On November 11, 2010 I received a Fed-Ex package at 1:30 P.M. wich contained two Money Gram Money Orders, each in the amount of $820.00 Dollars and explicit instructions regading my assignments (i.e. Walmart evaluation and Western Union Evaluation). "You are instructed to cashed the payment at your Bank for record piurpose and then go ahead with Wal-Mart Evaluation and then Western Union Evaluation. The payment you received covers all expenditures including evaluation, shopping, transport and your compensation (per assignment payment $200) for these surveys. You are to purchase goods of your choice for your own use not more than $50.00 at any Wal-Mart store close to you and also you will be using Western Union services to send the balance to another Mystery Shopper to carry out her own Assignment (we want to confirm the differences between local transfers and international transfers)."

Reports require guidelines: 1. How long it tokk you to get services; 2. Ambience -outlook of the Shop/Outlet; 3. Smartness of the attendant; 4. Customer service professionalism; 5. Reaction of personnel under pressure; 6. Information that you think would be helpful; and, 7. Your comments and impressions.

Below is the expenditures breakdown: Money received = $1,640.00; Per Assignment Salary = $200.00; Wal-mart = $50.00; Western Union Charges = $150.00; Amount to be transferred = $1,240.00.

"As a secret shopper your job is to observe any thing useful going on in the outlet. Make sure you observe everything you see in there because you would be asked some other questions when you return. So then you would go ahead and make a western union money transfer to another mystery shopper for another assignment. We want you to deduct your payment of $200.00 and have the remaining funds sent to the information below for proper preparation of our next Mystery Shopper. (Minus the western union fee and also the %50.00 for whatever you will be buying at Walmart)"

"Tranfer the rest of the funds ($1,240.00) through Western Union to the below information: Receivers Name: Tiffany Dowell; Address: 12 Victoria St.; City: Fort Pierce; State: Florida; Zip Code: 34945; and, Amount: $1,240.00." Requirement information after transfer is completed via Western Union - 1. Sender's Name and Sender's Address; 2. 10 digit Money Transfer Control Number (M.T.C.N.) #; and, 3. The amount transferred"

November 11, 2010 @ 6:13 PM I received an e-mail as follows: "Hello, Im still expecting an update from you, email me asap" Eric Jones

November 11, 2010 @10:50 PM was received: "Hello, I want to inform you once again that the payment has been delivered to your house. I will be expecting all necessary details from you soon. Thank you, Eric Jones"

I did not read the two above-stated e-mails until November 12th; however, at 7:21 PM on November 11th, my cell phone rang. It indicated the call was a restricted one. I said, "Hello"; the caller stated: "I want to speak to Joann"; I asked: "Who is calling?" "The caller indicatd he is calling about the Fed-Ex package I received". To that I said: "Yeah, I don't wnat it - it apperas to be a SCAM." The caller hung up right away.

I did contact the Casa Grande Police Dept and their adivise was to go on the internet and research e-mail scams and report this information to them. Thereafter I called the Arizona Attorney General's Office and was told to call the Federal Trade Commission who did take my report, but a generic letter was received that this information would be kept on file. They also gave me the Arizona Department of Consumer Affiairs number (800-32-4357 - continuously busy for days - never able to get through on this line).

I have copies of all e-mails, paperwork and money orders should anyone want to pursue this.