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I recieved a check to with the same instructions. But as someone said, the typos had me pause. He's scamming now under the name John Goldman. Not the real name I'm sure. I called and said my bank wanted to have it clear first and he hung up on me, I never even went to the bank, I was just testing him. Please everyone be aware. THIS IS A SCAM!!!

We are dealing today with a customer who fell for this scam and is now out to us for $1,975.00. Believe me when I say that this tears us apart to see our members cheated this way. Now this person has to take out a loan to make payments that they can't afford to pay back money that they never had.  

We have flyers up all over our offices about what the scams are and we put information in our newsletters on a regular basis.  Why people keep falling for this is really beyond me - it has been on the news and all over the internet.  The scammers make the checks for amounts that would be about the amount of a normal paycheck so it is not questioned.  Now all checks are cleared through one Federal Reserve bank so there are no longer non-local holds placed on checks - as a result, Banks don't scrutinize the checks as much as in the past.

This type of thing is NEVER going to be legit - mystery shoppers are NOT sent funds in advance to go 'spend' and if a Western Union was to be 'shopped' anyways it could be for $100 just as well as for $1500.  Why would a company with one name send a check in the name of a completely different company?  I know these scammers tell people not to tell the bank where the check came from or what it is for... HELLO - that is because we will tell you that it is no good!! Who do you trust - some company you have never dealt with, or the bank that you have been doing business with??

Sorry, just had to vent.......Please people, let common sense prevail!  If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.

I received a check from Liberty Trade Management Group in the amount of $1975.00 as well with a phone number of 1-289-892-5328 and some foreigner answered and ended up hanging up on me when I asked him who he was.  This is DEFINITELY a scam and I recommend that anyone getting this type of garbage through the mail; report to the post office and/or police department as I am sure alot of people have been taken by thieves like this!  Thank you for all posting on this site so people that are skeptical like us can find out the real deal on phony scam artists like this.  Take care!!

I just got this letter in the mail yesterday! I am glad I decided to come here and checkj it out, the phone number is differst then you'rs though, its 1-888-400-3014, so can you tell me, how are we supposed to know that this is not real? I know there are really jobs for secret shoppers, so how do we know the difference?

maybe we should all just go cash these checks and hang on to the cash to see what happens? then when the bank says it didnt go through, we call the police!! and of course put the money back!

i recieved this same letter today in the mail and the same phone number. it sounds really good but i dont know if its real or not. i recieved one in the mail yesterday for a different company as a mystery shopper and when i called it today the lady sounded arab and she told me i could call the bbb and when i did they had no record of that company and when i called the lady back she wudnt answer the phone. hmm sounds too fishy to me...

I got a letter in the mail from Canada yesterday that had a check in it worth $1,980.40 (monopoly money) from a company called Textron Group of America in New York, the check came from a bank account supposedly in PA. The letter had stated that I was selected to participate in a survey for Western Union. I had to send $1,430 of it to a man or whoever named Ghor Perkon, in Atlanta, Georgia. The whole letter had bad grammar in it as well, and when I called my account manager (Danny Odem) a man answered and I could not for the life of me understand a word he was saying. It sounded like he was Indian and he had peanut butter in his mouth trying to sound British. But I fell for the trick and sent the money off to Ghor Perkon in Atlanta, GA about fifteen minutes later I discussed this with my superior and we had done some research and we found all of these posts about this scam. So I immediately called Western Union and had them Cancel the transaction and I did get a full refund and I made copies of everything I had received and done I even took a picture of the check before i cashed it. So I am in the process of reporting this scam to the police. I called (Danny Odem) back and told him the check did not go through and I canceled and he said " Oh that good check not bad" and he hung up on me. So I am lucky I didn't get screwed from this. If you get something like this in the mail just throw it away!!

I also received two of these same checks in the mail yesterday.One was for $1980.40,and the other for 1960.00.I thought this was too good to be true so i am researching this.The first is from Textron Group of Company.The second is from Integrated Logistics Research Inc.Both are actual companies,but the first is a manufacturer of helicopters,among other things.The second one I could not find an exact match for,but I am pretty sure they don't do market research.At least not in this manner.So yes this is the latest in scams set up to prey on the general trusting nature of most people.They need too be shot.

