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Don't you hate junk mail? I do! It seems that you always get it--that
and bills--and rarely get anything worthwhile. I have been waiting for
a check to arrive from something I did online, and so when I picked up
the mail yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised to see one envelope
that, when I held it just so, appeared to have a check inside.
Strangely, though, it didn't have a return address, just my name
printed on the front. If I hadn't seen the check through the paper, I
would have thought it was a letter from a friend, perhaps, or a credit
card offer.
So I hurried inside and opened the envelope. To my infinite surprise,
the check wasn't the one I had been expecting at all! I had been
expecting something in the neighborhood of $12, and here I was holding
in my hand a check for nearly $5,000!
I started turning the check over to see if it was real, and looking for
words like, "If you cash this check, you are agreeing to _______", but
it appeared real and didn't have anything strange on it. So I began to
read the letter. It informed me that my job search for mystery shopping
(which I probably filled out by accident) had been found and I had been
hired as a mystery shopper. I was to start by going to MoneyGram and
sending $4,450 to a Jennifer [my last name] in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,
as if she were my relative. Then I was to fill out the info on the back
and send it in by fax. Following this, I would be approved to use $100
of the amount sent me to shop at one of several popular stores, and
when it was all said and done, I would have $300 left over.
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