SECRET SHOPPER 2024 Reports & Reviews

SECRET SHOPPER Reports & Reviews (146)

- Hampton, VA, USA

Scammer's phone (435)310-2187
Scammer's address 12911 Slater Ave, Fountain Valley, CA 92708, USA
Country United States
Victim Location VA 23666, USA
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

My name is *** ***:

I received an email on Tuesday saying I would be getting a letter in the mail from Secret Shopper. The check for 2,435.10 arrived priority mail

along with instructions to deposit the check, keep $350 for myself and an extra $30 for travel expenses. The person on the letter did not seem right (*** ***, Hiring Manager, Mystery Shoppers Evaluator Consultant). The email the person sent was [email protected] and phone number (435)310-2187. Not trusting this I called the bank the cashiers check was drawn on and yes it was not valid. So be careful about secret shopping scams. Please report this so no one gets taken for a ride.

Sincerely

*** D. ***

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- Rosenberg, TX, USA

Scammer's website dstsouthbroward.org
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location TX 77471, USA
Type of a scam Employment

I was contacted by someone that I used to work for via LinkedIn, saying that she had been working for this company on the side for a few years and it was a great way to gain some additional cash. I have worked in retail for a long time and figured I had the skillset to do some secret shopping on the side, so I decided to apply. The link to me to a random website, which should have been my first clue, and I had to enter some very basic information to apply. There was a ScamPulse.com icon at the bottom of the web page. They emailed me the next day requesting my acceptance of the position. I was looking at the email on my phone, so I accepted the position without really looking at it. I figured if I was looking at it as a side job, that if I ended up being not interested I could just not participate. They sent me an email that day letting me know that I would receive a check and then I would receive my assignment. It felt a bit sketchy, so I did some further research and found that it was indeed a scam, based on comments that I found online. It seems that they are producing counterfeit checks from legitimate businesses and forging their signatures.

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Scammer's address 2548 Eady Creek Rd, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

My dad answered a craigslist ad to be a secret shopper. They sent him a check for $3,628.08. They wanted him to cash the check then immediately draw the funds out of his account. Then turn around and wire $1,550 through money gram and another through Western Union and then send them the information for the payments. He was supposed to keep $400 for a 'salary'. Then he was supposed to go to Staples and buy a $50 item. This is a total scam. Don't answer this ad and if you get this check, shred it quickly!

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- Chicago, IL, USA

Scammer's phone 646-965-6019
Scammer's address 509 N Florida Ave, Tampa, FL 33602, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location IL 60629, USA
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

I received a priority mail envelope containing a letter along with a check in the amount of $2,343.94. The letter detailed on how I can carry out a "secret shopper" task for Walmart's moneygram department. It indicated I needed to cash the check at once and report to 2 different Walmart stores to complete the tasks.

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- Hanna City, IL, USA

Scammer's phone 4088370784
Scammer's address 109 Geneive St, Camarillo, CA 93010, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location IL 61536, USA
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

i received a check for $3,950 drawn on Marine Federal Credit Union PO Box 1551 Jacksonville NC and instruction for me to be a secret shopper and to send a money gram to crystal hodge and julia brown in Euro's. I checked the bank and the account is invalid. It was sent to me back US mail in a priority mail envelope.

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- Osceola, IN, USA

Scammer's address 5959 Las Colinas Blvd, Irving, TX 75039, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location IN 46561, USA
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

James Folser the contact person asked this writer if interested to be a secret shopper. This writer agreed to the job offered and received a priority mail with a check of $1970. This writer was instructed to shop at Walmart or Kroger for $100 worth of grocery of the writer's choice an in return to evaluate the customer service. Then to wire 2 separates amount of $750 to MoneyGram outlets to the receiver name of Rosa Miranda from Iselin, New Jersey zip code 08830.

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- Mount Airy, GA, USA

Scammer's address 2426 clairmont rd, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location GA 30563, USA
Type of a scam Employment

I gave my name and address to someone on line that stated they needed a secret shopper. Today I received a packet in the mail with a cashiers check for 1880.30 in it. I am suppose to take it to the bank and deposit it and withdraw it the next day. The bank was supposed to be my first assignment. Then I was to go to Walmart and spend 50.00 of the money and that would be my next assignment. I would keep 250.00 and buy two postal money order on the amount of 745.00 each and send the blank money orders by fed ex to Michael Scott 1624 north gate rd Baltimore md 21218.

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- Fort Collins, CO, USA

Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location CO 80525, USA
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

Scammer sent a very legitimate looking priority mailed package with a check inside. The check business name was Advanced Laboratories.....but the package return envelope was sent from the name "Cynthia Talbot" from the Bronx Zoo (Ironic coming from an author and a zoo). The check looked VERY real....but only had 6 numbers for a routing number.

