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I was approached via InsightSpree about a Mystery Shopping Job opportunity that pays whopping amounts of money. I accepted the offer as I wanted any consistent source of income. When setting up my account, they required my bank info, which looking back on it i shouldve called that this was fraudulent, but i was distracted by the huge pay. They wanted me to use all of the money on buying specific types of gift cards from specific stores, under the guise of a normal shopper, and then afterwards send pictures of the information on the back of rhe giftcards (Again, i feel stupid for falling for this kinda thing since they definitely just wanted me to redeem an ungodly amount of giftcards for them with the money). I slightly misunderstood the assignment and didnt know that all of the money was supposed to be spent on the giftcards. When i told the person i was talking to about (who was helping me with setting up my account in the first place), they seemed fine about it, twlling me to get the remaining giftcards with what i had left. But then afterwards, they changed their tone completely, threatening to report me to the fbi and insulting me for making that mistake, and that "You will see the consequences". A few days later, i woke up to see that they had taken back the money and gave my bank account a huge overdraft, causing the account to be closed and leaving me to have to repay the bank with the money that was taken. Extra info, by the way; My "assignement supervisor" was Randy Beckner, and I assume that was the person who was texting me while setting up my account and scolding me, so perhaps the phone number i provided was theirs, but I'm not sure. Also, the address on the InsightSpree website i provided is completely false, as it leads to a Riteaid in California, apparently to a dumpster behind it according to one of my friends who was helping me out, so its safe to say they only included it to seem more legit to people who didnt check twice/thoroughly (like me)
$4795.5
NJ, USA- 07104
Employment
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InsightSpree
February 27, 2025
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