I got a letter in the mail yesterday from a company called Zeigler's Distributor, INC-Marketing Research. Along with this letter is a $3500 check. Being the skeptic I am, I decided I would call the number listed. It gave two names that are very American names. What I got was a guy on the other end who "didn't know his name" and didn't speak good English AT ALL and asked for my reference number. I asked him to explain how this works and why on earth would any company send out a $3500 check in ADVANCE of doing this marketing stuff. As, really all marketing companies that really do this kind of stuff, require you to pay for the stuff up front and send in the receipts along with a standard form about the customer service. In return, they reimburse you PART of the money you spent and send you a check once a month for the "hours" you listed as the time you took. So with all this information I already knew, I asked him how this was legal.
"oh it perfectly legal, you just cash check and send it to whoever you comfortable with that will give it back to you." Ok, so why do I keep this much money anyway? "well that you paycheck for 3 months. At end of 3 months we send another check for your next 3 months" Oh really, well what if someone just decides to cash this check and never do the work you require? (hmmm no answer) pause pause pause... "Well I can remove you from our list if you don't wish to participate. Thank you for your call. Have nice day." CLICK!
I decided to do further investigation of my own online. Hmm.. found the REAL company. The real company happens to be a PET FOOD DISTRIBUTOR company, and on their site they have a link in bold red letters: FRAUD ALERT!!! You click on it and it tells you that they have been notified that someone is sending out these letters in their names with these checks committing fraud. And for us to destroy the checks and take the letters to the nearest Post Office to Report the fraud.
I just wonder if there is not something we can do about this. But, after checking the area code.. it comes back as Montreal.. which is Canada and out of country.. so WHO is it we are exactly suppose to contact that can bring these appalling scammers down? Anyone know?
I got a letter in the mail yesterday from a company called Zeigler's Distributor, INC-Marketing Research. Along with this letter is a $3500 check. Being the skeptic I am, I decided I would call the number listed. It gave two names that are very American names. What I got was a guy on the other end who "didn't know his name" and didn't speak good English AT ALL and asked for my reference number. I asked him to explain how this works and why on earth would any company send out a $3500 check in ADVANCE of doing this marketing stuff. As, really all marketing companies that really do this kind of stuff, require you to pay for the stuff up front and send in the receipts along with a standard form about the customer service. In return, they reimburse you PART of the money you spent and send you a check once a month for the "hours" you listed as the time you took. So with all this information I already knew, I asked him how this was legal.
"oh it perfectly legal, you just cash check and send it to whoever you comfortable with that will give it back to you." Ok, so why do I keep this much money anyway? "well that you paycheck for 3 months. At end of 3 months we send another check for your next 3 months" Oh really, well what if someone just decides to cash this check and never do the work you require? (hmmm no answer) pause pause pause... "Well I can remove you from our list if you don't wish to participate. Thank you for your call. Have nice day." CLICK!
I decided to do further investigation of my own online. Hmm.. found the REAL company. The real company happens to be a PET FOOD DISTRIBUTOR company, and on their site they have a link in bold red letters: FRAUD ALERT!!! You click on it and it tells you that they have been notified that someone is sending out these letters in their names with these checks committing fraud. And for us to destroy the checks and take the letters to the nearest Post Office to Report the fraud.
I just wonder if there is not something we can do about this. But, after checking the area code.. it comes back as Montreal.. which is Canada and out of country.. so WHO is it we are exactly suppose to contact that can bring these appalling scammers down? Anyone know?