This morning I received the SCAM that mystery shoppers have been warned against in my mailbox. Can anyone tell me who I need to contact to report this information?

The company name on the fraudulent check (supposedly the MSC's client) is: (typed exactly as printed on check)

Mindspeed Management INC.
4000 MacArthur Blvd
East Tower
New Port Beach, CA 92660

Bank name: Comerica Bank Detroit, MI.

The check is in the amount of 2,385.45 and the signature is a fancy scrawl, which is of course, unreadable.

The fraudulent MSC is:

SHOP TIME MARKETING INC..
445 BROAD HOLLOW Rd
Melville, NY 11747
Tel/1-802-230-4775 Ext-2 Fax/1-801-508-2285
Email: shoptime2@ymail.com

The accompanying instructions state that the assignment has been sent to me in regards to my recent application on the website to become a secret shopper. The letter is signed by Megan Aldrige.

Now, another piece of information that I have that I think may be important is that I recently moved a month ago. I have only had time to update my new address with 2 legitimate MSC's that I work for because they still only send payment in the form of a check through the US mail. When I signed up for one of the companies, I accidentally typed my last name in all caps.
The mailing label on the envelope is addressed to me at my new address with my last name typed in all caps. This leads me to believe the "scammers" were somehow able to get my info from this particular company, which is a very large, very reputable company.

Any advice on how I should proceed would be appreciated.

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/11/2012 10:10PM by sassyshopper.

I doubt seriously that any 'very large, very reputable' shopping companies are giving out addresses or have been hacked for your information. I'm sure I am signed up with all of them and have received no checks for scams.

Since you got this one through the mail I would take it to the post office and turn it over to them. Take all materials including the check, correspondence and envelope.

Thanks. I will take it to the post office Monday morning. I forgot to mention that there is no return address on the envelope. All it has is a Canada postage stamp and the ink stamp from the post office which reads canadapost.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/11/2012 10:35PM by sassyshopper.

sassyshopper Wrote:
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> Thanks. I will take it to the post office Monday
> morning. I forgot to mention that there is no
> return address on the envelope. All it has is a
> Canada postage stamp and the ink stamp from the
> post office which reads canadapost.


I would suggest contacting the company the cheque is reputed to be from. They may already be working with a particular law enforcement agency regarding this issue.

I get pfishing allthe time. If it is from a bank that I either have an account with or one I do not. If it from a bank that I have an account with, I call the number on the back of the card and they often want it sent to their abuse Dept.
Sometimes I get an email telling me they need more informtion about an account that I do not have and sometimes I take it to a bank and give them a copy.
Today I got a notice about my paypal account. I just put it in spam mail and I have won lots of lotteries and recently been left lots of money from dead relatives I never had.
I just put it in a spam folder and NEVER send them any informaton.

@ Sassy...the last scam I received was through USPS and it too did not have a return address and was posted from Canada. I wonder what it is like inside one of those rooms with all the scammers just typing away....

I turned it over to the post master....