Money orders verified as phony by usps money order verification system ; not in data base 1866 459 7822 Also known as smart retail force usa I'm returning the MO's to the sender came usps priority envelope Mo's Not filled out ; Blank;
I received the letter and a check via FedEx for $2350.00. I made the mistake of thinking it was legit. Boy was a wrong. I lost that money! These petiole make me sick. Hopefully somebody reads this and can save themselves from being scammed. The names they used are Pela Payne, Simon Kola and Philip Adams.
I don't recall a email of acceptance, but I did receive a check in the mail with instructions. I did deposit the check. Later that evening I was talking to my husband about it and he reminded me about a similar incident like that before. It was also a scam. So Mr.Donald Schmittcoeland and Pela Payne you will not be receiving any money from me. SCAM THATCHER
I have been looking for at home/online work type opportunities when I found this offer. I didn't even complete the "enrollment" because it sounded fishy. I never received a confirmation or approval like some of the other posts before this. I received a priority 3 day mail package with a letter and a suspicious looking check. the check was for 2350.00 from Berkshire Bank in Pittsfield MA. The letter seemed well organized but definately hurried about cashing the check and sending money in two different installments, on through MoneyGram and one through Western Union. The thing that threw me off other than the check was the name of the person that I was suppose to send the money to, Pela Payne. I get to keep $250, $200 of it as my pay for the survey and $50 to purchase anything that I wanted to at Walmart and include a review of my experience there with my survey of the money transfers.
Something felt wrong about the whole thing so I got online to see what I found. I Googled all the names that were included in the letter, I googled the bank and then the company name. There was no telephone # included in the mailing. I then I found all of these reviews about Smart Retail Force.
I think that I will just burn the mailing and the check and put it behind me. I would rather burn a Phoney check for $2350.00 than later regret that I cashed it. I can't afford to be fined or charged or caught up in the scam. Thank you all for putting your reviews. I hope mine too will help someone down the road.
Having done some legit online work in the past this scam took me and my wife about 3 minutes to flush out. First off the pay is just too good for the assignment. $200-$300 for 2hrs tops is too good to be true. The check they sent from Berkshire bank is an obvious fake. The security details are all wrong. The routing number and account number are reversed and their is no water mark. So I Google the supposed company and found this page that confirmed my suspicion. Thanks for the info this correspondence goes to the scam report file and they will be getting a call from the State of Texas.
i receved an email from a friend of mine with a link for a walmart app. and this walmart secreat shoper sign up thing came up. so thinking this is something that walmart was doing and not being able to get to the job app. unless i did the sign up. i went ahead and did it. about a week later i got an fedex packeage with what to do with the check that they sent me. the check was for $2,073.00. because of the bad grammer and also in the letter they were saying to fill out on the check who it was from and who it was for. but all of that was filled out on the check. so i talked with a friend of mine who has a son on the police force and she told me to just rip up the check and through it away and not to worry about any e-mails that they send me. so i did just that and now this company who i might add is not walmart is threating me that they are going to press charges unless i respond with my review. so i am asking what should i do?
Received a letter in the mail today from these people with 3 different emails (I had to search for them in my spam). I signed up a while back to do mystery shopping but had no idea you could get completely scammed by a different company. Came in a priority mail 2-day package with instructions including two checks for $986.66 each.
The grammar set me off like everyone else said but then I looked up the serial numbers on USPS and it was invalid.
We also received 4 money orders for $986 each and were supposed to cash them at our bank, keeping 10%. We found the phone number. On the USPS website which let's you validate the money orders, and then confirmed they were in fact fraudulent. Here is the message and phone number from the USPS website:
If you think you’ve been given a fake money order, call the Money Order Verification System at 1-866-459-7822.
I received the same emails (2) with same instructions. I received the money order from FED Ex with instructions to cash at my bank, take 10% and purchase Moneypak cards with the balance. I was leery about the process and began to search the company through the BBB. I could not find a listing with the BBB although the website appeared legitimate, but anyone can build website. I attempted to email the company from the contact form but the URL link is corrupt or not found. All you get is an error message. I began searching for reviews and found these similar experiences. I am certain this is a scam as I believed it was from the first email. As noted by the reviews, the grammar was a key indicator and no prior contact was given to advise or alert me that I had been selected. Also, there is no phone number for the company to make contact or use for questions or assistance. The reviews above were helpful and noteworthy and encouraged me to post my experience to help anyone who may receive this scam to be advised and warned to not participate.
I just received the money order/emails in the mail. I do not want to take part in this scam, so what do I do now? Return the checks? or just throw them out? I will not partake in a scam - feel stupid that I even agreed to do this - but I was inquiring at my local mall for such a job, and thought that this was part of it.
The poor grammar set me off too - and who does a background check wit home security in less than a week?
I have not cashed the checks. They were in a hurry for you to do that too...
