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- Middletown, NY, USA • Jun 14, 2023

I applied online not knowing this was a potential scam. I don’t even remember the website i applied through. A few weeks later I received an email from [email protected]. Below is the message he sent:

“We received your information you submitted on our website and I'll like to congratulate you as a member of our working team. As a secret shopper you are responsible for gathering information, giving ideas, and improving brand standards of products and services. You have been selected to conduct an all-expenses paid survey and evaluation in your area. As our secret shopper posing as a normal customer, you are expected to perform specific tasks such as purchasing a product or using a service. While there, you will secretly evaluate things like customer service, store cleanliness and quality of service rendered. You would have to keep a comprehensive report on every activity you carry out. Some of the simple questions in your shopper’s report will be:

Were the employees friendly and courteous?

Did you receive prompt service?

Was the merchandise displayed neatly?

Would you return to this store / restaurant?

Was it easy to use the service?

That’s all to it! The answers to these kinds of questions are extremely valuable to any business – and they are willing to pay top dollar to find out what consumers really think. You will be providing important information that will be used to improve the quality of businesses everywhere.

Where will I be mystery shopping?

The companies we deal with mostly represent large chain stores and popular franchises with hundreds and thousands of locations across the United States.

They are stores, and service like:

CVS

FINANCIAL INSTITUTION

WALMART

RITE AID

WALGREENS

7 ELEVEN

No commitment, membership fee, special skills are not required for this assignment. Your survey packet which includes funds for the shopping will be mailed to you soon. Confirm in writing your readiness to complete your first assignment and let your opinion count.

Thanks

Robert”

I Immediately smelled SCAM because who gets a job without an interview or speaking to anyone and getting any background information?

He then proceeded to send me text messages from 866-459-9320 stating i will receive a packet in the mail with funds and instructions about my mystery shopper assignment. I emailed him stating i was no longer interested. He ignored the email. I responded to the text stating that i was not interested and he ignores the text and constantly responded with questions asking if I completed the assignment.

The packet arrived shortly after his email with a letter of instructions and check for $2950. What made me even more suspicious is that the address on the packet is from HCA Healthcare Inc. 2693 Old Chena Ridge Road, Fairbanks, AK. (I thought the company name was Mystery Shopping Inc); The check is from a company called Precise Construction Inc., 5026 Trenton Street, Tampa, Fl. 33619. From the Bank of Tampa, P.O. Box one, Tampa Fl. 33601-0001. Then the instruction letter required that I deposit or cash the check and purchase eBay gift cards and and scratch off the back panels and send them pictures of each card. I should take $500 for myself and use the rest to buy the cards. I may have been dumb enough to let myself get caught up in a scam but I’m not dumb. I smelled SCAM the moment this person emailed me. I messaged asking where to return the check to or should I shred it and the person ignored and just continued to push for me to complete. Said assignment.

They do have my full name, email address, phone number and mailing address, so I fear my identity may be in jeopardy. And I am not sure what to do. Please advise. Thanks. I will upload a copy of the letter and check as well as our conversation via text. I blocked the phone number on my phone and will block their email as well.

- Tempe, AZ, USA

This company reached out to me via linkedin, and I signed up since it came from a trusted connection (turned out he was hacked). After a week I received a check in the mail for $2,850.00 to complete a "shopping survey". In this I would buy $2,350.00 worth of Apple gift cards and send the images of the card numbers over to the company. I decided against this as I could not find A) a company website, B) any information at all regarding "*** *** *** and C) no response via email when I inquired more about the company. Although I did not go all the way thru with this, I know it is a scam as no other true mystery shopping organizations run like this. Another thing I found to be strange is the check came from a company named *** *** which is an automotive company in Miami, FL. Not sure if they are in on the scam or if they took some random company's information to make their check look more "legit". Beware of scams!

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