Scam Type
Fake Check/Money Order Scam
Business Name Used
Retail Research Industry
Date Reported
Oct 25, 2022
Victim Postal Code
33765
Total Dollars Lost
0
Scam Description
This is for a Walmart secret shopper/mystery shopper and they immediately send you a check for $3345. They want you to deposit it right away into your bank branch in your account then take $3000 and go to Walmart and buy three $1000 money orders leave them blank.. take the 3 BLANK money orders to a nearby FedEx and mail them to whatever name and address they send you after you tell them you did the task… and of course you get to keep that leftover money for your gas and expenses. First of all the package came from Seattle Washington from Laura Decker. The check they sent was drawn off of a bank The Peoples bank in South Carolina from Sportswear Unlimited Inc .signed by someone else. The name of the person to contact is Richard Lovell at 803-563-4610 Nothing matched.. knew right away it was a scam