A couple of weeks ago I got a letter from a company called Prime Time Consumer Research PLC out of Wilmington, Delaware. The envelope was postmarked in Canada with a Canadian stamp for 96 cents. Within the envelope was three pieces of paper: a check for $4,120.00, a mystery shopper evaluation form, and a letter of introduction with instructions of what to do with the check. Funny thing was (other that this offer was totally unsoliticited by me) the check was written on an account under the name of Unique Vacations (Hotel Account) out of Miami, Florida. A total scam. But the best part was what they wanted me to do with the check. $300 was to go to me for some fake a$$ training (mystery shopping at a store of my choice on a supplied list - oh and I could keep the items that I bought, about $120.00 worth), $3500 was to be wired in two seperate transactions at Western Union or Moneygram, and the last $200 was to be used to pay for the wire fees.
They included a phone number for me to call to start this up and I called it. After they found out that I wasn't fooled by this crap, they told me that I could just tear up the check and forget about it.
I still have the envelope and it's contents.