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PAYROLL/SECRET SHOPPER SCAM!!!?

Long Term Travel Insurance | Posted by admin
Feb 01 2010

NO QUESTION ABOUT IT!!! This guy accmonitor@live.com is a fraudster and a scammer!! He goes by the name Billard Yager Chadwick from Aristocrat Ventures. He has job postings on JobNugget, CareerNetwork, Guru.com, LinkedIn, Project4Hire, etc. for a Quickbooks Assistant or Payroll Assistant and is stealing other company’s bank info and wants you to design or create "payroll" checks with VersaCheck Gold and a magnetic ink printer. He has you send these fraudulent checks to unsuspecting people who have answered his email for a "Secret Shopper" or "Customer Service Evaluator" posing as Diana Paone from AboutFace. He has used other names like Barry Cole, Tina Peterson, Gina Sturridge. They are to wire the money through Money Gram to the "next" secret shopper which turns out to be the same person.. PLEASE WARN EVERYONE!!

LINKEDIN JOB POSTING:
Quickbook Assistant {Independent Freelancer/Contractor}
San Diego, CA
to complete basic payroll task. ONLY US Based… mailing of
payroll. You will as well be required to regularly create a
spreadsheet for daily payroll check…
Job ID 815373
From LinkedIn.com – 14 days ago

GURU.COM Quickbook Assistant Project ID 574736
GURU.COM Payroll Assistant Project ID 579163

PROJECT4HIRE POSTING:
Started By:California accmonitor – Rating: (No Feedback Yet)
Status:Open
Created:Jan 03 2010 @07:24
Expires:Feb 07 2010 @07:24 (16 Days 20 Hrs.)
Budget:$ 1200-1400
Project Category:

* Services -> Data Entry/Processing

Description:A work at Home {INDIVIDUAL} freelancer is required to work from home office to complete basic payroll task.

ONLY US Based Freelancers are welcome to bid/apply for this project.

Task to be completed includes the designing, printing and packaging/mailing of payroll. You will as well be required to regularly create a spreadsheet for daily payroll check run for professional presentation to clients.

Appropriate training will be given before the commencement of this project.However, You will be required to acquire the quick-book tools that will be needed to complete this tasks. {Cost of purchase will be reimbursed depending on the agreement reached}.

This is a long term project and applicant will be required to work efficiently.

This Project will go on for 24 months or more and is estimated to earn you a minimum .200 USD monthly. Your salary will be increased by 10% at the end of your second working month.

Please Note that Accounting Firms/Companies are NOT welcomed to work on this project due to our budget on the project.

EMAILS FOR SECRET SHOPPER LOOK LIKE THIS:
Hello Applicant,

A leader in Customer Experience Management. Our proven experience and systems use information from a variety of sources, including customer service evaluation visits and store audits to quantify the gap between your brand promise and the reality of exactly what your customers have experienced.

Customer Service Evaluation judge a range of businesses: SALES COMPANIES, MEDICAL, CUSTOMER SERVICE, ADMINISTRATIVE, RETAIL, WAREHOUSING, SECURITY, CLERICAL, PURCHASING, CONSTRUCTION, MORTGAGE, INSURANCE, COLLECTIONS, TRAVEL, AUTOMOTIVE, BANKING You will pose as a typical customer so you can give us feedback about their employees’ customer service, sales ability, product knowledge, procedures, and professionalism. We turn the information (you gave us) over to the company executives and they would carry out their own duties in improving their services.

Most companies employ our assistance when people give complaints about their services or when they feel there are needs for them to improve their general service. Your Identity would be kept confidential as the job states (Customer Service Evaluator)

No commitment is made on this job and you would have flexible hours as it suits you and funds will be provided for your evaluation . If you are interested do send us a message stating your information as listed below:

Your Full Name:
Your Residence address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Contact Phone Numbers:
Email address:
Your Age:
Your Gender:
Present Occupation:
Your Current Work Schedule:

The above information will help us contact you and assign you a task to go with your time schedule.

You will earn between 0 and 0 per evaluation depending on task.

Thanks.
Hiring Team.

HERE IS ANOTHER ONE:

From: Info@careerbuider.com
Reply-to: aboutfacehrd@aol.com
Sent: 1/3/2010 7:10:13 A.M. Eastern Standard Time
Subj: Shopper Position

Dear Applicant

AboutFace™ is accepting applications for individuals to become Secret shoppers. There is no charge to become a shopper.There are many secret shopping companies out there that ask you to pay "a small fee" to become a shopper. Don’t do it! At AboutFace, you will never pay to shop! We pay you!

The assignment will pay 0.00/ Assignment. Kindly Fill Out the application form below and we will get back to you with the assignment details.

FU
LL NAME:
CONTACT ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP-CODE:
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
MOBILE NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
EMAIL:

Human Resources Director
Diana Paone

Copyright © 2009 AboutFace™
3292 Thompson Bridge Road, Suite 329
Gainesville, GA 30506

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