Saturos
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Check this out, I get some dilapidated looking envelope in the mail, the sticky flaps worn off, and a return address to Montreal and a P.O. Box address. What is it with you Canadians harboring so many scam artists? 
Anyways, inside was a realistic looking JPMorgan Chase Bank cashiers check for $3,982.00 and a list of instructions to carry out my first assignment as a secret shopper:
Step 1: Spend $150 of the check at either Wal-Mart, JCPenny, Home Depot, Best Western Inn, or Days Inn.
Step 2: Wire transfer a service charge amount of $170 via Western Union or MoneyGram along with $3,362 to an assignment coordinator. This one's name was Pamela Davids. LOL good one.
Step 3: Also enclosed in the envelope was a customer satisfaction review form for wherever you spend that $150 I guess your supposed to send to a fake organization. BTW, the name of this company is, "Octagon Monitoring and Research Services". Hmmm...:upstare:
The rest of the funds, (around $300) supposedly is yours as a "probationary training pay".
The letter was signed by a Roxanne Sanders, (probably another fake name) Manager of the OMRS human resources.
I determined this was a fraud simply by following up with my bank where they determined the check was a counterfeit. LOL
I love how these fools tried to insult my intelligence with this poorly executed con. I mean, they don't even have a website for crying out loud!
All that's left is one more decision, should I prank call the number in the letter, or just hand them over to the authorities? If I prank call, they'll likely catch on, change their number, and move on to scam others under a different form of cover. If I turn them over, I'll get the satisfaction of knowing they'll soon get their just desserts.
So, what should I do?
Anyways, inside was a realistic looking JPMorgan Chase Bank cashiers check for $3,982.00 and a list of instructions to carry out my first assignment as a secret shopper:
Step 1: Spend $150 of the check at either Wal-Mart, JCPenny, Home Depot, Best Western Inn, or Days Inn.
Step 2: Wire transfer a service charge amount of $170 via Western Union or MoneyGram along with $3,362 to an assignment coordinator. This one's name was Pamela Davids. LOL good one.
Step 3: Also enclosed in the envelope was a customer satisfaction review form for wherever you spend that $150 I guess your supposed to send to a fake organization. BTW, the name of this company is, "Octagon Monitoring and Research Services". Hmmm...:upstare:
The rest of the funds, (around $300) supposedly is yours as a "probationary training pay".
The letter was signed by a Roxanne Sanders, (probably another fake name) Manager of the OMRS human resources.
I determined this was a fraud simply by following up with my bank where they determined the check was a counterfeit. LOL
I love how these fools tried to insult my intelligence with this poorly executed con. I mean, they don't even have a website for crying out loud!
All that's left is one more decision, should I prank call the number in the letter, or just hand them over to the authorities? If I prank call, they'll likely catch on, change their number, and move on to scam others under a different form of cover. If I turn them over, I'll get the satisfaction of knowing they'll soon get their just desserts.
So, what should I do?
