Canadian Crisis

Recent mystery shopping scams involving phoney cashier’s checks in the Memphis area have police on their toes.

 The innocent victims of the false shop are receiving envelopes from a Canadian postmark containing a check and instructions on how to complete the mystery shop.  Little do they know, the $4,997 check they are cashing to complete several retail shops is ready to bounce back in to their lap.

After completing the routine retail mystery shops, wire transfers come in to play.  Using the money they have received from the cashier’s check, they are to wire the money to a ficticious Canadian address.  When all said and done, the check will bounce and leave the unsuspecting shopper with a significant debt.

Keep your eye out for any mail claiming to be too good to be true.  The majority of the time, that is the case – and no wants to be called the fool.

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