Comments on: I was scammed by someone posing as SurveyLot.com

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:16:23 +0000

I just received a check for $3975.20 … $3475.00 to go for the Money Gram Evaluation. I’ll say one thing in their favor – it all really looks legit, at first anyway. It said to wait until the funds cleared my bank. (I never knew that checks can bounce for up to a year.)

The survey you fill out after sending the $$ makes it seem as if they are doing Market Research for Money Gram. I have heard of them of course, but Western Union always comes to mind first if I need to send $. That and ‘wait till the funds clear’ kept me from instantly putting it all in the shredder.

Wonder why it is so hard to stop them?

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:56:26 +0000

Because you know the check is bad. The funds aren’t there. The bank might be real, but the account is not a real account at that bank. Cashing it would be a crime.

By: wes linder

wes linder — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:38:07 +0000

I got a check also and checked out the bank it was drawn on. Bank looked o.k. but I have not called yet to see if the funds are in there. If they are ,Why can’t I cash it without going through the bank and never completing their scam. They would be in trouble for writing the check and the bank not me. Over $100.00 Bad check writing is a felony.

By: Tara

Tara — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:26:39 +0000

SurveyLot is a victim in this scam, too. It is only a website that has a list of reputable survey companies and so SurveyLot doesn’t actually send out the checks. Fortunately, I haven’t had that particular thing happen to me but I have had a few scammers try to pull the wool over my eyes. Don’t get discouraged. There are still some good guys out there.

By: Gene Turner

Gene Turner — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:02:15 +0000

I just received TWO magical offers from two separate companies (SurveyLot and Teleservices Marketing Company) for a whopping GRAND TOTAL of $6865.00! Jeepers! What WILL I do? Maybe a trip to Vegas? This luck just HAS to continue!!

The really funny thing is that I can’t even cash them. Gene Turner is my pseudonym (so to speak). I use that name when I sign up for what appears to be legit things on the ‘net.

So I guess the real question is do I keep them and see how much I can collect (maybe sell them on Ebay) or turn them over to the police?

Whatta buncha goats gleats…….

By: ms. hearn

ms. hearn — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:04:13 +0000

is lightspeed consumer panel a bogus website too for this same thing to.

By: Jocko

Jocko — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:55:54 +0000

Marisa; good luck on your search for a job. We have all gone through those times. I hope the children’s father is helping support the children. I know all too well what your going through having not received a penny of support. My old god send was the fact that I am a Microsoft Engineer and have had this certification since Windows 2000. I have worked for myself for 7 years and I do understand all that your trying to achieve. These scam artists that contacted me also used the Walmart payment system with me. What I was supposed to do was go to my bank cash the check and go to Walmart and send money using their system minus $300.00 to keep for myself for my time. My first stop was Walmart to chat with the Mgr who had no idea about this program but had tipped me off about a scam like this she had heard of. My next stop with the internet and I did a few searches only to find out the check (which I had not cashed) was worth less than the paper it was printed on. These guys were based out of Canada and I called them and spoke with them; while not letting on I knew it was a scam. I also contacted the FBI who met with me to take the check. I am unsure if they followed through with the scam; it would have been cool if those jerks got caught.

Again good luck on your search, this past post of yours appears that I might have misjudged you; be careful and keep a clear head like you have right now and you will never get caught by those azzwipes. I know when I worked at the Geek Sqd as a Special Agent we had Secret Shoppers come into our store unannounced and they were actually employees of Best Buy and not employed by anyone else.

By: Marisa

Marisa — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:58:27 +0000

My only point in my initial response was that this encashing check thing at wal-mart and sending to a bogus name in either the US or other countries is a wide-spread type of scam. It is seen everywhere, it seems.

In my case, they wanted to rip me off for thousands of dollars by instructing me to send the amount (from the check they sent) through wal-mart’s money gram service and two of them even told me/should is say, gave me an option to personally give the item I was selling along with the cash from the check minus triple the amount I was selling the items for to the pick-up service they had contacted (so they say) at the very city I currently reside. They wanted the things I was selling and cash! I couldn’t believe it! And of course, they tried threatening me afterwards saying they’ve alerted the authorities for my not sending their money! Ugh!

I mentioned considering “mystery shopping” due to the fact that I researched on it and (still at it, actually). I have no intention of doing that kind of work if I am required to shell-out my own money. There are legitimate “mystery shopping” work out there. It’s just a matter of being wise and patient enough to find the real ones.

Jon, thanks for the interest in helping me out. I’m a college graduate (medical field-PT) but have worked as a manager/trainor in customer service/call center/telemarketing industry for at least 8 years.
It wouldn’t be so difficult for me to find a PT job if only I was already licensed. Licensure, of course, has fees to be paid before I can be allowed to take the exam and that amount I still have to save up for.

This unemployment status has been a nightmare! Any help/advice/whatever is greatly appreciated.

By: Jocko

Jocko — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:00:40 +0000

Oh no, I received a Secret shopper check about three weeks after Katrina hit Mississippi (I live in Biloxi, Ms) and due to the high winds I received most of my damage / flooding. The appliances were all destroyed because a huge tree snapped out power line connected to the hose and I am assuming that before the main line broke a huge power surge went through my house and zapped everything attached to the electrical system in the house. My fridge, washer, dryer, stove, microwave, tv’s, stereo’s, guitar amps, toaster oven, and finally my George Foreman grill (which hurt the most, I loved that thing). Since I had lost so much I really wanted that check in my hand to be real; and almost fell for the scam. They must have been targeting the area because of Katrina as a few of my neighbors received checks also. I gave mine to the FBI and they did what ever the FBI does. I hope they caught the jerks who did the scam. Low life azzholes, preying on people during difficult times in their lives; thats when your most wanting this to be real and creative thought process tries to make this scam legit and most fall for it. I had been doing loads of soul searching but finally decided to do the right thing and research the check, its then and only then I found out this was a scam.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:46:53 +0000

Jocko, are you saying you lost all of that because you fell for a Secret shopper scam and cashed a fake check? Say it ain’t so!

Marisa, what kind of job skills do you have? We might be able to point you in the right direction.