I got a letter in the mail today with this number on it saying I was elected as a mystery shopper with a 1,200 in some dollar check enclosed. I was instructed to deposit it into my bank account and then after 12-24 hours to with draw it and wire about 900 dollars of it to a Harvey Escoe in Atlanta GA whom I don't know and 300 of the entire check would be my salary. The account manager went by the name of Paul Moreno. I don't have a bank account so he told me I could deposit it in a family member's account. When my brother took me to deposit it in his account the teller said the check was fake and that she could not give it back to me. This was so embarrassing!

I just got the same check!!!!!! I called and got a rude african?

Just got this letter and am glad I looked into them because I was on the fence about it being fake or not

anyone get called by 289-892-3834?

i got a letter saying  your a secret shopper with a check as well and a job id ans the maneger is andy young.

Wasn't Thinking got Duped.  Bank was Quick about it though.   Won't do that Again.

YEP, GOT THE SAME CHECK $1,967.50.  IT'S TOO BAD THAT YOU JUST CAN'T CASH IT AND NOT SEND THE MONEY, SOMEONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CATCH THESE GUY'S AND THROW THEM AWAY FOR A WHILE.

I just like you all received a letter in the mail from a company called H.Jones Security and Trust,Inc.my check was for 1,967.50 my account manager is Paul Goldman and I was to wire money to Patricia Morozek in Madrid,Spain. I just recieved this letter in the mail about 30.mins. ago and i knew it was to good to be true...these people need to be stopped...thank you to all who posted about this SCAM!!!

THIS IS A SCAM. The FTC warns about the secret shopper scam here http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt151.shtm and here http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre40.shtm
If you fall for it, there are endless ways you can be screwed. One of the worst is they ask you to test Western Union wire services by sending you a check, you cash it at your bank and wire the money to them. The check is fake but it will take days for your bank to find out and in the meantime, *your* cash that you wire them will be in their hands (wires takes short hours to complete). Your account will be in the red when the check bounces and you may be prosecuted for passing a bad check.
If they tell you to wire the money in the name of a friend or a relative but not tell them about it and for you to return in a few days to cancel the wire and get a refund, they may just send a warm body pick the money up at the other end using a fake ID. Or the story could change in mid-stream, like they may want you to change the destination to a city of the scammer's choice, saying they want to test the WU office at a certain location using your transfer but it's safe because your friend or relative doesn't even live in that city. Believe me, they *WILL* get *YOUR* money if you wire it.
There are legit sites that you can sign up on to become a legit secret shopper but *NONE* of them pays $50/hour or $400/task as promised by some scams! THIS IS A SCAM.

Well, to start with, anyone that applies for a job of any kind has many contacts before the job is accepted by both parties. If you recieve something that looks too good to be true, gues what, chances are it is! This looks and smells like a money laundering or just a way to bilk hard working people out of their money selling a chance to make quick money, it Always sounds good but trust your instincts, they will save you alot of time and aggravition.

I recieved a check from the following company for a somewhat large amount and was instructed to deposit it in the bank and send most of it to some female in atlanta GA .
well first of all I don't have a bank account and second I never applied for a job with them!
So I thought what the heck and went to a check cashing place to do as instructed and wire the funds with the check being cashed and not deposited, the place refused to cash or wire any money from the check even after John Goldman told me the check was good?
So I guess there goes another good job I didn;t apply for.

I also recieved a check in the mail and called the number. They are supposedly a secret shopper company. But I knew it was somthing wrong, so I looked it up on the internet and found this site. That is a large sum of money, and I was uncomfortable about it. Thanks for this post. I'm glad I havent done anything with it.

I got a letter too saying the same thing about being a secret shopper. At first i thought everything was good but i found out that everything was not when i went to my bank and they told me that they was closing my account and they was going to send me the rest of my money to me in a check I was so mad at the time. I call the account manger John Goldman and he said that the check was not fake and that he was sending me another check. I told him that i didn't want to get into no stuff with the law and that and he said that i was good. I then look up all the information and found this site im not going to do nothing else cause im not going to jail. Im so happy that i found this web site cause now i know what im dealing with. Oh yea he also told me that them been doing this for 15 years and that i should go to the police station and tell them what happen to me at the bank. Im going to the police station but its to turn him in for sure.