I signed up fur the same thing but the check was for 1,396.00we was supposed to western union900.00 to john hazel then spend 70.00 at wallmart and the rest was ours we took the check to a check cashing place near our house and they said the company dose not exist and the police took the check!
I signed up to be a Mystery Shopper on line. I received a check from "Glengrove Research Group" Administrative offices at 1675 Broadway, New York NY 10019. International Head office, 30 Holland Park Ave, London England W11 4UL. The phone number is 1-289-892-5073.
The instructions were to call and activate the check. Deposit it in my account. He told me I could wait until it clears. Then the first assignment is to Western Union $800 to: David Clark at the new York office. Then Western Union $620 to the same person. Fees would be $66 and $58 respectively. Then go to Walmart, Walgreens, K-Mart, Sears, Costco, Best Buy,. Home Depot or Office Depot. Spend $70 and fill out the evaluation forms and copy the receipts and fax them to: 716-332-3421.
I would be paid $350 for my assignments. From reading other posts, it looks like a scam, but why would he tell me I could wait until the check clears? The check is written on The Bank of New York Mellon, which is an actual bank. It does say on the check that the Administrative offices are located at: 399 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
I too could not find any information about any company on the BBB website or Google. I don't know if I should cash it or not.
I just received (3/19/13) the exact same letter and instructions to do the same thing. Everything --check amount, bank's name, company addresses, etc. was the same; however, the company's name is Nobleton Reseach Group. I am returning everything back to this address. Just read someone else's posting about same letter, different company's name, but addresses were the same. Unfortunately, this person deposited the check, over $1,900, and followed the instructions to send the amount via Western Union. All this was done before check cleared. Of course the check never cleared and the person was out of the money. Calls to the company revealed that the number was disconnected.
I signed up fur the same thing but the check was for 1,396.00we was supposed to western union900.00 to john hazel then spend 70.00 at wallmart and the rest was ours we took the check to a check cashing place near our house and they said the company dose not exist and the police took the check!