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FROM ACRA, INC:
If you recently received a letter in the mail from a company claiming to be ACRA, Inc from Ontario, Canada or any other Canadian city, it is a fraud.

PLEASE READ BELOW
It appears that our company (a legitimate secret shop company), as well as yourself, have been victims of a fraud. The party that perpetrated the fraud used our company name and website address only, and all of the other information (names, address, banking info) was fictitious.

The following information was sent to us by the Office of the Comptroller of Currency - Special Supervision Division-United States Government.

"What is described in your message is definitely a mystery shopping fraud. The victim deposits the counterfeit item and within 24 hours spends or wires the proceeds of that check. Once the instrument is returned as counterfeit (about 10 days later), the money is gone and the victim is left with a hefty loss."

In order to pursue this, you might want to consider some of the following measures:

  1. With documentation in hand, notify the bank that is printed on the check.

  2. You should notify your local law enforcement agency.

  3. Please notify the US Postal Inspector Service


  4. Federal Trade Commission (FTC):
    • by telephone at 1-877-FTC-HELP
    • or file an electronic complaint via their Internet site at www.ftc.gov


  5. Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Canadian 00000):


Sincerely,

Clay Carlos
President, ACRA, Inc


To IPIU union members, we have suspended referrals to ACRA until they provide us with their new application procedure.

For other national agencies and firms hiring that Level 4 union members are interested in, please click on the following passcode link for details:
http://www.ipiu.org/forums/showthrea...&threadid=4856