(514) 576-6751

what a dumb-a**

After being contacted in an envelope with a Ca***ian Stamp I followed through on directions according to a letter from The B-K Research Center.  I am a single mother and needed to earn more money to raise my 7 month old daughter and after asking family members about it they said if the business appeared on the Better Business Bureau it was legitimate.  I cashed a check to be a mystery shopper through the B-K Research Center as directed by this company in my bank account . The company said that I could become a mystery shopper by depositing their check and sending a money gram in the amount of $4,280 and the MoneyGram service of $130.00.  My bank put a 5 buisness day hold on this check and during the allocated time I called my bank twice asking if the money was in my account. Throughout the 5 business days the money appeared as legitimate so i took the $4,280.00 and another $135.00 out and put it into a money gram. The next day I checked my bank account online and it says that i have a negative $3,000 so****ing.  I had about $750 put away in my account prior to this incident.  I called my bank and they said that the check was bad. Then I asked my bank why they let me take the money out after the 5 day hold if they had not gotten confirmation and they said that they can only hold it for so long.  I have obviously been scammed by someone or some organization that was not legitimate in their claims and not only lost my savings as a single parent of an infant, but now owe my bank over $3000.00.  I called MoneyGram concerning the funds I transferred to this organization and the information they can divulge is that it was picked up in Brooklyn, NY at 10:45 p.m. on 11/06/08 by a Peter Edward Patterson.  The name I was instructed to use when I sent the MoneyGram.  Operator Georgina, # 468 said she cannot release further information and to contact the FBI since I have contacted them concerning the "fraud".   This company who received the MoneyGram asked me to put Peter and my last name for submission.  The Money Gram was sent to The B-K Research Center, 48 Hopkins St., Wilmington, *****chusett******7, yet it was not picked up in this location.  I have a copy of the letter with the directions concerning the altercation of the name I was to identify on the MoneyGram and telephone numbers 1-514-576-6751 and the recording states that "the customer you are calling is unavailable at this time, please call a***n later."  I will be contacting the FBI as well, however I do not know how my name and current address was released to these individuals when I have only resided here for 2 or 3 months.  Since I have not parti****ted in any notification to any organizations except for the Department of Human Services and colleges this is baffling to me that I ended up in this scam.