WARNING! Phone/Mystery Shopper Scam

A fraudulent Canadian company is calling businesses and citizens using the Decision Analyst and Contractor Advisory Board® name, to collect email addresses to mail counterfeit checks for thousands of dollars by instructing you to deposit the check and then wire part of the money back to them. The company falsely claims the money you wire will go towards your training to become a mystery shopper. This is a criminal and illegal scam. Do not attempt to cash or deposit the check. Do not wire any money to anyone. Membership in Contractor Advisory Board® survey panel is always free.
If you have received a letter or email with similar information to the one described above, the Council of American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO) recommends the following:

• DO NOT attempt to cash or deposit the check (if the check has already been deposited, you should alert your bank immediately).
• DO NOT send any money to Western Union or Money Gram.
• Contact your local post office, your state consumer protection agency (Visit www.naag.org for a list of state Attorneys Generals in the United States or visit http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/scams-fraudes/index-eng.htm for Canadian Fraud Scam-Prevention), and/or your local Western Union or Money Gram office.
• Consider filing a complaint to the FTC via its website .

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