-----Original Message-----
From: Borg, Lisa
Sent: Friday, February 5, 2010 08:47 AM
To: Confidential
Subject: Ref 9216147
Thank you for your email.
Unfortunately this is not a complaint that falls within our jurisdiction.
We can only consider complaints against firms & activities that are regulated by the Financial Services Authority or that come under a consumer credit licence. I am sorry this complaint comes under neither.
Regards
Lisa Borg
From: Confidential
Sent: 28 January 2010 02:22
To: External Enquiries
Subject: FW: Scammed
Please see below and call me ASAP!! This is the report that I gave to the FBI. Thanks,
I have received a letter from GAPbuster from Michael J. Hislap, HR Manager saying that I had been hired as a Mystery-Shopper and my first assignment was to cash a check for $3,850.00 from Chase Bank and keep $200 as my salary, make a $40 shopping in Wal-Mart and send $3,530.00 + service fee (which was $70.60) through MoneyGram service at Wal-Mart to a fake name (named Ashley Smith in London, UK) so that Wal-Mart can evaluate the performance of the employees at MoneyGram Service.
I was on the phone with them all day long. The number they have called me was a true MoneyGram number (which I have learned later that they were able to get into that lines illegally). I have talked with two women; Ashley Coleman and Cristal (I am assuming that those names were also fake) from GAPbuster.com
I cashed the check in my Bank which is Citibank against my account in the morning on Monday, 25th. I deposited $200 in my account (which was supposingly my salary) then I went to the closest Wal-Mart store in Norwalk, I deposited $3,530 + $70.60 service fee, total of = $3,600.60 at MoneyGram to Ashley Smith in London, UK. After the transaction I have talked with Cristal at 877-281-1091 or 720-568-8900 (both numbers were valid) and gave her my impressions regarding the performance of service quality of the employees at MoneyGram. They also sent me an evaluation form which I filled out and mailed back to them as completing my task. I also made a purchase of $40.68 for further evaluation of the cashier at Wal-Mart (cahsier's name was Judy.) They told me that I would get a new assignment in 5 days. The MoneyGram Reference Number was: 62692363.
Then today, Jan 27th, Tammy Foreman contacted me from MoneyGram saying that I might be subject to a scam. Then I called my Bank then they said that my account was blocked cause the check was not valid.
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