i got a letter in the mail the other week to become a "secret shopper" and my job was to wire transfer 3000 dollars to anyone in the us by moneygram, and then to spend 150 at walmart and fill out paper work to evauate their services...turns out the whole thing was a scam...i got a call from the bank saying my account had been terminated...i was just trying to make an honest living and i got screwed...life sucks sometimes, is there any chance that you can find out who was behind this? has anyone else gotten scammed? this sucks, please help
2007-10-20 14:16:57 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
Well now you know how they scammed you. Do the scam to somebody else. Only this time make it for 6000. Make a positive out of a negative.
2007-10-20 14:20:16 · answer #1 · answered by Mr.Jim Lahey 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Unfortunately there is no insurance policy you can get in which
"In case I am a gullible fool" the insurance company will reimburse the money from being a gullible fool.
There are tons of scams. A wise person makes an effort to check out any place that in any way sounds suspicious to make sure that it is on the up & up.
There are tons of people who hunger to be suckers.
You have an obligation to report this event to the authorities. If the mail of which you speak was the postal service, the you go to the postal inspectors. If it was by e-mail, then you go to the Internet police. Basically you need to educate yourself what police agency has what authority over by whatever means you were contacted in the scam, and any information you have that they can use to try to trace the crooks.
Your money is gone, probably to crooks in another nation. Your obligation now is to cooperate with authorities.
Just be thankful you are not in jail over this. Many other people in your shoes have been arrested for engaging in bank fraud.
2007-10-20 21:25:45 · answer #2 · answered by Al Mac Wheel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that they are located in Canada. You can read the report about them here. I think that this is the company that you are referring to.
http://www.ripoffreport.com/searchresults.asp?q1=ALL&q4=&q6=&q3=&q2=&q7=&searchtype=0&submit2=Search%21&q5=secret+shoppers&Search=Search
I make money working at home. It's a shame that some companies give all of the work at home opportunities a bad name. There are good ones out there if you know where to look.
2007-10-20 21:27:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, but it's pretty unlikely you could find who is behind this, and even if you did, unlikely you could get your money back. NEVER wire money to someone you don't know. And anything that sounds remotely like a job that just comes out of nowhere, promising easy money, is a SCAM.
2007-10-20 21:32:35 · answer #4 · answered by Judy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is difficult, to get your money back, because those scammers are usually from Africa. And most of Africa are lawless and corrupted
2007-10-20 21:27:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
hard to find those scammers, they pack up and run when they think the laws close, aaaaannnnyway, i got this swamp land in florida???
2007-10-20 21:20:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
call the BBB. THey may be able to help.
2007-10-20 21:19:26 · answer #7 · answered by Jessica M 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