I received a letter in the mail from Maxim Monitoring & Research Group, a Mystery Shopping, Market Research Customer Survey, Training Company and a check for $3825.00. The check is drawn on an account from River City Bank in Davis Ca. The company on the check is Klein Educational Systems, Inc. also located in Davis, Ca. The letter says that I applied for a job as a mystery shopper online, which I didn't, and that I am to take $200 to shop at Home Depot or JCPenney or Wal Mart, keep $300 for my self training time of 3 hours pay $150 service fee to Western Union or Moneygram and wire the remaining $3,175 to a location specified by my assignment coordinator. I researched online the companies listed and this is what I found: WARNING,WARNING,WARNING ! MY DAUGHTER FELL VICTIM TO THIS SCAM THANK GOD SHE DIDN'T WIRE THE MONEY SHE IS ONLY OUT $200.00 PLEASE WHAT EVER YOU DO.. DO NOT CASH THE CHECK YOU WILL BE THE ONE FRAUDING THE BANK NOT THESE PEOPLE THEY DIDN'T CASH THE CHECK YOU DID... BY CASHING IT YOU ARE STEALING MONEY FROM YOUR BANK THE BANK WILL FIND OUT THAT THIS CK IS FRAUDULANT IN 3-5 DAYS CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT AND THEY WILL CONTACT THE POLICE AND YOU WILL BE PROSECUTED.THE PHONE NUMBERS THESE PEOPLE ARE USING ARE DISPOSABLE CELL PHONES OUT OF CANADA, THEY TELL YOU THE COORDINATORS NAME IS MS.ELIZABETH ALBINO AND MANY OTHER NAMES.. THEY GIVE YOU A TIME LINE IN WHICH TO MONEY GRAM OR WESTERN UNION THE FUNDS.THEY GIVE YOU A FAX NUMBER TO FAX ALL THE PAPER WORK TOO 1-800-624-1845 IF YOU DONT THEY CALL U BACK HARRASS YOU (1-514-560-9327)(PHILLIP OR DAVID) AND TELL YOU THEY REMOVED YOUR NAME FROM THEIR LIST OR TELL YOU YOUR GOING TO JAIL FOR THEFT.MY DAUGHTER GOT MAD AND TOLD THEM THATS GREAT WE WILL BE SHARING THE SAME CELL TOGETHER "DO YOU WANT TO TOP OR BOTTOM BUNK" THE MAN HUNG UP.. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE INFORMATION ON THESE KIND OF SCAMS VISIT YOUR LOCAL B.B.B OR THE ATTY GENERAL OR FBI HERE ARE A FEW WEBSITES YOU CAN VISIT; WWW.BBB.COM WWW.PHONEBUSTERS.COM OR PHONE BUSTERS TO REPORT:1-888-495-8501 WWW.800NOTES.COM AND PUT IN THE NAME: BMA MONITORING & RESEARCH GROUP BY THE WAY MY DAUGHTER WAS ONLY OUT $200.00 THE REST SHE GAVE BACK TO THE BANK.. BECAUSE SOMETHING JUST SOUNDED FISHY WHEN THE MAN TOLD HER SHE COULDNT USE WESTERN UNION SHE HAD TO USE MONEY GRAM.. SHE HAS LEARNED FROM THIS AND WANTS TO HELP OTHER NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE..SORRY IF ANY WORDS ARE SPELLED WRONG THIS JUST HAPPENED TODAY AND IM STILL VERY MAD..6/26/08 This was just one of many, many that had posted and received this letter or one very similar. Another said he took it to his bank and had them run it through a fraud check, and guess what. SCAM ALERT Working Moms- Stores, Restaurants, Services, Products, Activities, Events