of receipt of this email and your readiness to continue
with this job will be appreciated.
Best Regards,
Thomas Martins
HR Manager
Tealunit Mystery service,Inc
what i was wondering is that, if i cashed the check(s) at a bank other than my own...would it come back to me? im not going to, but how could it harm me if i cashed the checks?
im glad i found this site...i am in need to extra cash and i thought this was too good to be true