Mintelinternational.com
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- Fecha cuando ocurrió 02/22/2014
- Daños Reportados: $1,500.00
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Got a letter that was post marked in Madrid. The check was for nearly $1900 with a letter that said I had been chosen to be a mystery shopper. I was to deposit the check, take out $350 for my time and use the remainder on two assignments. First assignment was to wire a majority of the money to someone in Spain through western union. Second assignment was to spend the remaining $50 at Walmart and report how I was treated, etc. Check was drawn from HSBC bank.
HSBC has been alerted to this. I gave them the check and the letter. The check looks VERY real and the routing number is an HSBC routing number. Also, if you google this company, no other scams come up (nothing comes up for Mintel International - but a mystery shopping company called Mintel DOES come up), so this is likely someting relatively new.
- Anonymous SBID #ae0d6380bf
- Publicado 02/23/2014
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- Caroline SBID #992de9b752
- Publicado 02/27/2014
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Mail Fraud Scam Group Posing as Mintel
Mintel, a global market and consumer research provider, is currently a brand being hijacked by a mail fraud scam.
The scam group poses as “Mintel” and mails letters with phony checks to consumers, requesting a response. Although the letters and checks appear realistic and believable, they are phony. The listed phone number does not belong to Mintel; the people answering the phone are not Mintel employees; and the www.MintelInternational.com website has no connection to Mintel.
If you receive one of these Mintel-branded letters or checks, please do not respond. Instead, contact your local police station or local FBI office and report the incident as mail fraud crime.
Unlike the scam group, Mintel never mails checks/cheques for future work and it does not solicit people who don’t first register via a Mintel website (www.mintel.com). Genuine letters from Mintel come from Mintel’s Chicago or London office, never from an address or phone number elsewhere in the United Kingdom or United States.
Mintel has been a complaint-free member of the Better Business Bureau (BBB) for several years. The BBB is aware of the current fraud scheme, and it is taking steps to mitigate harm. (A consumer can confirm, or request a copy of, Mintel’s award at Better Business Bureau: 330 North Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611-7621; [email protected]; 312.832.0500.)
Mintel regrets any inconvenience to consumers and, together with people who report these fraudulent letters and checks to their local police, is taking steps to address this mail fraud scheme. -
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