Pls, seriously i do need help(mystery shoper)?

I was given a job as a mystery shoper, and i was given some amount of money,close to five thousand dollas, and was told to clos to 4500 to someone in CA by money gram,and buy a product that cost about $50 or less which is mine to keep,but all i just had to do was to write a report of what i bought, and also about the product, and fax it to them.and also keep the remaining change as my salary, and that if i did pass the training, i would be given a permament mystery shoper and that my next salary would be more than the first. I did finish the survey, and wrote a report of how i sent the money to the addy. of the person that i was ordered to send the money to. What's bothering me, is that i'm so afraid, my dad di tell me that it's all a scam, and that they won't send me another research, i'm just so confused, bcos he also thinks that it might hurt me later bcos it is too good to be true.Does anyone know anything about being a mystry shoper, and is it a scam,even though the money is real?

Pls, seriously i do need help(mystery shoper)?
they paid by check which will bounce you sent them them a money order which they will cash sry but its a scam
Reply:I am not able to answer, all your questions. But there is such a position as mystery shopper. The mystery shopper, has several functions, check a store or chain of store to purchasing product - checking price to what is listed. Scam it might be, but did you get paid for your work? Did you keep a list of expenses, gas, oil, food etc. There are tax deductible. You need receipts also.





Did check the company out or is it a person? A person could be scam or not. In a case, like this records are every thing.
Reply:SCAM SCAM SCAM.


The check the send you will bounce. You should check your bank in 2 weeks to see if the check cleared. Usually, checks take 1 week to clear in the bank.





Scammers use this loophole in the banking system to rip off people. They understand that even if you deposit their check and the bank shows that you've deposited the amount, it will take a least a week or more before the amount is actually verified.





Scammers will use this time to their advantage and ask that you cut them a money order, cash, cashier check, and such for a lessor amount, and that you can keep the difference.





It's such a rip off.. Don't even think about making money this way!