Scams

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About a month ago I answered a mystery shopper ad on craiglist which I doubted that is was legitimate. I received an e-mail about what the job was about, going to places of business and acting like a customer to make a survey. Anyways I applied still with doubts. Through several e-mails I received my assignment to go to a western union and send money to some other mystery shopper. Along with my assignment I was given a tracking number of a UPS packaged which contained a check. The check I received was a fraudulent check. My first clue was the name on the check was printed crooked and was from a singer in Oklahoma. I called the bank that the check was from and gave the account and routing number in which the bank representative told me it was a fake check. I went onto the singer's website to see that under the contact information was a note about checks being sent out in his name were fraud.

So I decided to mess with the scammer and explained that I sent the western union money to the same person who sent me the check, the singer, and I sent all the e-mails we exchanged to the same person.

Well the guy was pissed off. Telling me he was going to take legal action, blah blah. In turn I had to mess with him even more telling him that I contact the singer (which I did through his manager), called the local police, (which I did), contacted the bank, (oh which I did as well) and called him a couple of names just to piss him off even more.

Why am I telling you this, I am warning you about scammers out there, be aware, and if you receive a check and it looks odd, call the bank it is from, or go to your own bank. I did some research and it said that I would be the one in trouble for trying to cash a fake check not these other guys.

Just letting you know.