Instructions stated that first I was to go to any Western-Union location and pose as a customer and wire $2,850 to Gregory Johnson in London, England then fill out an enclosed form with my evaluation of the service and fax it to iPower. Second I was to take $100 and go to Home Depot, GAP, JC Penny, Wal-Mart, K-Mart or Sears and shop (keeping whatever I purchased), then fill out another enclosed form and fax it to iPower.
The breakdown of the funds provided were as follows: $360.00 for my probation training pay, $2850.00 faxed to Gregory Johnson, $145.00 Western-Union charges, and $100.00 for shopping. The check was drawn on Silicon Valley Bank, Pittsburgh, PA and appears to be a legitimate bank.
I was also provided with a telephone number - 514-663-7539 to contact if I had any questions on completing my assignment.
I must say that everything I received looked very professional and both iPower and Silicon Valley Bank appear to be legitimate businesses. I hope this report helps keep someone else from getting caught in this kind of scam and needless to say I would like to see the culprit(s) nailed to a tree by some very tender part of their anatomy!