I received the same letter from Textron Group of Company telling me to send $1,440 by Western Union to Lisa Jackson in Atlanta, GA.  There were a number of typos on the letter and this didn't seem legitimate. I took the check to the bank and they told me this is a scam.  I called the toll free number 888-400-3014 a second time and found that it was temporarily closed.

I just received a check in the amount of 1,975.60 from Dan Odom same number & from NY...These people need to be stopped soon. So glad I decided to research.

Today I got a UPS delivery of a large cardboard envelope. Inside it contained a check for almost $3,000. There were no instructions or letters with it. There were no typos. It was just a check. the check was from Textron and the bank on the check was Chase. I am confused. I'm going to bring it to my bank and let them figure it out. I work for a Fortune 100 company and I am going to also bring it to them to see if they can help me. I though I would contribute my story, because all of the others were similar, but not exactly like my situation. This is one of the only sites I could find any real-people information out about this. Thank you all, and I hope mine helps.

Check with the Better Business Bureau!  www.bbb.org

They are still operating. Name is now State Firm and Career Co., 950 madison Ave, Suite 504, NY NY. Number I have is 1-289-892-3428.  Fax number 1-866-232-4493, email of bus.evaluation@consultant.com.

When I received my check for $1986.30, I took a very hard look at it and there was no bank address and it was post marked from Canada, but the letter said they were a business from St. Michaels, MD., I could not find anything on the company.  I did find this web site.  All beware they are operating as: UHI Group of Company, 24649 Beverly Rd., St. Michaels, MD. 21663., and he is using the name: Andrew Goldman and I am to send $1450.00 to Crystal Brackett in Alanta, that was another red flag. Thank you for sharing your stories.

When I received my check for $1986.30, I took a very hard look at it and there was no bank address and it was post marked from Canada, but the letter said they were a business from St. Michaels, MD., I could not find anything on the company.  I did find this web site.  All beware they are operating as: UHI Group of Company, 24649 Beverly Rd., St. Michaels, MD. 21663., and he is using the name: Andrew Goldman and I am to send $1450.00 to Crystal Brackett in Alanta, that was another red flag. Thank you for sharing your stories.

Hello, I also received a check in the amount of $1986.30, its a SCAM.... i knew it was to good to be true. I didnt cash the check though and i am not going to. I am happy I saw these posts.

I receive a check  for 1989.50 dollar  . I was go to cash it untill i check out the web site and found it was a  fake check you really save me alot money. That i want have to pay bank back ?  Thank you. Let eveer one know about thse oh think we are stupy .THRERE r people like that save us from headack thank you os much.

call the bank, police, and western union, and notify them. try to stop the money transfer

Hello, I also received a check of $1,980.30 along with the letter of acceptance being a secret shopper.
I called the company, Andrew Goldman at 1-289-892-4872, the man answered seems fine, and explained the program.  I suspected it might be a scam, and asked him if it's legit and leagal to work the 2 assignment and being paid for that 350.00.  I told him I can only do western union until check is through as I had problem before,last year my credit card was theft, caused a lot of problems, the check I deposit amount over 1,000.00 will be placed on hold for 1 week up to 10 days. He said the check is good and should be available within 12 hours. I did make deposit just 2 hours ago thru ATM system- dodnt know what kind of trouble I will get into.....I dont think I can pulled back the check deposited- and I am crossing my fingers hoping the checks will be thru, then I wouldn't mind to follow up the transaction that's requested-if they honored the check they sent.  Or guess I will be fined by bank for non-payment check for some amount- may be I should call bank to report it.    

They assured that the check is good and do the western union thing till fund is available- How can they work out to not pay the check when we cashed it and sending money thru western union... Hope they could honor their check one time....

I just found this page after googled, wish I did it earlier and all the confusions and potiential risks and harm will be avoid....Thank you all for sharing your stories.

Just received check for 1989.50 from State Work Force 1050 Dublin Rd.Suite 301Waterloo, New York13165 Cynthia Spencer Signed letter Cathy Goldman account manager the number is 1-289-892-3257. Alert police and anyone involved. Not legit. It's a scam!!! We have to stop these awful crooked people! God please help this wicked world! Arlette Haddad is who was receiving money in Spain. What! They think we r stupid! Call authorities!!!