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I too was contacted by Andrew Perel, sent a check for 3250 of which I was told 200 would be mine after transferring 3050 to England.  I did deposit the Phoney bank of America Check which did BOUNCE.  Fortunately, I refused to do anything with them until I knew it cleared.  What they are counting on is that you will deposit the check, send the 3050 to England before the check comes out bad, and walaa, your are out 3050 plus the fee for the bounced check.  What makes it even worse is that he tells you to send them a certified check from your bank for 10 bucks and a photo ID so you can be "Official"  What they really want the check for is your bank ROUTING ID AND ACCOUNT so the can drain you of every penney you have.  THIS IS A TOTAL SCAM!!!   STAY AWAY!!!!

Same scam.  My check was $2960 with $2690 WU to Adam Brighton in London.  The check was drawn on Chase Bank in Houston from a company called Selleck Chemicals LLC.  Bogus account (I took it to Chase and they said they have hundreds of these and many were actually deposited and returned, costing the victim thousands of dollars).  I looked up the company on the web.  Looks legit but when you call the numbers listed on the home page, some dude answers "hello".  Not very business like is it.

My response was to an ad in the want ads in the Houston Chronicle under Customer Service.  Took about a month for Peter Huber to reply.  The name on the want ad was Scott Harper.

Watch out.  Hope everyone does their research.

I have a check just like yours. It got sent to me priority mail. They paid 4.75 just to send me a check that will bounce? I just can't believe this is a scam but I think I should just walk into Chase and ask them to cash it. They should cash it even if I don't have an account with them cause it's drawn on their bank right? I'm not going to be putting it in my other bank since I have seen your message and have it bounce and have to pay a fee. Chase should be able to clear this check and just give me the cash.

I got the same scam as all you guys, they are still doing it. I fell for it and took it to my back, and thankfully my bank people are smart enough to recognize BS when they see it. They checked the routing # and it did not come up in the system as being a real account. My check was for $1,975.00, the postmark was from Canada, as was the stamp. No return address. BB&T was supposedly the bank the check was drawn off of. The company was Alven Market Research, and they wanted me to be a Customer Service Evaluator; spend 100 at Walmart, K-mart, B est Buy, ect... and send 1,375.00 via Western Union to either David Almaras in Barcelona, Spain or Yaser Alsoufi in Valencia, Spain. I would get 400.00 for my probationary training pay. The 1-866-339-2885 # I was given was supposed to be a "FAX" # The two telephone #s were 1-514-619-8514 and 1-315-403-8756. I tried the first phone # and it was bogus, I called the second # and a guy with a VERY thick accent on a bad connection answered with a simple "Hello" and I asked him who I had just called and he began to stumble in his answer, I then asked if this was "Alven Market Research, and he said "YES, we sent letter for mystery shopper job" his English was very bad, obviously not his primary language. He then said,"Can I put you on hold for a moment" I said sure. He finally came back 10 minutes later and said Hello, and the line went dead...and for about 15 minutes after that my cell phone would not work at all!!! I was like WTF?!

The address on the letter is P.O. Box 1991 Milwaukee, WI 53201

DON"T BE TAKEN IN BY THIS SCAM!!!

I too just received a letter from Alven Market Research stating th at I was chosen to be a secret customer service evaluator. The scenario is almost exactly the same as yours. The check was for$1,975.00, $400 was my probationary training pay, $100 to purchase any item of my choosing from a list of stores ( k-mart  wal-mart, best buy , jc penney ) and then evaluate the store.$1,375.00 was to be wired to either of two persons in Barcelona Spain, or Valencia Spain they were also generous enough to include the $100.00 Western Union processing fee! I called one of the phone numbers and spoke to one of their "agents" who then instructed me to "deposit the check into my bank acct. and contact them when the assignment was completed. "Fortunately for me I had noticed that postmark was Canadian, the letter was written in Milwaukee, and the bank was JP Morgan Chase  in NY, and there was no return address. I went to a check cashing place , and thank goodness the person knew me, and immediately she told me that the check was no good ,as she'd seen several of those bogus checks recently and not to try to cash it . I also showed the check and the paperwork to a policewoman to inform them of the scam as well. Let as many people as possible know about that scam so the won't fall prey to it. Really fortunate I wasn't arrested for trying to cash a phony check.

omg this just happened to me not sure what to do. I deposit the check thinking I was suppose to be a mystery shopper what not and how do I report it???

I received the same "unbeleivable" offer as several persons above. A business size envelope with a very real looking check for the amount of $1990. Alven Market Research wants me to buy a $100 item from  Walmart, Kmart, BestBuy or Home Depot, then evaluate my shopping experience. On the survey, one of the questions was: 'were the merchandize displayed properly?' Now, I am not a Rhodes scholar, but it struck me as very odd that a reputable corporation would allow such incorrect grammer and spelling to be used on their official forms. I was also leary regarding a money transfer of $1390 to Spain (Jennifer Prince in Barcelona or Brandon Barnett in Valencia).
My first thought was 'if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is'. With the economy the way it is, I am sure there are many desperate people taken in by these horrible excuses for human beings. Shame on them, and I hope they are caught and hung by their thumbs.

WOW!!!  I just received the same letter yesterday, September 26, 2011, from Alven Market Research with a check inclosed for $1990.00.  I was to go to Walmart, Kmart, Home Depot, Sears, JC Penny or BestBuy and spend $100 on any item and report it to them so they can compare the product and prices with other retail outlets.  Then I was to go to Western Union and wire $1390.00 to either Jeanette Hawley (Barcelona, Spain) or Bill Pecora (Valencia, Spain).  They even included $100 for the service fee charged by Western Union.  I was to keep $400 which they called "Probationary Training Pay".  I knew this was a SCAM because it was post marked and stamped from Canada with NO return address.  Also, my friend fell for this same SCAM about six months ago, and he's still trying to play catch-up with his bank.  He deposited a check for a little over $4,000 and wired the money and the checked bounced.  Listen people, I know times are hard, but PLEASE-PLEASE-PLEASE anything that looks suspicious to you.  Especially if it comes in the mail, with no return address, has a large check enclosed, and is for a Mystery Shopper!

Sorry...that last part is supposed to say, PLEASE-PLEASE-PLEASE investigate anything that looks suspicious to you.  Especially if it comes in the mail, with no return address, has a large check enclosed, and is for a Mystery Shopper!

I received 2checks wich r fraud

Go to your bank and take them the envelope if you still have it and the paperwork it came with. If you cashed it and spent the money or sent it, you will then be responsible for lost funds. If the bank is as good as mine Wells Fargo they were quick to catch it, but I also told then how I got it before I even attempted to cash it. I just got another one from Alven Market Research.

I posted an ad to sell a puppy, got a reply from a James mcmill, sent me a check and asked that I send some of it to a "vet" it was counterfit now I'm in the negative, what do I do!

Basicly the same thing happened to me now im in the negative. I figured since I didn't give them any of my bank information I was ok. I was wrong needless to say, but the police also told me I was on my own! I was like wow so it's that easy. Thanks