Dear Mrs Lynch,

Further to our discussions and the subsequent offer letter sent earlier, we are pleased to give you this letter of appointment, setting out the details of your employment with our company. You are being appointed to the position of United States Representative of our company Market Force enterprises, as a mystery shopper.

This appointment takes effect immediately. Salary break -up The rules and regulations and general information of the terms of appointment are as follows: Your income is as discussed in our offer letter($200 weekly). The Payroll Administrator will provide the details to you. The allowances, benefits and other terms and conditions of your employment will be as per Company policies as applicable from time to time. If assignment are processed in a day, you are entitled to certain compensation from this company. You should note that the first six months of your employment constitute a probationary period during which we can fully assess your transparency and prudence in handling of financial transaction and discharge of duty, for this role as a mystery shopper and you can decide if you have made the right decision joining us. You will adhere by our work rules and regulations of our Company as may be in force from time to time. The relieving/resignation letter from this job must be communicated to us 14 days before the intended day so as to stop all payments from being sent to you.

This letter of appointment is based on the information furnished in your acceptance of our offer letter. If, at any time in future, it comes to light that any of this information is incorrect or any relevant information has been withheld, or we notice any discrepancy,then your employment is liable to be terminated without notice and legal actions may be taken against you towards recovery of our funds/ negligence of duty. All matters pertaining to your appointment and compensation are strictly confidential and it should be treated as such.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

1} When an assignment is given to you, you would be provided details to execute the assignment and in a timely fashion.

2} You would be asked to visit a company or store in your area and they are mostly our competitors as a secret shopper and shop with them to know more about their sales and stock, cost sales and more details as provided by the company then report back to us with report. But anything you buy at the shop belongs to you. All we want is an effective/quick discharging of your job and detailed reports.

ASSIGNMENT PACKAGE:
Before any assignment we would provide you with the resources needed {cash} Mostly our company would send you a check which you can cash and use for the assignment. Included to the check would be your assignment packet .Then we would be providing you details on here. But you follow all information given to you as a secret shopper. You can earn more which involves nothing more than shopping at a number of selected retailers and assessing their customer service and reporting back to us in a very detailed manner. We welcome you to our organization and look forward to your contribution to the growth of the organization and yourself.
Please, confirm receipt of this message and kindly proceed your valid telephone numbers for verbal confirmation of your appointment.

Sincerely,

Human Resources Manager.

This was sent as confirmation letter after I gave them my address and my consent .I am relatively novice when it comes to mystery shopping so I need a second opinion.Thank you .

This is a SCAM. Run like Hell!

Absolutely a scam! Evident for more reasons than this, but as a mystery shopper, you are never a salaried "employee" of a company, you are an independent contractor. FYI, there is a legitimate company called Market Force, but this ain't it!

Run, run run!

As already stated a SCAM. Apparently there are a variety of these floating around. I responded to a craigslist job opening and received something along these lines. Unfortunately, these idiots had my mailing address because I had submitted a resume before learning what their "assignments" are. I ignored anything further from them and thought that was the end of it. What turned up in my mail were money orders totaling almost three thousand dollars which they wanted me to cash and after keeping $200 from each, wire them the money by Western Union. I took them into the local sheriff's station but even that didn't stop them. My cell phone is also listed on my resume. After the money orders arrived and they received no Western Union money, they began texting my cell phone. I consulted with law enforcement again and they said they understood my reluctance to have anything to do with them but to send an email to their AOL address and ask them to contact their local law enforcement and my local sheriff's department as both were anxious to speak with them. End of problem, of course, but I hope you can avoid that much aggravation. If it is any comfort, I was a little worried about them having my street address but law enforcement said it was almost certainly a long distance scam. Beware however, their money orders look real and they do send them via one of the established carriers.

Are you SURE that the money orders are real? I have my doubts.

Thank you guys .That's just what I am going to do .As soon as I receive their package I will throw it right away.

Annie, on one of the threads about scams (and there are oooohhh so many here!) someone mentioned presenting real looking Money Orders at their bank. The story was that the real ones with those numbers had been for small amounts cashed many months before and the current ones were fraudulent replicas of those with the amounts changed to big bucks. The scammers know that the stuff must look real and they know that the company names on the checks need to be of legitimate companies so that a preliminary check will show that XYZ Company does have account number 123456 at ABC Bank and there is money to cover the check. But of course by the time the check goes through XYZ Company will disclaim it as fraudulent and the banks involved then work back through the system to the poor sod who deposited the check.

exactly Flash .

The money orders mailed to me without my permission do LOOK real but are now marked Void and in the file where I kept a record of everything. Frankly, local law enforcement wasn't very interested because I hadn't fallen for the scam and deposited the checks in my bank. They basically said had that happened, they would have had a crime to investigate but when all it amounts to is an attempt to defraud (probably falling under something vague like "conspiracy to commit a crime", they just don't have the resources to run it all down and have to concentrate their energies on the situations where some poor soul actually got caught up in it. I wanted to dump those forged money orders on them but they wouldn't accept them because then they would have had to file a report, etc. I would suggest that you not just throw them out. It is a hassle but mark them void so no one accidentally thinks you forgot to cash them if you get hit by a truck. Then file 'em away and discard when you are sure the whole mess is over. Maybe I am too cautious but I did want to make the report to law enforcement to be on the record in case my name turns up when they get caught. As soon as they do, their computers will be seized. Sorry to alarm the person who started this thread but such is the world now.

Thank you Annie .Actually you were of great help !

I work for marketforce? As a secret shopper?

I just got one of these emails too. The wording was a tip off (foreign), as was the email address of aol, along with the impossibility of $200 from Market Force! LOL I found it in my spam folder so at least it was in the right place. Although I would consider any email from Market Force belonging there anyway.

Good Day,

We are currently seeking mystery shoppers in your locality.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
1. You will receive funding for the assignment.
2. You will receive the Instruction for your assignment via email on the
location and details of the assignment.
3. You are to complete the assignment as fast and discreetly as possible.
4. You will be asked to visit a business location to conduct business be it
your favorite restaurant,retails store etc.

PAYMENT TERMS:
You will receive a flat sum of $200 per assignment. The company will furnish
you with all expense needed for the assignment and any other expense
incurred during the course of executing your assignment.

Note: You are to follow all instructions given to you to the fullest and you
must check your email everyday both inbox, spam or junk mails for important
updates from us.

KINDLY SEND THE INFORMATION BELOW TO PROCEED ON YOUR FIRST ASSIGNMENT TO
(recruitshop@aol.com)

Your Full Name:
Your Address (NOT P.O Box):
City, State, Zip:
Occupation:
Phone Number(s):
AGE:

Regards .

Market Force Information®
[www.secret-shopper-jobs.com]

Scam for sure!! I received a similar letter claiming to be a Medical Mystery Shopping company. I knew it was a scam. No one in their right mind is going to pay you BEFORE the job is done.

report phishing by email ...(attempts to scam people by e-mail)
Address the message to "phishing-report@us- cert.gov" and send it.
www.us-cert.gov/nav/report_phishing.html -is a part of the Department of Homeland Security. They have more info on Pishing