Same scenario as above including 3 emails received from different addresses. The money orders seem to pass the initial tests. But the serial numbers and the PO numbers DO NOT! The poor grammar was a red flag for me, too.
I'm saving all the emails and all correspondence. I was even told I'd passed a Homeland Security background check in TWO days!! It took my friend almost a year to get cleared to work for the FBI!
Same scenario as above including 3 emails received from different addresses. The money orders seem to pass the initial tests. But the serial numbers and the PO numbers DO NOT!
I'm saving all the emails and all correspondence. I was even told I'd passed a Homeland Security background check. In TWO days!! It took my friend almost a year to get cleared to work for the FBI!
I'm not sure how I was initially approached, possible an email inviting me to be a secret shopper. I received 3 emails on 6/23/14 telling me I was selected and that my first job was on it's way via Fed Ex.
Then on 6/24/14 I received 3 more emails trying to confirm that I had received the previous emails and Fed Ex Shipment. I did receive a Fed Ex delivery, but since I wasn't home it was not left.
Today, 6/25/14, I received the Fed Ex envelope with a Postal Money Order for $970.00 and a letter instructing me to cash the check, keep 10% for me and then buy MoneyPack PrePaid Cards with the balance.
I was supposed to document the bank experience of cashing the money order as part of the secret shopping assignment as well. However, I went to MY bank. And after asking about cashing this check I was informed it would go against my personal account if this turned out to be a fraudulent money order. I was not willing to take that chance.
I took the money order to the post office thinking they should be able to look up the serial number and confirm whether this was legitimate or not...sure enough, it was NOT. The post office said there were a couple obvious counterfit flaws...1) the hologram should be visible when held up to the light and it was not and the shiney silver bar was not as wide as it should be. The post office kept it and will do their own fraud research.
This company has a website and it all looks very legitimate...I also did a Google search to see if I could find out anything else about this company and found lot's of reviews, both good and bad about working for them, which are obviously all phoney as well.
BEWARE! I saw another post on here about receiving a money order for $970 from a different company and they were asking for it to be used differently than my experience so these peopel will stop at nothing and just keep trying to change things up a bit.
I have to say one of the initial red flags for me was poor grammar. If this company has been doing this for so long you'd expect them to have their "form letter" more polished.
Smart Retail Force Inc. Reviews
Phony Money orders USPS
Money orders verified as phony by usps money order verification system ; not in data base 1866 459 7822 Also known as smart retail force usa I'm returning the MO's to the sender came usps priority envelope Mo's Not filled out ; Blank;
scammed
I received the letter and a check via FedEx for $2350.00. I made the mistake of thinking it was legit. Boy was a wrong. I lost that money! These petiole make me sick. Hopefully somebody reads this and can save themselves from being scammed. The names they used are Pela Payne, Simon Kola and Philip Adams.
Secretshopper SCAM
I don't recall a email of acceptance, but I did receive a check in the mail with instructions. I did deposit the check. Later that evening I was talking to my husband about it and he reminded me about a similar incident like that before. It was also a scam. So Mr.Donald Schmittcoeland and Pela Payne you will not be receiving any money from me. SCAM THATCHER
Hmmmm
I have been looking for at home/online work type opportunities when I found this offer. I didn't even complete the "enrollment" because it sounded fishy. I never received a confirmation or approval like some of the other posts before this. I received a priority 3 day mail package with a letter and a suspicious looking check. the check was for 2350.00 from Berkshire Bank in Pittsfield MA. The letter seemed well organized but definately hurried about cashing the check and sending money in two different installments, on through MoneyGram and one through Western Union. The thing that threw me off other than the check was the name of the person that I was suppose to send the money to, Pela Payne. I get to keep $250, $200 of it as my pay for the survey and $50 to purchase anything that I wanted to at Walmart and include a review of my experience there with my survey of the money transfers.
Something felt wrong about the whole thing so I got online to see what I found. I Googled all the names that were included in the letter, I googled the bank and then the company name. There was no telephone # included in the mailing. I then I found all of these reviews about Smart Retail Force.
I think that I will just burn the mailing and the check and put it behind me. I would rather burn a Phoney check for $2350.00 than later regret that I cashed it. I can't afford to be fined or charged or caught up in the scam. Thank you all for putting your reviews. I hope mine too will help someone down the road.
thanks for keeping us safe from this scam!
Having done some legit online work in the past this scam took me and my wife about 3 minutes to flush out. First off the pay is just too good for the assignment. $200-$300 for 2hrs tops is too good to be true. The check they sent from Berkshire bank is an obvious fake. The security details are all wrong. The routing number and account number are reversed and their is no water mark. So I Google the supposed company and found this page that confirmed my suspicion. Thanks for the info this correspondence goes to the scam report file and they will be getting a call from the State of Texas.
scam
got scammed Lost 3200 dollars I don't have. thought they were legit...NOT!!!!!!!! Never trust these people
what to do?
i receved an email from a friend of mine with a link for a walmart app. and this walmart secreat shoper sign up thing came up. so thinking this is something that walmart was doing and not being able to get to the job app. unless i did the sign up. i went ahead and did it. about a week later i got an fedex packeage with what to do with the check that they sent me. the check was for $2,073.00. because of the bad grammer and also in the letter they were saying to fill out on the check who it was from and who it was for. but all of that was filled out on the check. so i talked with a friend of mine who has a son on the police force and she told me to just rip up the check and through it away and not to worry about any e-mails that they send me. so i did just that and now this company who i might add is not walmart is threating me that they are going to press charges unless i respond with my review. so i am asking what should i do?
