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Victim Of Mystery Shopper Scam Arrested, Spends Night In Jail
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!)
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Mystery Shopping Company Wants Me To Test A Wire Service By Sending Them Money
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 » -
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12 Signs Of A Mystery Shopping Scam
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:
"An application fee is a sure sign that your mystery shopping company is a fraud. What job would ask you to pay an application fee? The answer is none."
In general, you should beware of an "opportunity" requiring anything in the advance payments. And anything that looks too good to be true, like promising lots of money for very little work, is also highly suspect.
12 Signs of a Fraudulent Mystery Shopping Company [Bargainnering]
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