Customer 1st Scam

Hi, I received a
Letter and a check from customer 1st, amount of check is 2400.00 of which 200.00 is my pay for shopping at Walmart, I'm afraid this is a scam because they sent the money first. Can someone steer my in the right direction please. I'm new to mystery shopping, this would be my first job if it is real. Thanks for any help. Marianne

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It is not real, so sorry. Customer First is a real company, but they do not pay shoppers up front for work. No one pays for work in advance. Also consider this: why would someone send a large amount of money to a stranger? Please take it to your post office, as it is mail fraud. Or, you can contact law enforcement. If you take it to your bank and deposit it, the check will appear to be real at first. Once the check reaches the bank it was drafted upon, it will be proven to be phony and you will be out a great deal of money. Plus your banking status will be ruined.

Look at the following links from other people who have also almost been scam victims in the forum:

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I am so glad you posted before attempting to deposit this check. Your instincts were correct.

Edited to add that these scammers will use the names of legitimate mystery shopping companies in an attempt to pull of these scams. Like I wrote above, Customer First is a legitimate company but I assure you, they did not contact you and did not send this check to you. I am going to guess that the person who sent you this check did not contact you from an email address that was @customerfirst.com, it was probably a gmail account or other email domain, right?

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/23/2017 10:21PM by JASFLALMT.

Bowlinggranny, everything JASFLAMT wrote you is true! Sorry this has happened to you, but you were VERY wise to have checked here first! Welcome to the Forum and the world of Mystery Shopping! If you want some real help and insight, click on the "New Mystery Shopper" tab towards the bottom of this page, and get some free schooling!! Lots & lots of useful and helpful information here! Good luck! And count yourself fortunate if you haven't deposited that phony check!

I just received a $2450 check from a bank out of Texas. Priority envelope from California. Was told to keep $200 once I had deposited it into my bank and sent via text deposited to an (805) #. Don't FALL FOR IT. TOTAL SCAM. I TOOK THE LETTER TO MY BANK AND THEY GAVE IT TO THE INVESTIGATIVE/FRAUD DEPARTMENT!!!

I received the same today

Thanks for posting, mthom2094. I hope bowlinggranny did not deposit that check!

Thankfully, I was already actively participating in real mystery shopping and the forum before this happened. I always turn them over to my post master since it's also fraud through the mail.

MegglesKat

They also recommend contacting your local news agencies and the attorney general office. We really need to get the word out there.

OMG I DEPOSITED THE CHECK TODAY IN MY NEW BANK ACCOUNT. I OPENED A NEW BANK ACCOUNT SEPERATE FROM MINE AND MY HUSBANDS JOINT ACCOUNT IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT BANK. WHAT THE HECK DO I DO NOW???

Call your bank and explain what happened, ask to speak with the branch manager. Do this first thing in the morning or go in person. If you haven't wired any money to anyone yet, you will be able to fix this. You aren't the first person to fall victim, but at least you didn't send any money.

If you're in California, your bank might still be open. If you are with a national bank, perhaps they have some extended phone customer service hours? I am just so sorry that this happened to you and I pray that you did not send these thieves any money.

Don't most banks put a hold on a check used to open an account?

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Good point. What a relief, she wasn't able to utlize the funds and wire them the money. Good thing she didn't deposit in their joint account. I think she can fix this, but how traumatic of an experience for her. So sad. I guess she will be wiser and more skeptical in the future. Good thing.

We all get greedy and wish it were true, someone from another country would send us a $2500.00 check...
The internet has provided a scam to trick the naive and trusting please beware., this could end up costing you a lot of money. When sent a check like that, take it to the police and notify the online Gov. website.
Banks in CA have different hours, mine closes at four while Banks in grocery stores are open later. I am also afraid Banks may hold a certain amount and give out the rest, but you would think tellers are savy as to these checks, many are not.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/08/2017 01:22AM by Irene_L.A..

I was reading a history book last week on local history. In 1898 a local man was getting a lot of mail. A LOT of mail. Made the postmaster curious, so he opened some and found they contained money.

Seems the fellow sent out thousands of letters, on nice embossed letterhead paper from the "Sidney Grand Hotel", saying a relative of theirs had died, and please send the funds to have his steamer trunk delivered. The letter said that he had opened the trunk and inventoried the contents, and they included deeds to lands in the the Black Hills (gold mines), as well as the deceased's last will and testament.

At the time, Nebraska had been a state for a while, and the Federal law against mail (and telegraph!) fraud was on the books, so the Feds got him. They sentenced him to 30 years.

Same scam, 100 years later!

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