Here's another Wal-mart Money Gram scam from a different company. Please Beware!
I received a letter from
EXCEL MARTKING INC.
623 SOUTH 4TH ST.
LESUEUER, MINNESOTA 56058
FAX:1-866-305-0539
NATIONWIDE
MARKETING@YMAIL.COMPosition: Customer Service Evaluator
RepID# FMJA1809
CONGRATULATIONS! With reference to your application as a customer service representative, I am pleased to inform you that you have been selected to become one of our representative in your region.
Please be informed that this a try-out training assignment that you are required to complete within 48hrs. This training assignment takes about 2 hours to complete. and is PAID training. Training pay rate reamins $205 per hour. The aim of this training assignment is for you to familiarize yourself with the practical feel of what secrect shopping entails. Please call us at 1-905-781-2600 as soon as you receive this assignment in order to validate the enclosed payment.
This assignment has been put together to be completed at any Wal-Mart location. The objective of this assignment will be to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of a payment system called "Money Gram" which is available at Wal-Mart. You will pose as a potential customer sending a Money Gram payment to a designated location. The fund needed to complete this transaction assingment has been arranged and is enclosed with the letter. For our verification of your assignment completion, please call back and provide the Money Gram Reference Code immediately after your completion.
Below is a breakdown of the attached fund.
2 hour evaluatio0n training pay $410.00
Fund to be sent $3490.00
Service Charge by Money Gram $ 95.00
Total check enclosed $3995.00
In the process of this evaluation assignment, please take note of the quality of service in order to be able to fill out a fair and unbiased opinion on the Customer Service Evlauation Tool (CSET) form enclosed with this letter. This form should be faxed back to our office after the completion of your assignment. Also attached is a copy of the weekly time schedule request sheet which will need to be faxed back to our office so that we may know your available hours for the upcoming week. Have FUN!!
Co-ordinator
Peter Goldman
The CSET Customer Satisfaction Evaluation Tool looks real enough. Especially if you have done any bonafide mystery shopping. Which I have. But I have NEVER had any of my groups send me a check for $3995.00! That was an eye brow raiser! So I called the operator to see where the number was from and it was from Canada, even though letter states that company is based in Minnesota. Once I found out that I tried looking up the so called web site and this page is what I found! Thank the Lord I followed my hunches and followed through doing my research to find out this was a scam BEFORE I GOT SCAMMED!
MYSTERY SHOPPERS BEWARE!