{"id":663,"date":"2010-10-14T03:00:52","date_gmt":"2010-10-14T07:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/?p=663"},"modified":"2010-10-14T03:07:12","modified_gmt":"2010-10-14T07:07:12","slug":"mystery-shopper-check-cashing-scam-package-received","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/?p=663","title":{"rendered":"Mystery Shopper Check-Cashing Scam Package Received"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My office manager received a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/full\/39309387?access_key=key-249fj7xnrti0c0z0ze8b\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mystery Shopper Check-Cashing Scam<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; package today. I just had to share it with the world. Maybe it will &#8220;save&#8221; someone from being scammed.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/full\/39309387?access_key=key-249fj7xnrti0c0z0ze8b\" target=\"_blank\">printed check, instruction letter, and UPS envelope<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The check looks convincing except for the amateur signature.<\/p>\n<p>The instruction letter is so poorly written and formatted, it is laughable.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged sender is:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Sissy Wheeler<br \/>\n770-781-4226<br \/>\nPet-Agree Grooming Supplies<br \/>\n1390 Weber Industrial Dr.<br \/>\nCumming, GA 30041<\/p>\n<p>If this information is real, the sender is real dumb. Someone spent a lot of money to send this Saturday weekend delivery.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t feel bad at all. The scammer is getting scammed by the &#8220;victim&#8217;s&#8221; non-performance.\u00a0 LOL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My office manager received a &#8220;Mystery Shopper Check-Cashing Scam&#8221; package today. I just had to share it with the world. Maybe it will &#8220;save&#8221; someone from being scammed. Take a look at the printed check, instruction letter, and UPS envelope. The check looks convincing except for the amateur signature. The instruction letter is so poorly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p927L-aH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":322,"url":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/?p=322","url_meta":{"origin":663,"position":0},"title":"I Received a Getty Images Settlement Demand Letter","author":"Matthew Chan","date":"June 17, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, I received a Getty Images Settlement Demand Letter basically trying to extort from me a payment of $1,300 for a bird image that was used on theintrepidway.com website.\u00a0 If I pay that amount, basically they agree not to sue me or my company.\u00a0 However, suing and winning are two\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Business Affairs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Business Affairs","link":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/?cat=27"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":511,"url":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/?p=511","url_meta":{"origin":663,"position":1},"title":"TurnKey Publisher Book Series Reviewed by Midwest Book Review","author":"Matthew Chan","date":"August 6, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"This was first posted on \"The TurnKey Publishing Blog\". ==== I had almost forgotten I had submitted to Midwest Book Review copies of my newest books \"TurnKey Publishing\" and \"The TurnKey Publisher's Audio Publishing Handbook\". 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