Primeval Research Ltd

Type of a scam Employment

These people try to "recruit" people to be quality assurance specialist, where you need to evaluate companies or businesses to see if they are adhering to rules and regulations (a bit like mystery shopper). They will tell you that you are going to be paid about 300$ per evaluation and that the maximum of evaluation you can carry per week is 3 and minimum is 1. They ask you how much you are willing to do, and once you’ve told them they ask for you name, address and phone number saying they have to carry out a sort of security check and that you will hear from them 24 hours later. When you do hear from them they send you a tracking number and tell you they have sent you an evaluation package with all the instructions. When you receive the package, it involves 3 pages including the instructions and a cheque of more about 2000-3000$. In the instructions they first tell you to deposit the cheque in your bank account, take out money in cash, evaluate a business/company and then deposit the cash in an account in another bank. They also tell you to do it on the same day/right away. I personally received a BMO cheque of 3900$ with the same instructions and was told to evaluate a walmart. It is just a way of scamming people’s money and getting the money. The best thing you need to do is go to the bank where the cheque was issued and report it to them, but DO NOT deposit or take out any money using the cheque.