A few weeks ago I was going through my emails. I came across an email about a part time position ( which I had put some feelers out about part time work) . The subject was Customer Evaluator. Most of the time I delete these emails because they are crocks but I read it. It was from a company ( whose name I will not say). It was a mystery shopper thing and I was skeptical. So I went to the actual site and did some google searches to see if it was a scam. The company was real. So I emailed back to the man who sent the email, Michael Hall, who was the Director of Human Resources and said I would be interested to hear more.
He replied the next day saying that since I am new to their company only one business was interested to start then we would go from there. Ok fine. The company was Western Union. He said that once he had the package ready he would let me know and we could proceed. I asked what it entailed and didn't get a quick response. Whatever. About a week later, Mr. Hall emails me saying that it was approved and my package was being sent out. Now all I know is that I am supposed to be surveying a local Western Union office. I still have no idea what the hell this means. The end of the email says :" Hope to read from you soonest. God Bless." I find this odd.
I reply and simply say OK.
I get an email on Tuesday saying that the package was mailed and it included a tracking number. He asked that I email him when I receive the package.Again, his email ended with "Hope to read from you soonest. God Bless". I reply and say that I will.
I get home from work yesterday and the envelope is in the mail. I open it and there is a Cashiers Check for $1900.28 and a letter. Um ok?? The letter tells me that I need to go to the bank ( it had to be MY bank) and to cash the check. I keep 10% for the job and the rest I have to Western Union to two people...two people in the Philippines. It says that I need to do it within 24 hours in order for me to keep the 10% and gives me instructions on how to " mystery shop" the Western union office. Now as soon as I saw the Cashiers Check I knew it was a scam. Who the hell in their right mind would send $1900 ( don't forget the 28 cents) to some chick from online. The end of the letter said "God bless." The letterhead is from a Consulting Group and signed by a woman with PhD. at the end of her name. Yea ok Doc.The spelling and grammar was a nightmare. There is a telephone number listed that contains 9 digits. Apparently she is a
"doctor" because she wasn't good at science. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know that phones numbers are NOT 9 digits long. However, the number is listed again at the bottom of the letterhead with the correct amount of digits. Naturally I call and the "magic jack" number can not be reached.
So now I am thinking about how dumb I am to even say ok but it was a legit company. A legit company that had some assholes using bogus emails with their name. I check my email and I have a message from Michael Hall asking if I received the package. I am not sure how I want to proceed with this shitface so I reply "yes". I then called the police department and ask what I should do with it. They tell me that they can come out or I can just shred it and that I am the fourth person to call them about this in the last week. Of course I just shred it because that is a big waste of taxpayer money for them to come out. I get another email giving me instructions on how to proceed. SOOOOOO I respond.. Here it is:
I have some "instructions" for you. First of all " I hope to read from you soonest" makes NO sense. I am not a book, therefore you do not read from me. Soonest???? Realllyyy??? Obviously, your English "Michael Hall" leaves a bit to be desired. Second of all, a director of Human Resources would know better than the say "God Bless" on his emails. Maybe I am an atheist and am offended. Business emails and letters should not contain religious statements. Oh and when trying to scam someone by sending them fraudulent checks you might want to take some grammar courses first. But not to worry, I have passed the package onto the proper authorities. I do hope that you eventually end up in jail with a man named Bubba who will gladly show you with HIS "package" where I think you can shove your "cashiers check".
May God bless and I hope to read from you soonest!!
