I got a check to as a responded to an ad in our local paper for part time position.

I got a check in the mail to for the same thing. So its a fraud???

did you cash your check or did you try to cash it.  I have receive one for the same amount.  I have tried to call the number and it is unavailable at the moment.  What did you do with the check?

In reply to an ad in the local newspaper, the company was looking for customer's to participate in a secret shopper program.  If I was selected, they would send me shopping and pay $300 for the first evaluation.  

I received the check and program explanation today.  They told me to pose as a potential customer sending a Money Gram Payment to Judy Sue, a relative of mine in Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada.  They sent a check from Chesapeake Bank, 2240 Baltimore Avenue, Baltimore, MD  21231 for the amount of $2990.00.  I just called the FBI directly and faxed a copy of the letter and check to them.  The FBI said it was a scam.

Phone # was on letterhead from Master Research, Inc, 100 Fourth Avenue North, Bayport, MN  55003.  They sent cashier's check on Chesapeake Bank, 2240 Baltimore Avenue, Baltimore, MD  21231, for $2,990.00.  I was to go to Walmart and send a "Money Gram" for $2,585.00 to Joan Noris (my "relative") in Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada.  Called Chesapeake Bank.  They immediately said the cashier check was a fraud. Should report this to our local police.  The FBI has an open file on this company/phone number.