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Report: #210598

Complaint Review: Paid Surveys - Internet

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My name is Beja. I am 21 years old and I am writing you this letter of request for legal help because in late August 2006, I was ripped off and scammed by an online company www.PaidSurveys.com (now who has all of my personal information, social security #, etc.)

I received a confirmation letter in the mail that my online application (at their site) was accepted and I was hired (with no W2-Tax or employment documents). My (bogus) job was to be a Secret Shopper. They sent an enclosed check for $2,900.00. My assignment was to do the following:

1. Cash the check at my bank (B of A).
2. Take about $475.00 as payment for completing the tasks.
3. Go to a Western Union and sent the remainder of the cash (about $2,425) to a Canadian Western Union (in Los Angeles, CA - on the corner of Martin Luther King Blvd and Figueroa Street).
4. Rate the overall customer service and fax back the from within 48 hours.

I began to get suspicious when the fax never ever picked up and no one ever answered the phone (during or outside of regular business hours for Easter Standard Time they're located on the East Coast in the state of Maryland).

Now my bank has frozen both my and my Fianc's (separate) checking accounts. Because of these jerks, my Fianc has been adversely affected when he had nothing to do with the whole situation. Bank of America has applied the $2,900.00 fraudulent check to his "My Access Account."

Normally, our bank usually pays electronic "check card" fraud, but this was a bad/fraudulent check--and apparently they have stuck it to my Fianc (the primary account holder). That is why we both need your legal help. Please get us an attorney to go after these terrible people; and CC me and my Fianc on the status via email or contact me on my cell (((ROR redacted phone numbers for security purposes))) Thank you very much.

With Respect,

Beja Person Ripped-Off
((( ROR redacted email and phone numbers for security purposes)))

Beja
Los Angeles, California
U.S.A.

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#6 Consumer Suggestion

Well-documented scam

AUTHOR: James - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Friday, September 15, 2006

I am sorry to read of your significant loss. I recently read of this scam on the snopes web site (snopes.com), which you can find via its site search under the title "secret shopper." Unfortunately, since Western Union is the equivalent of a cash transaction, you are pretty much out of luck. A detailed description of the scam appears in the article. I would encourage all members here to read on that site about this and many other get-rich-quick scams to help avoid getting duped in the future. A common element of many of these scams is the worthless cashier's check. Beware!

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Paid Surveys Ripoff - Update Wire address

AUTHOR: Beja - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Friday, September 15, 2006

The correct spelling of my instructed Western Union wire location is: "Melfort," Saskatchewan, Canada;

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AUTHOR: Beja - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Friday, September 15, 2006

Here's the original contact information for this dummy ripoff business & the Western Union Los Angeles location & Tracking#:

Paid Surveys, LLC: Address: 1327 Aliceanna Street Baltimore, MD 21202 Phone: 410-605-9668 Fax: (same); the date of the letter is August 14th, 2006. Human Resource Manager: Debbie Charles (I can fax RipoffReport.com copies of original documents for an attorney's review & valuation of me & my fiance's case).

Western Union: Business Name, Location, etc.: A1 Financial #3, 2530 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007. The Oper ID: Money Transfer Send on 08/18/06, 815P EDT: MTCN Control#: 806-186-2163; sent Attn: Carmen Payan (as instructed by Paid Surveys to send to a "Ficticous Relative"); Location money wired to: Melfotr, Saskatchewan, Canada; Total Amount Sent: $2,428.99 (I was instructed to keep $471.00 as fee for completion of my Secret Shopper assignment).

Additional bogus/scam related websites: canadapost.ca www.postescanada.ca

Their Mailing information: I have the original envelope mailed from Canada with no actual address (in upper left like in the U.S.); but there's a mail tracking# 060814 22:52 M4L 3T0 068 with an $0.89 Cent Canadian Stamp.

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AUTHOR: Beja - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Friday, September 15, 2006

Here's the original contact information for this dummy ripoff business & the Western Union Los Angeles location & Tracking#:

Paid Surveys, LLC: Address: 1327 Aliceanna Street Baltimore, MD 21202 Phone: 410-605-9668 Fax: (same); the date of the letter is August 14th, 2006. Human Resource Manager: Debbie Charles (I can fax RipoffReport.com copies of original documents for an attorney's review & valuation of me & my fiance's case).

Western Union: Business Name, Location, etc.: A1 Financial #3, 2530 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007. The Oper ID: Money Transfer Send on 08/18/06, 815P EDT: MTCN Control#: 806-186-2163; sent Attn: Carmen Payan (as instructed by Paid Surveys to send to a "Ficticous Relative"); Location money wired to: Melfotr, Saskatchewan, Canada; Total Amount Sent: $2,428.99 (I was instructed to keep $471.00 as fee for completion of my Secret Shopper assignment).

Additional bogus/scam related websites: canadapost.ca www.postescanada.ca

Their Mailing information: I have the original envelope mailed from Canada with no actual address (in upper left like in the U.S.); but there's a mail tracking# 060814 22:52 M4L 3T0 068 with an $0.89 Cent Canadian Stamp.

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AUTHOR: Beja - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Friday, September 15, 2006

Here's the original contact information for this dummy ripoff business & the Western Union Los Angeles location & Tracking#:

Paid Surveys, LLC: Address: 1327 Aliceanna Street Baltimore, MD 21202 Phone: 410-605-9668 Fax: (same); the date of the letter is August 14th, 2006. Human Resource Manager: Debbie Charles (I can fax RipoffReport.com copies of original documents for an attorney's review & valuation of me & my fiance's case).

Western Union: Business Name, Location, etc.: A1 Financial #3, 2530 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007. The Oper ID: Money Transfer Send on 08/18/06, 815P EDT: MTCN Control#: 806-186-2163; sent Attn: Carmen Payan (as instructed by Paid Surveys to send to a "Ficticous Relative"); Location money wired to: Melfotr, Saskatchewan, Canada; Total Amount Sent: $2,428.99 (I was instructed to keep $471.00 as fee for completion of my Secret Shopper assignment).

Additional bogus/scam related websites: canadapost.ca www.postescanada.ca

Their Mailing information: I have the original envelope mailed from Canada with no actual address (in upper left like in the U.S.); but there's a mail tracking# 060814 22:52 M4L 3T0 068 with an $0.89 Cent Canadian Stamp.

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Additional information on PAID SURVEYS

AUTHOR: Beja - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Friday, September 15, 2006

Here's the original contact information for this dummy ripoff business & the Western Union Los Angeles location & Tracking#:

Paid Surveys, LLC: Address: 1327 Aliceanna Street Baltimore, MD 21202 Phone: 410-605-9668 Fax: (same); the date of the letter is August 14th, 2006. Human Resource Manager: Debbie Charles (I can fax RipoffReport.com copies of original documents for an attorney's review & valuation of me & my fiance's case).

Western Union: Business Name, Location, etc.: A1 Financial #3, 2530 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007. The Oper ID: Money Transfer Send on 08/18/06, 815P EDT: MTCN Control#: 806-186-2163; sent Attn: Carmen Payan (as instructed by Paid Surveys to send to a "Ficticous Relative"); Location money wired to: Melfotr, Saskatchewan, Canada; Total Amount Sent: $2,428.99 (I was instructed to keep $471.00 as fee for completion of my Secret Shopper assignment).

Additional bogus/scam related websites: canadapost.ca www.postescanada.ca

Their Mailing information: I have the original envelope mailed from Canada with no actual address (in upper left like in the U.S.); but there's a mail tracking# 060814 22:52 M4L 3T0 068 with an $0.89 Cent Canadian Stamp.

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