I would hold off - sometimes it takes a couple of weeks before the bank finds out that the check is actually fake. If it is fake and you have taken the money - you are on the hook for $2,982. Some banks may also prosecute you for passing a fraudulent check. Please go to http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0159-fake-checks and read the whole page - it has a section on fake checks.
I got a letter from IPSOS Group Inc. in Philadelphia saying there wont me to do secret shopper. The check is for 1,806.50, they want me to sent 1300.00 to PAUL BELO in Brooklyn, NY adn then to keep 60 for shopping and 300.50 for the job. I was thinking that it was a scam when I read that they wanted me to sent 1300.00 to some guy I have never heard of.
Hi I got the same letter but i'm not sure about this because they want me to get a checking account or a saving account. So is this for real cause they want me to send 1526.00 to someone named Nancy Qualls i Brooklyn New York for the first assigment and then go to a store and spend 60.00 on some stuff that I can keep for myself and I am supposed to get paid 320.20 also. So is this legite or really a SCAM?
I received mail with an actual check saying I was awarded a Home Improvement Grant and this was a partial payment to pay the necessary fees to receive the full grant. The check was from a company called All-Safety. I was to Western Union $2600 to a Angela Rodriguez in Chicago, IL. But my bank said the check was returned to the company because it was drawn on a closed acct. Now when I try to call this Settle Direct, Inc. they do not answer this phone.
Has anyone else received this with this telephone number attached to the letter?
YES WE RECIVED THE SAME THING IN THE MAIL WITH THE SAME PHONE NUMBER BUT THEY SAID IT WAS FROM A PLACE CALLED ROYAL TRUST INC AND THE CHECK WAS FOR 3,880,00 WE TOOK IT TO OUR BANK BUT WE HAVE A PROTECTION PLAN THEY HELD THE CHECK AND WE DIDNT TOUCH IT IT WAS RETURNED AND SAID IT WAS COUNTERFEIT SO IM IN THE PROCESS OF DOING SOME RESEARCH AND I WILL BE REPORTING THESE PEOPLE AND IT WAS A GUY THAT MY HUSBANDS HAS BEEN TALKING TO THE NUMBER IS REGISTERED IN CANADA
I researched this number that I was told to call. This group is now saying they are Centennial Group In out of New York (although the correspondence and associated phone number are from Canada). I received a check for $1865.00 and was asked to do two mystery shopping tasks. For my trouble I got to keep $340 out of the check and $100 worth of goods I bought from one of the designated stores to shop from. This was unsolicited, looked to good to be true, and it is.