Global Test Market Scam

That was happened to me, the check was for $988. I called the number in the letter and a person who ansfered told me to purchase a Money Pak for $980 and I have to do that before tomorow at noon. After I did and called back he asked about  security and efficiency of system and instructed to send a Money Pak to the address in the letter. Also he asked me to scratch off on the back and tell a number to make shure it is correct card. That was my big mistake.  In about 5 days that letter was returned to me by Post Office (I think that was a fake address). When I checked Money Pak there was $0.00 an account (because I told a number to that person). In about 3 days after that my bank returned a check because it was fake.
I checked 1st page of this forum, messages were posted in 2010 about this scam and I'm shocked that this bogus company is still in bussiness.

I know most dodgie numbers and so I reply, '[***] off'

I'm sorry to hear you fell for this scam.
You may try asking MoneyPak to help out and return the funds (unlikely, but worth a shot)
https://www.moneypak.com/RefundRequest.aspx

Also check out the "Protect yourself from fraud" links on the MoneyPak website:
https://www.moneypak.com/

Do follow this lawsuit, as it relates somewhat to your case:
http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/03/27/56114.htm

They sent me one for 1488.00 my rep. name is joseph coring he put his name and number on the letter. as well as the company website and fax number. i received my check today. i wont be cashing it in my bank. I was going  to the liquor store. I cant afford for these [***] to try and trick me , times are too hard. I need every penny I work for.

I recieved a letter from Global Test Market along with a check for $1990.10. Said their address was 1100 112th st. Bellevue,Wa. The letter was from Michael Ward, I am to evaluate Western Union, keep $200 and wire the balance to an address in the Philippines.

Thanks for the above info. I knew it was too good to be true.

Remember folks, this is a scam.
The check they send you is counterfeit.
Do not try to cash or deposit it, you will be committing a felony.
The scam works by getting you to cash or deposit the fake check, which will take sometime to process and then bounce. During that time you wire transfer funds to the scammer.
Scammer gets your cash, sticks you with a fake check, bank/check cashing place sticks you for the bounced funds and fees, and possible that you get arrested for passing a counterfeit check (federal offense)

See here for help and advise on how to handle these scams:
http://www.fraudaid.com/
In this case:
http://www.fraudaid.com/solution_center/solution/draftsoption1/2b.htm

just got a check, with the same instructions, am i glad im not a sucker to fall for these scams right away, and i do my research first. sucks so many people got scamed, and glad i didnt fall for it. thank you for all of you who have posted your experiences to stop them from continuing scamming money from those of us who need it.

Received $1260.00 ck. from the same company yesterday, called credit union on ck and was told it was
a fake. Told my hubby about it and he called and also spoke to Taylor. He told her we cashed the ck and
needed to know where to send money card, but first needed $990.00 worth of butt licking. She stayed on phone with him for several minutes desperate to know if we cashed or deposited ck. all the while listening
to my husband talk about butt licking. So my suggestion is for everyone to call Taylor at 1-877-655-5417 or
1-604-360-4740 and ask her where u can collect your $990.00 worth of [***] licking.

I got a check a couple days ago from Global Test Market for 1,260 dollars. There were many red flags as I looked into this. Here is a list of the red flags:

1. Envelope was mailed from Canada with no return address but the letter head was from Stamford CT and the check was issued from Edison Credit Union which was based out of Kansas City MO.
2. When I Googled the 1-866-791-2284 number it came up with a bunch of Chinese websites.
3. When I Googled the 1-604-360-4740 number it came back with no results.
4. It seemed way to good to be true, which we all know that means it probably is!

I also came across this website and called the Edison Credit Union the check was issued from and they told me it was fake and that they didn't issue it.

Please don't fall prey to this scam!

However, this is not to be confused with the real Global Test Market survey company which is a legit and paying company. I am member there and that's what make me think, for at least a second or two, this may be legit. Thank the good Lord for giving me the wisdom not to run to the bank to cash it!

'However, this is not to be confused with the real Global Test Market survey company which is a legit and paying company.' so it mean that there's the real Global Test Market that will pay for our survey? Can you give tle link?

Total Scam Received ck yesterday 1260.00. Called peoples bank said scam scam scam!!!!!!!
Have received several cks all no good. Don't be a sucker and fall for this [***]!!!!!!

This scam is being run under the name of several different legitimate survey companies and if you check their websites you can usually find a warning about it.  They do not mail hundreds of dollars checks for secret shopping.  They usually just pay 50¢-$5.00 per survey completed,  collectible when you earn an amount that varies by company, usually from $5-$50.

Gotta letter last night immediately new it was trash because there was no return address and post mark CANADA!!! But out of curiosity and in need of a good laugh (i had a few to drink) I opened it and there it was a check for 2,982.00 and a letter from Research Secret Shop USA LTD. my salary $340.00 survey funds to be transfered $2,367.00 + $175 send fees $100 to shop at walmart you would have to call your account manager Tim Coleman@ ext#1 1-780-246-5253(a canadian wireless#) and a1-877# and a 1-866# both bogus and a fax# also bogus the director of operations Paula Koliste I figured why not:/ googled it! the woman is in her 60's and is retired they claimed to be aBBB member so of course I had to check that out unheard of I also looked up the company name on the check R.L.B.F.Distributors address 2 Dedrick Place West Cardwell, NJ 07007 well they are actually  RLB Food distributors . I'm sorry folks I can go on and on and on but I don't want to get too annoying, I simply just want to help prevent these scams as much as I can and btw walmart does "NOT" use mystery shoppers.

If they actually sent it in the mail you need to take it and the envelope to the postmaster.  A lot of times they send it some other way.  They have committed a federal crime instead of one with a confused jurisdiction.

Last night I had just finished one of many surveys for Global Test Market and shut down my laptop and started going through my mail.  Sure enough there was a letter that came from Canada, stated on the postmark, ONE RED FLAG went up and as I started to read this letter a check fell out for $1260.00, SECOND RED FLAG, as I was reading I saw it was from GTM and then I thought maybe through one of my surveys I excepted becoming a Mystery Shopper for them. Luckily, my fiancé works as a Mystery Shopper and he said that he has heard of SCAMS like this that TAKE ON known companies NAMES to form familiarity with their prey. Gosh I hoped it wasn't true, so he said to just type in GTM + Scam to see what comes up and that brought me here! Before I did that search I went to the yellowpages.com and looked up Global Test Market in Stamford Ct. and sure enough nothing came up. I believe that this is a SCAM run by someone in CANADA taking on the known GTM internet survey company name. Two bad, The major problem this scammer is going to face is that now people are computer savvy and it's so easy to look into something like this, now is there anyway to 1. prove that they are not one in the same? 2 STOP these guys from doing this again? 3 Has anyone ever contacted GTM surveys online?