I received the same letter today and found online a news report recently about the exact scam but my letter came from Survey Assurance Inc. Buffalo NY. The check is from QRC Tech LLC Madison Heights, MI bank of Check - National City Bank of Michigan/Illinois. Yes the check looks very real -- but was wondering why do they just send these out and HOPE the people actually wire the money. The news report online says that the scammers then can gain access to your checking account and drain it. I have no idea how they do it but maybe it's that YOUR bank clears the check only to have it come back afterwards as fraudulent? I have no idea -- it's not hat the money they are paying the secret shopper sounds outrageous -- really that they trust people to actually wire the money. And there is no recourse there because they want you to claim that the recipient is a relative. Still wondering how they gain access to your checking account though. Does anyone know? And yes this envelope had no return address and came postmarked from Canada. Maybe their way to avoid federal mail fraud laws.I would assume.No one called me -- just got the letter.

I jus recvd my second fraud chk which is for 1986.70, I really wish dis was real cuz I cud use da money rite nw. Da first chk I tryd to cash was 2900, I nu it was too gud to b tru bt I tryd to cash it neway. Sad to say bt it came bk a fraud chk. Im ok wit it nw tho cuz knowin dat its nt real will save me from ne prblmz n da presemt n future. Fax numder on letter is +1 888-777-1972 n da fone number is (289) 892-5963

Got mine today. Thank God I searched on this before going to the bank. Even called the Bank that the check is on. They said to beware but could not give any information out.

I got an email from craigslist saying that their company overseas wanted to hire my company to do secret shopper work and that it would take a few days to send a letter with all the details. I said what the hell, why not, i would see what the letter said, see if it is legitimate. I got the letter almost a month later, just yesterday. I got a check, looks real enough, or $2995.00. At first i thought wow, then i read the letter that came with it. It had scam written all over it. I was wondering how they trust to pay me two payroll, a total stranger they know nothing about, right off the bat. Then i was to wire $2220.00 to Tom Gonzalez after contacting him to activate the check,blah blah blah. I knew that it had to be fraudulent based on the fact that they were so trusting to begin with and secondly because if they just wanted to check to see if i was capable of doing the job by wiring money, why such a large sum. $50 would have been fine to wire, right. Then i figured that it is a large sum because once you deposit the check and it clears and you wire them the money, you end up losing the amount you deposit when th check is found to be bad. I wonder if the companies thay have listed on the letter as employesr that pay tem to do the secret shopping is aware that they are being used for fraud.Companies such as walmart, bestbuy, mcdonalds, costco, ikea, western union, exxon mobile. When they firat emailed me they said they were the international branch of ikea. That was something else i ddn't understand, why would a furniture company do secret shopping for walmart and the other companies. I was under the assumption it would be for ikea only until i got the letter. Then they said not to contact anyone about it because it will have a bias opinion, they say that so that you won't blow their operation out of the water. Well i was never going to deposit this check but i think i will post some craigslist ads to warn others.

i received an email from these folks, they sent me a check for $3000.00. i checked with my bank & they said it was not any good. so i said fine. i had not lost anything. the next few days they sent another one, same story. thankfully i did not deposit any of it by checking with the bank 1st. Today 8/27/09, someone called me wanting to know about the agreement. i simply sent a copy to the fax # on the letter dated 7/28/09, job ID# B2299. there is never anyone to take a phone call. i also called the landmark bank in manhattan, ks. they also said it was a fraud.  i keep copies of every thing that i get from the internet. so much of it is fraud & i usually simply delete but watch out for the name difference when another comes thru.  phone # is1-(289) 892-3358 & fax #206-984-0592 on this letter i have. you also need to be alert to requests for help, lottery wins, inheritance etc. from places in Africa & other asian locations. i am glad i found this. the day the check came i was in a hurry & did not have time to check the computer.  best of luck to all of you.  JUST BE CAREFULL ABOUT WHAT YOU ANSWER ON THE NET THAT SOUNDS TOO CALL TO BE TRUE.