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Mystery shopper

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  • Lip_Stick
    Lip_Stick Posts: 2,415 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Wouldn't be surprised if the op was the scammer, trying to sound out new email ideas to rip people off with. The grammar is similar.
    There's a storm coming, Mr Johnson. You and your friends better batten down the hatches, because when it hits, you're all gonna wonder how you ever thought you could live so large and leave so little for the rest of us.
  • nunona111 wrote: »
    He send me the cheque, I didn´t opened it: what should i do, can someone advise me without sarcasm, please. It´s handwritten and doesn´t have the sender adress!

    Get the little black box called a shredder out, and run the cheque through it. It'll be of much more use then, for say animal bedding.
    Northern Ireland club member No 382 :j
  • Tozer
    Tozer Posts: 3,518 Forumite
    Is the OP for real?

    Either a) very, unbelievably naiive; or b) the scammer him/herself.
  • Enfieldian
    Enfieldian Posts: 2,893 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    nunona111 wrote: »
    He send me the cheque, I didn´t opened it: what should i do, can someone advise me without sarcasm, please. It´s handwritten and doesn´t have the sender adress!

    Stick it where the sun doesn't shine?
  • CHR15
    CHR15 Posts: 5,193 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Enfieldian wrote: »
    Stick it where the sun doesn't shine?

    Birmingham??? :confused:
  • I think this is the scammer who is operating this scam. Have seen it before. There are just too forceful in defending it...:rolleyes:
    Its actually not, They get you to send the cash via western union to that address and mail them the MTCN number and a copy of the sender slip, HOWEVER Western union can be picked up anywhere in the world.

    If you don't believe this is a scam head over and ask on http://www.scamwarners.com and http://forum.419eater.com/forum/ and ask there. They will explain how it all works. If you do what they ask, You'll cash the cheque, send the money by western union (Im guessing this is where you mystery shop) the bank realise the cheques a dud, debit your account and you'll be chased for the money whilst our Nigerian friend thinks your such a big mugu (Means western fool)
  • The draft/cheque will be a forgery. You will send your money to the scammer. The forgery will be discovered by the bank and they will not honour the draft and you will be out of pocket.

    Just remember - if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is !
  • CasparBone wrote: »
    The draft/cheque will be a forgery. You will send your money to the scammer. The forgery will be discovered by the bank and they will not honour the draft and you will be out of pocket.

    Just remember - if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is !
    To be fair if you get an OGA (Scammers line manager so to speak) you might get a stolen cheque instead of a forgery, They have an obsession with Bank of America, Barclays and Central bank of Nigeria at the minute.
  • Esqui
    Esqui Posts: 3,414 Forumite
    Na na na Nunona
    Squirrel!
    If I tell you who I work for, I'm not allowed to help you. If I don't say, then I can help you with questions and fixing products. Regardless, there's still no secret EU law.
    Now 20% cooler
  • Apples2
    Apples2 Posts: 6,442 Forumite
    Cool, the spammed victim becomes the Spammer.... good work Esqui

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