- Report: #1458091
Complaint Review: Realty based Group(s) Research - Riverdale Georgia
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Albrecht -
Colorado Springs, CO, United States
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Realty based Group(s) Research
856 Cormac Dr Riverdale, 30296-7195 Georgia, United States
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650-314-9093
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Realty based Group(s) Research RBG; Brian Daniel, S. Jones Send me a check over $2300 and after performing all duties he reversed the check and created a balance on my account Riverdale Georgia
I applied for a position as mystery shopper with the RBG. I didn't know that this logo and firm name was in unauthorized use by a third party. He send me a legally, valid check up front, to perform the mystery shopper duties. I had to by at WalMart thre money orders to $640 each and mail it to the headquarter via FedEx Express ($50). I received a $320 salary. Soon he was in possession of the money orders he reversed the check. By th emath, this fake company get his initial $2300 back and in addition the three money orders with total $1920. Nice gain for this individual within 3 business days. Now I have to deal with my bank, to get this back on track.
Thnaks to the real RBG in Austin, TX for all your advise - report it to the FBI and the Local Law Enforcement
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Robert
Irvine,United States
Sadly
#2Consumer Comment
Sat, August 25, 2018
Sadly, I fear to tell you that the end result of this will be a very expensive lesson learned for you. Where you will be held ultimatly responsible for the bad check. If the best that comes out of this is that you owe your bank the funds from the check consider yourself lucky. If the bank acutally forgives the debt consider yourself very lucky and you probably should bow down to the bank and thank them from here to eternity because that is a rare outcome. In fact it could be much worse, with you being charged with Fraud and possibly charged criminally.
This person didn't pull back the check. The check was COUNTERFEIT using a totally different' companies bank account and it was the legitimate company who reported the fraud which caused the reversal. The scammer knows that by law a bank must release the funds before a check must actually "clear". So to the unknowing individual they will think that the check is good and send off the money. Only to be told a few days later that the check was in fact bad and they are now responsible. In normal circumstances as the account holder you would go after the person who sent you the check, but since this is a scammer you are the one at the end of the line.
While it may not seem that way this is truly advice to assist you in the future. ANYTIME anyone you personally do not know asks you to cash a check(or deposit money into your account) and send them funds back via another method (Western Union, Gift Cards, Pre-Paid debit cards, Money orders..etc) it is a SCAM. Regardless of how legitimate they seem, regardless of what they say, regardless of how much you want it to be true. It is a SCAM where you will just be on the losing end.
The fact is that the name the person gave you is fake, if they gave you a phone number it is to a throw away cell phone paid for with a stolen credit card or cash. If you had an e-mail address or web site it is either to a free account anyone can get or again paid for with a stolen credit card. Within a few days you will find that any phone numbers will be disconnected and e-mails unanswered. The fact is that the chances of this person even being in the US is about zero.
The address you posted is to a private residence, and very unlikely this person. Most likely they are just as big of a dupe as you and were then told to forward those packages to another address. If by chance they are involved at a bigger level you got lucky and hopefully the local authorities will catch up with them.
The other thing to think about is how you got into this. The fact is they got you because of your greed. You did what was basically 1-2 hours of work and got paid $320 for your troubles. Even if it was 3 hours that is a little over $100/hr, and what sort of legitimate job are you aware of that pays that money? REAL "Mystery Shopping" pays much closer to Minimum Wage, or less once you account for travel and the extra effort you need to do.
Good Luck
