Beware.. scam alert I hate people that try to scam others!

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Yesterday as I got my mail, I noticed I had gotten one of those envelopes that is addressed to you with no return address, and that it was from Canada. Out of curiousity, I opened it and found a (gasp) check in the amount of $4885.00! This check was accompanied by a letter from " secretshoppers.ca congratulating me as I had been selected to conduct a secret shop assignment! I was so excited ( not really lol)! To sum it all up in the " company" told me I had to cash the check at my bank and then go to the nearest money gram location at Walmart and wire the sum of $3885.oo to my Aunt Elizabeth Bernat in Winnnipeg Canada, the balance of the check was to cover the money gram fees and my pay for doing as they instructed. MY GOD!!!!!!!!! Well, I called the local Fbi office, because quite frankly I am sick and tired of thugs taking advantage of innocent people. Of course I never would have fallen for it, it reminded me to much of the internet scams going on, you know the ones.. " help me blah blah with this zillion dollars blah blah". After speaking with the Fbi and putting the information in a safe place in case they need to use it as evidence ( per their instructions) I searched the internet and wasn't too surprised that this is not a new scam, but actually has been going around for awhile ( why am I always the last to know?) So as a tip, don't fall for anything that you get, whether it be email or regular mail, the checks they issue ( obviously) are not worth the paper they are written on, and if you do deposit it at your bank, they will have all the information they need to dip into your savings when ever they get the urge!