Precise Marketing Company
SCAM SCAM SCAM... MoneyGram and Western Union Scam UK Internet
- 11-23-2007
- 253
I responded to a craigslist ad in the bay area asking to do a survey for WORK PLACE STRESS. They asked for my address and I provided and Desiree Molly started to email me. At first she emailed me to let me know that the check of $3, 000 will be arriving through FedEx and that I should cash it and do the survey. So I verified that the check was real, contacted Chase Manhattan Bank and verified that the account is real. And it was. So I proceeded to cash the check. Then I was standing there at the MoneyGram station, I was listening to the message that stated NOT to send any money to strangers. That alarmed me and I figured this must happen all the time. I backed out of the deal with I emailed the contact person and she started to be mean. I checked into the phone number of the person that sent the check, it was a dotcom answering service for Falcon Peak Consulting out of Colorado but the phone number provided is based out of Connecticut.
She was telling me that I should proceed with the survey and send the money through. I couldn't. Then the next day she kept hounding me that I should send it through Western Union instead to another person through the same Zip Code. Instead, I deposited the money back into my account. I know that my bank will be taking that money back out of my account sooner or later.
I think my gut feeling saved me from this SCAM. I've read other reports regarding the same company. I am just waiting for the bank to take the money back out.
I was trying to earn some extra cash on the side but all I got is a head ache and stress as to what is coming next.
I haven't heard from my bank at this point... I am just waiting to hear that they taken the money out again and I'm ready... because I didn't fall for the SCAM and hopefully others wouldn't either.
Company: Precise Marketing Company
Country: United Kingdom
Region: United Kingdom, Internet
City: Surrey
Address: 108 ANSBURY STREETGUILDFORD ROAD KNAPHILLWOKINGSURREY GZ21 2EP