Global Test Market Scam

Boy are you lucky.  Apparently they don't have your phone number so they can't harass you by phone.

As you probably figured out they are trying to steal $200 from you.  The check they sent you is fake.  If you try to deposit the check it will bounce.  

They cannot have you arrested.  Ignore their e-mails.  Destroy the check and everything else they sent your.  They will not reply to the letter you sent them.

I am supposed to receive a check today for $3,340.... when I started last week they told me it would be for $200 for me and a bit to spend at walmart or another company.  then today the email comes and it's all of a sudden $3.340 and they want me to get 2 green dot cards for $1,000 each.  that's when I started getting suspicious... The man who I have been dealing with his supposedly Ken Peterson.  I have an email address and supposedly a physical address.  Thank God I decided to check and saw that are not BBB accredited which is never good.  then I found this and am so relived for your feedback.....  I think when the post office delivers today I won't answer the door or I will send it back.  I thought it was legit b/c they did not ask for my SSN or anything personal.  not my checking account number.  none of the red flag warnings.  had he not told me the check would be so large, I would have gone ahead and done it.. THANK YOU everyone.  Shame on them.  I lost my job December 18th and can't find work.  we do tend to do desperate things when we need money and again, thank you everyone for saving me from this scam.  I had read some posts like the one from Anon above, where they say they earned points.  this one is straight money....

thank you for this info.....I m so relieved.  they have my number and I actually spoke to Ken Peterson.... shame on them for taking advantage.... and bummer that it's not legit....I could use the money.  I do know there are legit mystery shopper companys.  How do we find them?

I am supposed to receive a check today for $3,340.... when I started last week they told me it would be for $200 for me and a bit to spend at walmart or another company.  then today the email comes and it's all of a sudden $3.340 and they want me to get 2 green dot cards for $1,000 each.  that's when I started getting suspicious... The man who I have been dealing with his supposedly Ken Peterson.  I have an email address and supposedly a physical address.  Thank God I decided to check and saw that are not BBB accredited which is never good.  then I found this and am so relived for your feedback.....  I think when the post office delivers today I won't answer the door or I will send it back.  I thought it was legit b/c they did not ask for my SSN or anything personal.  not my checking account number.  none of the red flag warnings.  had he not told me the check would be so large, I would have gone ahead and done it.. THANK YOU everyone.  Shame on them.  I lost my job December 18th and can't find work.  we do tend to do desperate things when we need money and again, thank you everyone for saving me from this scam.  I had read some posts like the one from Anon above, where they say they earned points.  this one is straight money....

Go online to the FCC.  They have a link for fraudulent calls.  Your letter asked you to call "your Assigned Training Coordinator" at a particular telephone number.  The number is probably in Canada, mine was.  Last time I had a scam I called the local police and the FBI but both said I should contact the FCC.  So, that is what I do for each and every scam that somehow finds me.  

It would be real nice to have these things stopped but somehow the minute you stop on4e another will take its place.  Good luck.

Thank you for your posting.  I reveived a check with similar information identified in your posting (the address and phone/fax numbers) and was very suspicious.  I am so glad that you also identified it as a scam.  The problem is trying to get an agency involved to prevent and end this type of fraud.

Do not cash any of these checks,  I called the bank that the check is from and they are aware that its coming from Canada that someone is doing fraud....be aware.

Just received a check from them for #1448.00. Knew it was a scam as soon as read they wanted me to wire them back all of the money but $120..that was for me. As soon as anybody wants you to sedn a large amount of money from a check or money order they send you by western union moneu gram it is a scam. The checks and money orders are all forged...Got almost $100,000.00 from a company in kentucky so I called them and they toldme they had been getting numerous calls about these ckecks...here a guy in Texas had stolen there bank information and was printing ckecks with all there information and mailing them out all over the country asking people to please send him back $50,000.00 and you could keep the rest. Yes the check would have cleared as it was a real bank account but the company already had several people arrested for cashing the checks. I got burnt a few years ago for $2000 in bad money orders for falling for a work at home research scam doing surveys. So yeah please check it all out before thinking you have received free money....no such thing.

Also concerning this Global test Marketing The persons name on my letter was Joe Coring. The check was issued on the Communitywide Federal credit union..south bend Indiana. These checks are printed at the peoples home using stolen bank information. Anyone can print a check from home that looks real. Being in business myself I buy check paper and that is how I pay people...only difference is it is from my own bank account and real checks...unlike these lowlife scumbag scammers. Never Never...always "if it looks or sounds to good to be true it is" And also when you get a check for a large amount and you have not been in contact with a company to do work with them then you know it is a scam. And most banks are not so understanding with refunding fees...so you end up thousands of dollars in debt to your bank and if you don't pay them back they will recover the money with any legal means they can.

Majestic Market research is fake company and there directors are also. They just appoint people for projects and kick out them after finishing project hurriedly.

this company operated by different name...like MRSS India, and also several names to make client also full.

3-29-2013     I just got a check in the mail today from these people for 1,488.00. Which I will not deposit in the bank. The phone numbers for this scam is 1-416-817-6851 and the fax is: 1-866-791-2284 and the letter signed by a Joseph (Joe ) Coring . The check was from a Teaxs Citizens Bank, 4949 Fairmont Parkway, Pasadena, Texas, 77504. I guess it is ok to just tare this check up?

I believe this is a scammer copycat of the real company, the real companies address is Global Market Insight
1100 112th Avenue NE, Suite 200
Bellevue WA 98004

I received a letter today from Global Test Market. Different address and phone numbers that what I have seen listed here. The letter states they are based out of Rhode Island. When I called to check it out there was no noise in the background like you normally hear and when I started to question things and state some of the issues I had seen online, the call got disconnected and now the number goes directly to a PocoMail box that has not been setup yet. Definitely a scam. I talked to a man named Daniel.

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

I just received a check for 1,488.00 with all the above mentioned information on it.  These criminals are using a new tactic now, asking  you to go purchase a Money Pak card from Walmart (saying you are evaluating Money Pak's "security and efficiency system".  How convenient for them!  You deposit their bogus check and purchase this so called "test" card and follow their instructions to transfer money to them then the check you deposited bounces leaving you in a lurch!  Do not be a sucker in this scam!