mystery-shopping
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—>Here's one more reason to avoid mystery shopping scams: you could be the one who ends up in jail. A woman in Minnesota answered a "mystery shopper" email (that she found in her spam folder, sigh) and signed up. It turned out to be the old check fraud scam—they sent her a $2700 check and told her to deposit it and keep $300 a payment, then use the rest to make mystery shopper purchases. She took the check to her bank, and her bank called the police. More »
The "Mystery Shopping" check scam we wrote about a bunch of times about is still fooling people. Here's something to memorize: No matter what, if someone asks you to deposit a check and send them a smaller amount of money — you are about to get screwed. [Local 6] (Thanks, Patrick!) More »
—>Here's a crafty scam. Scammers, posing as a legitimate Mystery Shopping company, send out checks asking the "shopper" to wire back a portion of the money in order to test the wire service. Of course, it turns out that the checks are fake — but it's too late for the hapless victim. He's already wired the money! It's an old scam, with a new twist. More »
—>If you've ever been curious about becoming a "mystery shopper," a person paid by a company to check in on a store's performance, you should know there's lot of fraudulent mystery shopping companies out there. Bargaineering has 12 warning signs to look out for if you think one of these jobs is a good way to pick up extra cash, like: More »
