| Daniel Strauss |
| Daniel Strauss VP Operations- Miami Research Center Customer Service Evaluator; Secret Shopper; Paid Store Surveys Miami, Florida |
| 8th of Apr, 2011 by User283196 |
| I signed up to take on-line surveys and looked into some secret shopper companies. Then, suddenly I received a letter in the mail from the Miami Research Center, Daniel Strauss, V.P. Operations, offering me "offer to participate in paide survey: Customer Service Evaluator. It included a check from Miami Federal Credit Union in the amount of $2,400.00. There were instructions to deposit the check, get cash in the amount of $1,800 and $150.00 for processing a Western Union transaction, and another $150.00 to spend at Walmart, Best Buy, or Kmart. I would need to save my receipts, fill out the survey and fax everything back to the company. The project has to be completed within 48 hours of depositing the check. Oh, and you get to keep the extra $300 as a wage and keep all the items purchased with the $150 from the retail store. Sounds good. After diligently researching and asking for my banks assistance prior to the deposit, we found that the routing # on the check does not match the Miami Federal Credit Union it is drawn on, but comes back to a State Employees Credit Union in Raleigh, North Carolina. The address for the company was 53 SW 1st Avenue in Miami. The address of the Miami Federal Credit Union on the check has an address of 51 SW 1st Avenue, Room 604 in Miami???? Odd. I had also called the customer service # to ask some questions and was transferred to an agent, where I got a voice mail box that was full and could not accept messages on two different days. - then called the Survey Coordinator at the other number provided and the man answered "Daniel -Strauss." The phone # 1-647-860-8730 is located in Ontario, Canada and the man that answered had an oriental accent. He was a foreigner posing as Daniel Strauss! I asked him many questions and presented him with all this evidence provided by my bank, the police department and my research. He adamantly denied that he was doing anything wrong and that his check would clear. |
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| I got the same letter and check today in the mail. I tried calling the number because I do not trust anything that comes in the mail without a return address on it. Major scam going on here. My bank and police department said that it was to gain access to your accounts. So my bank took and set up a security check on it that runs every half hour to keep track of what i have in there and are now informing me of any charges that look out of the ordinary for what i usually do. Since I am a single mom i take more caution in what I do and what i deal with online. You should be careful if you get this check in the mail or get a letter with no return address. |
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| the only thing about this is that i do not sign up for anything online because I know better and I know that anyone can access any information about you over the internet. |
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| ya i got the same thing in the mail im taking it to the police department and calling my local news paper and letting them know that there is a scam going around. im a 23 year old wife and mother of two and if they got my info i would hate to see what they would do to someone that was much older and more apt to go ahead and try and do it. |
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| HEY IS THIS REALLY ON THE UP N UP, I SURE DON'T REMEMBER SIGHING UP FOR THIS |
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| I also got a letter in the mail. I called and talked to the manager that was a lady. I used that check to open an account since they said you have to have an account to withdrawl the money before you go secretly shopping. I was not about to deposit something in my account not knowing whats up. I also asked for my W2 form wich they said I would get in the mail. I have not yet seen it. I also have to wait 2weeks for the check to clear. I guess I will see . |
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| yea i did too get the check on Friday. I called and talked to a lady as well. I did to what i was told in this seeing all this got me freak out. I called fraud on them so the police and such should take care of them. I'm just so conserned of that check when it bounces. It's terrible I don't have any income coming in so I don't know how I am going to deal with that. |
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| i just got this letter today as well, knowing it was fake i called the number to gather as much information as possible to help police once i turn in the letter. a foreign man answered and children were screaming in the background. That confirmed my suspicions.The first sign of check fraud is when someone asks you to cash a check and send more than half of the money to another person. The check may look real and have all of the security features on it but this is because previous bank employees are participating in several scams to get money, and they have access to blank checks.. If you participate yes you will get to keep the 300$ for participation and $150 in merchandise; but you will be tracked and forced to pay the full $2400 back to your bank. DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANYTHING THAT SOUNDS SIMILAR TO THIS SITUATION. DON'T THINK YOU WONT GET CAUGHT BECAUSE YOU WILL! |
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| I just got this letter in themail today on saturday. I called the number because I was suspicous about the survey. I told the man I cannot get that much cash back from my bank and he told me to get just half of it and then call him. Because of my suspicions I googled and found the scam here. I got the same letter with the same person and talked to a foreighn man. If you get this letter in the mail PLEASE DO NOT GO TO YOUR BANK AND TRY TO GET IT CASHED. THE MAN IS SENDING YOU TO THE BANK TO ROB A BANK. Thank you all for your commnets you saved me as well from paying the bank 2400$. |
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I got a letter Sat. April 23 noticed the same address as the bank on it and googled it and found you all. i will be contacting my local news paper and the police about this.
cheak was for 2400 as well. |
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| I just come from my bank with that check i call them she ask for my batch# i call her fraud then she hang up on me |
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| I just got the same thing. I will check w/ my bank and likely inform the police. |
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| i just received a letter from him too with a check for 2, 400 dollars too. thank god i found out before i cashed it. i knew something was just not sitting right when i called him an did my research the ends were not checking out right. and im only 17 for crying out loud!!! |
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| I got that same check also. I figured it was a scam. Because the check felt flimsy and the paper was of poor quality. Iheld it up and could see any water marks. Also, The addresses are legitamite business. But what bank do you know that will give away that much money for a simple survey? |
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