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In today’s mail there was a Priority Mail envelope from Marathon Services located at 3203 Clayton Rd in Concord Ca 94519. Inside there was a Secret Shopper Assignment Instructions sheet along with a Cashier’s Check from American National Bank & Trust in Wichita Falls, Texas, in the amount of $4,770.23, from the Walmart Service Management Group’s Task Coordinator Donnell Studzinski. My first reaction was, ‘oh my good’, and I swear I thought I was about to fall over. Then as I looked at the envelope contents more closely, I realized that this had to be a scam. The amount they wanted purchased in gift cards was a bit much. Plus, most secret shoppers are to go a certain merchant, purchase certain items or spend a certain amount of money, then go submit the secret shopper survey/report and upon the in-house or third party survey group receiving the information of the completed assignment, they then will reimburse/pay for the services the secret shopper has provided. A legitimate secret shopper assignment usually does not payout first. Not to mention how the assignment instruction sheet is unprofessional in a couple of different ways. First, it looks as though it’s a very bad photo copy of some possible legitimate company letterhead or possibly just a lousy cut and paste of merchant company logos. And secondly, there’s a few typos where words that should be spaced apart are done as one word.
These red flags lead me to do some research. First the bank the cashier’s check is supposedly drawn on is a small Texas financial institution. Why would a legitimate business in California use a bank with maybe 6 branches total throughout Texas for issuing a cashier’s check? They more than likely wouldn’t. So I googled the bank for a contact number to verify funds. Unfortunately, the bank was closed already and oddly there’s no automated check verification option. Something that most banks I have ever dealt with have. I then decided to google the bank routing number, which so far is the only legitimate I could honestly say is legitimate, other than the financial institute itself. I also found that the address for Marathon Services is actually for the ‘Lincoln Arms’ apartment complex. That was it, I stopped researching as I now knew 100% that this whole was a scam.
Now what I’ve decided my next moves to be will be for me to file a complaint with the FTC and to contact the media so that they can inform the public of this scam that I have found to be occurring much more frequently. It’s such bill that these people keep getting away with stealing from America’s hard working people. Why not do what the good and honest people do and get a freaking job? How would they feel if they’re mother, father, sister, uncle or cousin got scammed out this kind or any kind of money? These people are just straight up LOSERS!
Attached are copies of the documents received and pictures of the Marathon Services location in Concord California.

I really hope no one falls for this scam!
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This is what I was saying it's pretty bad I want to know who I talk to cuz I bet I had a stroke when I seen this it caused me bad health and it really stressed me out cuz I knew it was a scam people shouldn't be doing this to people and this time when money is so hard to come by I want to know who to talk to cuz I may have to sue may have a lawsuit this is wrong they should be called and shut down the website something needs to be done well thank you so much Debra Evans is my name my phone number is 865-256_9899 this is bad I see it's happened to a lot of other people and it's wrong you can't even have a telephone I'm sending you pictures of what I got and let me know what I need to do thank you so much
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They sent me a fake check if you deposit it then you are spending your own money sending it to them don't fall victim to this scam then they curse you out when you tell them they are a scam run.

I received the exact same thing. Unfortunately I have deposited the check into my bank. Thank God they put a hold on it. First thing in the morning I'm going to call my bank and tell them. They've been texting me and asking about the check if it went through! I'm glad my bank put a hold on it for a few days, hopefully I catch it in time! I started having a funny feeling & when I searched the name AND address it comes up as an apt. Complex! Wish me luck cause a little over $4000 is a lot to loose, especially when that's all you have!

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Got a priority envelope in the mail today… inside were instructions about being a secret shopper for Walmart. There was a check for $4770.23. Upping looking at the documents closely; I see the graphics are fuzzy… I looked up this and it is a scam. Ridiculous!
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Received Walmart secret shopper letter and check for $4770.23 in the mail from this fraudulent company today! Don’t be fooled! If it’s to good to be true it probably is! Signature does not match the name on check as well as other red flags on the check itself. Be careful out there!
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So got priority mail check for $4,770.23..needless to say the name on the check is Donnell Studzinski and pretty obvious the 2 names on the check signed are not her signature..maybe it is a way to find these people..thanks for the posts they are helpful..Im taking care of a sick mom with terminal cancer and 3 kids.. and without everyone posting these scams I could have been another victim..God bless you all and hopefully these [censored] are caught!
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- Woodville, WI, USA

This company now uses the name Apex Lending, I was promised a loan if i sent them a wire transfer, twice to a person in Canada and I never got the money, I was out $1080.00. This needs to be shut down so they don't prey on nice people, - total scam.

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- Pensacola, FL, USA

They stated they are a lending company and in order to get the amount I requested I needed to pay 3 months of loan payment for collateral and then my loan would be deposited.

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