SCAM SCAM SCAM
Received a letter in the mail today from these people with 3 different emails (I had to search for them in my spam). I signed up a while back to do mystery shopping but had no idea you could get completely scammed by a different company. Came in a priority mail 2-day package with instructions including two checks for $986.66 each.
The grammar set me off like everyone else said but then I looked up the serial numbers on USPS and it was invalid.
Definitely bogus - call this number to verify !
We also received 4 money orders for $986 each and were supposed to cash them at our bank, keeping 10%. We found the phone number. On the USPS website which let's you validate the money orders, and then confirmed they were in fact fraudulent. Here is the message and phone number from the USPS website:
If you think you’ve been given a fake money order, call the Money Order Verification System at 1-866-459-7822.
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I received the same emails (2) with same instructions. I received the money order from FED Ex with instructions to cash at my bank, take 10% and purchase Moneypak cards with the balance. I was leery about the process and began to search the company through the BBB. I could not find a listing with the BBB although the website appeared legitimate, but anyone can build website. I attempted to email the company from the contact form but the URL link is corrupt or not found. All you get is an error message. I began searching for reviews and found these similar experiences. I am certain this is a scam as I believed it was from the first email. As noted by the reviews, the grammar was a key indicator and no prior contact was given to advise or alert me that I had been selected. Also, there is no phone number for the company to make contact or use for questions or assistance. The reviews above were helpful and noteworthy and encouraged me to post my experience to help anyone who may receive this scam to be advised and warned to not participate.
ifeel a scam
just dont seem legitimate i will be sending the checks back 2 ea at $969.29 ea.
Scam - for sure!
I just received the money order/emails in the mail. I do not want to take part in this scam, so what do I do now? Return the checks? or just throw them out? I will not partake in a scam - feel stupid that I even agreed to do this - but I was inquiring at my local mall for such a job, and thought that this was part of it.
The poor grammar set me off too - and who does a background check wit home security in less than a week?
I have not cashed the checks. They were in a hurry for you to do that too...
Still checking
Same scenario as above including 3 emails received from different addresses. The money orders seem to pass the initial tests. But the serial numbers and the PO numbers DO NOT! The poor grammar was a red flag for me, too.
I'm saving all the emails and all correspondence. I was even told I'd passed a Homeland Security background check in TWO days!! It took my friend almost a year to get cleared to work for the FBI!
I am doing my part to put these people down!
Still checking
Same scenario as above including 3 emails received from different addresses. The money orders seem to pass the initial tests. But the serial numbers and the PO numbers DO NOT!
I'm saving all the emails and all correspondence. I was even told I'd passed a Homeland Security background check. In TWO days!! It took my friend almost a year to get cleared to work for the FBI!
I doing my part to put these people down!
I'm not sure how I was initially approached, possible an email inviting me to be a secret shopper. I received 3 emails on 6/23/14 telling me I was selected and that my first job was on it's way via Fed Ex.
Then on 6/24/14 I received 3 more emails trying to confirm that I had received the previous emails and Fed Ex Shipment. I did receive a Fed Ex delivery, but since I wasn't home it was not left.
Today, 6/25/14, I received the Fed Ex envelope with a Postal Money Order for $970.00 and a letter instructing me to cash the check, keep 10% for me and then buy MoneyPack PrePaid Cards with the balance.
I was supposed to document the bank experience of cashing the money order as part of the secret shopping assignment as well. However, I went to MY bank. And after asking about cashing this check I was informed it would go against my personal account if this turned out to be a fraudulent money order. I was not willing to take that chance.
I took the money order to the post office thinking they should be able to look up the serial number and confirm whether this was legitimate or not...sure enough, it was NOT. The post office said there were a couple obvious counterfit flaws...1) the hologram should be visible when held up to the light and it was not and the shiney silver bar was not as wide as it should be. The post office kept it and will do their own fraud research.
This company has a website and it all looks very legitimate...I also did a Google search to see if I could find out anything else about this company and found lot's of reviews, both good and bad about working for them, which are obviously all phoney as well.
BEWARE! I saw another post on here about receiving a money order for $970 from a different company and they were asking for it to be used differently than my experience so these peopel will stop at nothing and just keep trying to change things up a bit.
I have to say one of the initial red flags for me was poor grammar. If this company has been doing this for so long you'd expect them to have their "form letter" more polished.