when money orders like these sometimes
for hundreds of dollars arrived in the
mail some victims thought it was their
lucky day wrong the money orders are
part of what's called the mystery
shopper scam often times they look at as
a viable method of I'm working without
having to go out of the home and the way
that's kind of sent to them is it's very
appealing and all they have to do is go
to the store here's how the scam works
con artists send the money orders or
checks to victims they lure in online
anytime you're receiving a check or
money order in the mail a red flag
should go up the victims deposit the
money order do some shopping as
instructed complete a survey and then
send back a portion of the money
deposited problem is the money orders or
checks are fraudulent and victims are
responsible for all of the money
deposited I haven't seen one of these
things where somebody's actually made
money postal inspectors say there are
ways to determine if a money order is
fake if you look in it there's a
watermark that would be Benjamin
Franklin's face you're supposed to hold
it up to I like to see that if you'll
put the money order on the ground and
you look at it and Benjamin Franklin's
looking back at you then it's it's
counterfeit