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POWER SUNROOF ALLOY WHEELS FOR NISSAN CANADA FINANCE CONTRACTS PLUS $1000 ADDITIONAL SAVINGS AVAILABLE PLUS $1000 ADDITIONAL SAVINGS AVAILABLE Woman not fooled by shopper scam A Georgetown woman immediately knew that a cheque mailed to her was a scam and she wants other people to be aware of it so they don't become victims. Last week, Patty Talana received a $3,993 cheque from a company and a let- ter informing her that after checking her references and resume she had been selected to be a mystery shopper even though she had never applied for the job. It outlined her pay, and how she could move up in the company. She was to deposit the cheque at her bank, then make two Western Union transfers to women in the amount of $1,750 and $1,453. She was also instructed to call a number to get her mys- tery shopper assignments at retailers Walmart, Kmart, Home Depot, Best Buy, Sears and J.C. Penney. Talana, who worked in banking for 25 years, said those who get taken in by the scam would be out the mon- ey they transferred when the cheque doesn't clear. She contacted Halton Po- lice, who put her in touch with the Canadi- an Anti-Fraud Centre, where she said they were aware of the scam. "I'm afraid because it (the cheque) does look very professional. It's clearly a cheque that can be negotiated," said Ta- lana. "Somebody that doesn't know could fall prey to this." Recently, a similar incident occurred in Burlington. Halton Regional Police fraud unit Det.- Sgt. John Mans said the mystery shopper scenario is one of the most common scams or schemes police come across in Halton, "We get about one call per week about the mystery shopper," Mans said, noting it is only exceeded in popularity by the 'grandson' scam, where someone calls claiming to be a grandson and in desperate need of money to be sent to them quickly. People who claim to be able to fi x a problem with your computer from a remote location, for a fee, is also a common fraud, he said. As for the mystery shop- per scam, Mans said people who are able to get a bank to cash the cheque sent to them could be held responsible to pay the entire amount of the funds back to the bank. How- ever, since the bank itself was duped into cashing the cheque it doesn't usually de- mand the person reimburse them for the full amount, he said. Most reports Mans sees now related to mystery shop- ping contain information relayed by a wary public, not complaints from people who said they sent money and now think they've been scammed. "So people are learning. If it's too good to be true, it usually is. People just need to take a little time to check these things out," said Mans. "We're fi nding more and more lately that the money (wiring) services are speak- ing to (questioning) these people," trying to send money along to others via services like MoneyGram or Western Union, he added. By LISA TALLYN Staff Writer Patty Talana and the bogus cheque that was mailed to her to be a 'mystery shopper'. Hal- ton Police say the scam is a common one in the area. Photo by Ted Brown