i receive 2 checks i do work from home but, didnt
know what they were for they said check n shop
i heard it was a scam. mystery shopping told
me to take some money out and send the rest
to someone else by western union the name
on the check was global holdings they sent it
too me through fed ex what shall i do
they told me about i needed to take out for
me and do some shopping and the rest went
to something else i told them i dont have a back
to deposit it because, they wanted me to deposit it first
they said they were real i told them i wasnt interested
they sent me out another check and they have my information
because, i inquired about it and told them to call me also, they have
my address what should i do.
on the check it said global holdings in chicago illinois do you know about this

they told me i was selected to be part of a panel
and had me do a survey and said they were going
to pay me a certain amount of money if i feel out
this survey never received money and it was
surveys to fill out for college is this a scam

It is the oldest scam on the internet. Shred the checks and cut off all contact with the crooks. Don't try to cash them or you could be arrested for fraud.

Without knowing how they contacted you or what website you used for the survey how can we even guess if it was legitimate or not?

Lots of perfectly legitimate companies use surveys to pre-screen for certain jobs. Rarely do you get paid for doing the survey, only if they hire you to do the job.

hamptondh, welcome to the survey. Congratulations on not getting scammed. You don't need to cut-and paste the same message into multiple places. You will get plenty of answers from the 3 times you have posted this. Maybe the moderator can delete one of the threads and let all answers be posted to one thread.

should i just disregard this can you tell me which ones are
legitmate he said it was check n shop
look them up they said it was scams.
how do you really know i work with some
panda, global opininion, and some others
i believe are legimate surveys
but, i am asking what shall i do wit
checks in my name and when i didn
some research it was a fraud
do you know of any legitmate mystery shopping
or surveys that are real also, on the check said
global holdings have you heard of them
i am not sure i got scam before and dont
want to mess with company that give checks
just dont know and also, receive emails
saying i am part of a panel paying 200 and sometime
hundred and never got paid i am assuming its a scam

thank you i got scam and end up owing the bank
it went through but, funds wasnt there thanks for
all your help

SURVEYS are one thing. You'll rarely get hurt by doing a survey, unless you give out your personal information and start getting on mailing lists for scams.

Things to ask yourself: did you contact them or did they contact you? If you signed up with them, it is more likely to be legitimate than if you got an email from someone you never heard of. And keep in mind, some scams will have a name very similar to a legitimate company so check spelling to be sure it's the same company you signed up with.

Did they send you money? It is extremely rare for any legitimate company to send someone more than a small amount of money up front. NEVER will a legitimate company send you a big check and ask you to cash it, keep your fee, and send the rest of the money somewhere else. If they need to send money somewhere else, they would have written two checks.

Are they asking you to send money to them by Western Union? I guarantee that will be a scam. Western Union payments cannot be traced. You can send money to an address in your own town, and it can be claimed at any Western Union office in the world using the password you would send them. NEVER NEVER NEVER send money via Western Union to someone you don't know personally.

Remember, SCAMMERS LIE!!!!!!! They can't scam you if the tell you the truth so of course it's going to sound good.

If it sounds too good to be true, you can bet it is.

I think this is very common scam asking to fill the surveys but they dont pay you.

I used to do surveys through bigspot.com and I got paid, but the pay per survey is not much and many of them don't pay until they owe you $20 or 30.

I do other surveys that pay in mileage points. I get 25 cents (points) for trying a survey. If I qualify for the survey and complete it I might make $2-10 depending on how long it takes. I did one today where I was about five minutes into the thing before I hit a disqualifying question so I'll only get 25 instead of the $8 I would have gotten if I'd been able to do the whole thing.

I don't do these to make money. I do them to fill idle moments in front of the TV.

I received a 'big' check from B.Business Solutions INC ($2,650.00) and was told to do a Walmart evaluation and a MoneyGram evaluation because I was suppose to send $2,200.00 to a Cindy Lee Langella in Somers Point, NJ. I deposited the check and my financial institution is holding all but $200 until the 5th of June. Before I do the MoneyGram, I will have my financial institution verify directly with the issuing bank if the check was if fact good. Have you had any dealings with B.Business Solutions INC?

I would suggest two things. First either search this forum or just Google check scams. Second, go straight to your bank, put that $200 back and tell them you have fallen for a scam. You may still be liable for the bad check fees, but letting them know you have been a victim should prevent you being arrested for fraud.

Actually, do the second one first.

B. Business Solutions is a legit company, but I can guarantee you the check you received is not from them. You should have taken the check to the Post Office.

BTW, one of the easiest ways to determine if a check is fraudulent is to look at the signature line. If it looks like a solid line, the check is fake. A real check's signature like is made up of microprinting.

An easier way is to realize no person or company who doesn't know you from Adam is going to send you a big check for doing virtually nothing

djpearson Wrote:
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> I received a 'big' check from B.Business Solutions
> INC ($2,650.00) and was told to do a Walmart
> evaluation and a MoneyGram evaluation because I
> was suppose to send $2,200.00 to a Cindy Lee
> Langella in Somers Point, NJ. I deposited the
> check and my financial institution is holding all
> but $200 until the 5th of June. Before I do the
> MoneyGram, I will have my financial institution
> verify directly with the issuing bank if the check
> was if fact good. Have you had any dealings with
> B.Business Solutions INC?

Twice in six years I received checks like that. They look real but I took them to the Police and yes they were fraud. The last check I got was from a company in Calgary, Canada which was broken in and some of there signed checks were stolen.

djpearson Wrote:
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> I received a 'big' check from B.Business Solutions
> INC ($2,650.00) and was told to do a Walmart
> evaluation and a MoneyGram evaluation because I
> was suppose to send $2,200.00 to a Cindy Lee
> Langella in Somers Point, NJ. I deposited the
> check and my financial institution is holding all
> but $200 until the 5th of June. Before I do the
> MoneyGram, I will have my financial institution
> verify directly with the issuing bank if the check
> was if fact good. Have you had any dealings with
> B.Business Solutions INC?

You need to immediately contact your bank! Once this check bounces (whether you cash it, send it or burn it) your account goes into a higher risk status because you deposited a fraudulent check.

You could also face criminal charges if the bank decides you were "in on this" by cashing a bogus forged check/money order. You will be put on a hot list and no bank will touch you.

Big time trouble! Call your bank. Stop the procedure. Tell them immediately that you KNOW it's a scam because mystery shopping companies NEVER send $2,000++ to a shoppers, ever, NEVER, ever! You are a victim. Report this immediately. Do what the bank tells you. Whether that means call the police, ect.

You want to know what you can do to salvage your own bank account.