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 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.

http://www.wdtv.com/news/59517607.html

Link to the news report showing a video with the EXACT letter I received today.

I got a letter from NATIONAL SHOPPING SERVICE, stating i'd been selected as a mystery shopper and a check for $2,995.00 was with it. The letter stated $600 was for me, for my evaluation and training pay, $100 to be used toward purchase at Sears, $100 to be used towards purchase at Walmart, and $1,995 to be wired at a Western Union to a woman name Louise Flanary in London.Even though I knew something didn't smell right, I wanted it to be true so I used the web address and sure enough it was to NATIONAL SHOPPING SERVICE.The address, city, state and zip code, all matched, but then I noticed the phone number was completely different.I read there cite and was amused to find out they don't mail out check's just like that.YOU "the shopper" have to come out of pocket on the assignment, send them the receipt, and they reimburse you, and it can take several weeks for them to do so!I knew right away some one was trying to scam me.The check looked legit. It had JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA  Syracuse, NY., and NOCO ENERGY CORP FUELS DIVISION  2440 SHERIDAN DR  TONAWANDA, NY 14150.I wonder if the company named on the check is aware of this,or if they're a part of the scam.Why is it so hard to nab the scammers, when they have names of suspects from the wire to forms?

they got me for 3000.00