[ This Allan guy contacted me about being a secret shopper, he change his email a few times. Then stopped contacting me, later another man Name Richard contacted me about being a secret shopper. He had all my information and had the same typing skills and speech patterns so right away I thought something was weird. Richard has sent me a check which I'll be receiving tomorrow. I know it's not legit, I won't be cashing it. I will be filing a police report.... but these are the email's I've received from both parties ]
Hello ,
You have been Accepted as one of our Conducting Agent. You
will be evaluating Wal-Mart Stores and Western Union Services in your
neighborhood, kindly check out for one Wal-Mart store and one Western
Union agent outlet you will like to evaluate , make sure the store and
the outlet you will chose are close to your area as much as possible ,
you will have to send the name and address of the two location to us,
Please note that you are to act Cool, Calm and Confident through out
the period which you will be carrying out your survey at the store, in
order not to arouse any suspicion. you will be shopping at Wal-Mart
stores and also make a transaction at the Western Union , you will
write a report about the customer services , you will send your report
back to us via Email, you will have to use the following pointers to
prepare your report :
1) How long it took you to get services.
2)Ambiance/Outlook of the Shop/Outlet
3) Smartness of the attendant
4)Customer service professionalism
5)Reaction of personnel under pressure
6)Information that you think would be helpful
7)Your comments and impre ssions.
Payments will be mailed out to you, which you will expend in carrying
out all that will be required of you including your compensation and
Transportation fee. All Other Instructions will be sent out to you as
soon as Evaluation commences.
Please reply this Email and give us the name and address of the
Wal-mart and Western Union location you will be evaluating so that we
can mail out the payment as soon as possible.
Yours Sincerely
Allan
Attn Agent,
This is just a notification that you will be receiving a UPS or FedEx
tracking number on Thursday/Friday for your first assignment and also
including the instruction for the assignment.
Kindly confirm back and say Yes if you receive this email today.
Regards
HR Manager,
Allan
Good day,
How are you doing today.I believe you received my previous message sent. Furthermore, I just want to inform you that i have trouble with my previous email and that is why am contacting you with my alternate email and you can reach me and you should reply to this email.
However,you will be receiving a UPS tracking number on Friday for your first assignment and also including the instruction for the assignment.
Kindly confirm back and say Yes if you receive this email today.
Regards
HR Manager,
Allan
Hello Sarah,
How are you doing? Thanks so much for the Details and all your details has been saved for payroll.
Due to proper plans and also some right things needed to be done for the job to be started properly with the company.
Also you should check on your cell phone often for a Code to be sent to you via
WWW.CRAIGLIST.ORG an Employment Code from the site to make you rest assured you on the safe path. Please confirm if this is your correct cell Phone number 519-281-4153 . When is it a good time to call you and talk on the phone ?
As soon as you get this code through SMS/TEXT,you are to email to me.
I will also want to inform you that delivery of some item you might need for this job will be deliver to your door step soon.
As soon as its has been mailed out i will alert you to follow proper Instructions.
I hope you are still much interested because your payroll as been planned into the company slot.
And Your Online staff ID CID234. Keep this for any further Enquirers.
Hope to read from you as soon as you are ready to receive the Employment code for verification .
Regards,
Richard Bakers
Hello Sarah ,
This is to inform you that your information has just been registered in our database as stated previously , Payment to carry out your First Evaluation Assignment has been processed . Here is the tracking number Via FedEx.com 876332462720
THE SECRET SHOPPING ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS :
The Payment is from our finance company and was issued to cover the project bills for your wages and Assignment:-
You should first take it to your bank and cash immediately, Deduct your first wages which is $250 then the remaining balance should be used for the assignment below.
We are shopping in any Western union location this time, we always instruct our secret shopper to shop according to the report made by different customers from various stores and Western union has been the talk of the town from almost all of their customers that send
money often, they were said to be slow and having bad customer relation - so Your first assignment is to proceed to any Western union
outlet near your location to find out about their Trading and operation system. As a secret shopper , You should pretend as if you are a client and want to send money and memorize all you see at the outlet. We want you to report back to us on the following information today:
1)Full name and address of the Western union location that you visited.
2)Procedure of attendance with them( customer relation):
3)How many attendant are in the outlet :
4)Security system {If any} :
5)The Duration it took for them in attending to one client and processing transfer :
As a secret shopper your job is to observe ,memorize and Evaluate everything going on in the outlet. Also for the short period of minutes that it will take you to observe ,memorize and Evaluate 1,2,3,4,5 above, you can't just walk in and out of the outlet without sending Money or else you would be suspected,that is why we send you the funds to make a transfer during the process so that everything will go fine without any interference during your visit to the Western union outlet.We authorize you to send the remaining balance after deducting your $250 to the below information provided which is for assistant to an orphanage home,
Please Make Western union transfer to :
NAME: Christopher Reid
City: Spout Spring
ZIP CODE:24593
State : VA
Be aware that Western union is going to charge you a token to get this money sent,you should deduct the Western union charges from the balance you have left with you and not from your own $250. Make sure you don't go with a note,Only write down the name and
address above along with you so that you will not make mistakes when sending the money,because if they see you writing anything down , they will definitely suspect you are a secret shopper, Just memorize all
you see and report back to us.
Your next assignment will commence Immediately after you have reported back to us and your next payment will be included also.
Below are the details of what you should email back to us immediately you are done with the assignment:
1)Full name and address of the Western union location that you visited.
2)Procedure of attendance with them:
3)How many attendant are in the outlet :
4)Security system {If any} :
5)The Duration it took for them in attending to one client and processing transfer :
YOU SHOULD ALSO GET BACK TO US WITH THE FOLLOWING DETAILS ABOUT THE MONEY YOU HAVE SENT VIA THE Western union OUTLET:
1) Senders Name and Address
2) 10 Digit Money transfer control Number
3) The amount transferred after deducting Western union charges.
P:S: You should use your full name and address when sending the money. You should please make sure you Execute all the Assignment today immediately you receive the package and get back at us with a details as requested above.
Happy Shopping.
Hello Sarah ,
Thank you for your immediate response the payment is on Vehicle for deliver and would be delivered to your address shortly .
Kindly get back to me with the evaluation report and transfer details you would be earning an extra $50 for completing the assignment today .
Regards ,
Richard Bakers .
Hello Sarah ,
Below are a list of western union outlet close to you , you are expected to pick one out of the listed outlets and proceed to complete the evaluation assignment .
1.MONEY MART #0602
609 Dundas St E
London, N5W 2Z1
2.HASTY MARKET #197
338 Dundas St
London, N6B 1V7
3.ST STANISLAUS CU
383 Horton St
London, N6B 1L6
4.GEO SMOKE SHOP
176 Dundas St
London, N6A 1G7
5.H & R BLOCK #54128
355 Wellington Rd
Citi Plz Kiosk
London, N6A 3N7
Regards ,
Richard Bakers .
[ I sent him an email stating I will deposit his check, and once it's approve I will then proceed with his instructions, but after finding all this I don't believe he'll be replying to my email. ]