I received a letter from Westway Research Group to work as a Secret Shopper.  The letter was from Laura Goldberg, Director of Operations.  I was to go to a WU and transfer a fee to a Diana Cannon for $956.00.  First I had to call either Frank Singleton or Linda Howard at 1-289-892-4061 to activate the check.

The breakdown of the letter is below:

My total salary   $350.00
Survey Funds to be Transferred  $880.00 + $76.00 send fees   $956.00
Funds needed for Shopping     $70.00
Total amount of check    $1378.00

I was given 2 assignments and then had to fax over the receipts to 1-716 242 7992 as soon as I complete the assignment.

There was no e-mail address or phone # for the Booklyn location.  The letter verified to please fax in all receipts and call the Account Manager which is Diana Cannon after each survey assignment is complete.  

I did my research on the company name and was unable to find anything in relation to a research group. I am happy I came across this website.  This smells fishy and sounds like a scam.

To Stevese

I received a letter from LANGSTAFF RESEARCH GROUP. to work as a secret shopper. I did research this before I did anything. SCAM!!! The letter was from RUFAS GOLDBERG Director of Operations and I was to call Mark Singleton or Susan Howard to activate the check. The breakdown of the check is thus.,.
Total Salary:$350.00
Survey funds to be transferred:$976.00
Funds to spend on shopping:$70.00
Total of check:$1,396.00
The phone numbers on the letter are thus:1-289-892-4061. FAX:1-716-262-9099. The check is drawn on The Bank of New York Mellon, Philadelphia, PA and their Administrative office is at 399 Market Street in Philadelphia, PA 19106. Please beware and if you need any more information you can contact me at david.harmon65@gmail.com

Yes, this is a scam. The check is fake and will come up bad in a few days. In the meantime, you would have sent several $thousands of your own money to a stranger via Western Union. WU wire transfers are final and irreversible. You would lose several $thousand of your own money and may be prosecuted for passing a bad check. Don't do it.

So I got a letter from OMR Oakville Marketing Research today. I have the check and everything but tried to contact the number i guess it's international because i need to get a calling card to call it apparently. so have you heard anything back as of yet regarding this letter? is it a scam?

Please let me know.

thank you

received a letter in the mail from Taunton Marketing Research saying that they want me to cash a check and send $1,573 western union to someone,spend $70 on shopping at a specific store and keep $350  as my salary for being a "mystery shopper". I did deposit the check but now I see it may be a scam;which I thought it sounded to good to be true,but since I had heard of mystery shoppers before I tried it. Well, I will see what happens with my bank as they said the check should clear in two days. Wish I had looked this information up first before I went to deposit this check