Check Address:

Advanced Laboratories, Inc

P.O. Box 65660

Salt Lake City, UT 84165

Return Address on Envelope:

Cynthia Talbot (Which I thought was funny - This is the name of an author)

Rodeway Inn Bronx Zoo

3070-72 Webster Avenue

Bronx NY 10467

1st Email: Hope you are well?

I am happy to inform you that the payment for your first secret survey has been shipped out to you and would be delivered to you through USPS once your mail runs through today via USPS courier service (tracking # 9405501699320107487714) , so kindly be on the look out for your mail.

Kindly read the below instructions carefully while you wait for the package to be able complete your assignment successfully.

- Deposit the payment that will be delivered to you at your bank for 24hrs or for 1 business day for clearance, am sure the funds would be cleared into your account then, I want you to also get back to me with a deposit confirmation (an email letting me know it has been deposited is fine).

YOUR FIRST COMMISSION: Upon withdrawal of the payment tomorrow deduct your service fee of $200 then proceed to complete your first assignment which is to make a Money Gram Money Transfer.

MONEY GRAM INTERNATIONAL MONEY TRANSFER ASSIGNMENT: You will go to your nearest MoneyGram store, This could be a Walmart or any grocery store where you can make a MoneyGram transfer to conduct your assignment. You will be sending a MoneyGram wire transfer from the store to evaluate their services. In the package you'll be receiving, there will be a payment of $944.71, You are to deduct $200.00 as your service fee, and then wire the balance of $1071.23 MINUS the MoneyGram transfer fee to the information below :

Name : Anthony Trim

ADDRESS: 4411 Village Parkway Cir

CITY : Indianapolis

STATE : Indiana

ZIPCODE : 46254

BELOW IS THE EXPENDITURES BREAKDOWN :

Money Received : $1071.23

Assignment Salary : $200.00

Balance After Salary : $871.23

MoneyGram ESTIMATED Charges : $21.23

Expected Transferred Funds : $850

Ensure that money is sent using the MONEY AVAILABLE IN MINUTES service.

NOTE: You must not disclose for any reason that you are a Secret Shopper, or let them know you are evaluating their store.

While making the transfer you should make the below listed observations;

• Store Name & Address location address

• Name of the Cashier/Attendant{If Visible on Tag}

• How long it took to get the transaction completed

• Customer Service Professionalism

ALSO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING :

Reference Number for the Transaction ( 8 digit) :

Sender's name and address :

Exact amount sent :

Cost of Transfer :

You are expected to secretly perform this survey operation listed in the instruction, as we want to know how the reactions are when clients walk in to send out funds and how the cashiers attend to clients.

NB: Assignment must be completed within 48hours after payment has been delivered so that the next assignment survey can be shipped out to you.

Remember to send a confirmation email payment is received and deposited

Thank you and get back to me as soon as you receive this email, so I can know you understand the instructions and will proceed as instructed and also you'll be emailing me when the survey is completed.

Regards,

Regards,

Kevin Holsman

Human Resources & Instructor

Secret Shopper ©2017

2nd Email: How are you doing today ? We are sending you this email regarding your first survey assignment . We will requesting an urgent update regarding the progress of your assignment . Do get back at us ASAP with proper update .

Regards,

Kevin Holsman

Human Resources & Instructor

Secret Shopper ©2017

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Scammer's email [email protected]
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

THEY SENT A CASHIERS CHECK FOR 1750.00 THEY WANTED ME TO CASH IT AND KEEP 320.00 FOR MYSELF AND GO TO WALMART AND GET A MONEYGRAM AND SEND IT TO THE NAME ON THE PAPER . THEN I HAD TO SEND THEM A REFERRENCE NUMBER AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT SENT. THEY ALSO THE FULL NAME AND ADDRESS AND EXACTLY HOW I WROTE IT ON THE MONEYGRAM SLIP

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Scammer's address unknown, Thunderbolt, GA 31410, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Victim Location GA 31410, USA
Type of a scam Other

first received email about the secret shopper, responded I was interested. Pkg. came this week with sizeable check from a Michigan credit union. started googling and wasn't finding positive responses. Tried to get the person who now was texting me to give more detail - he seemed reluctant - that along with my gut feeling prompted me to call local BBB this morning who confirmed it was/is a scam. I have since called the Michigan credit union who confirmed the check was not one of theirs. I will be sending them the check for use by their Risk Department. I am grateful my "spidey senses" are still with me, but I am sorry for those taken in by this.

The email used by them was: [email protected] and the phone # which does not appear to exist is: 651-317-5088 The name on memo line of check was Lamont Jones and the name in the emails is HR Director: Johnson Schmidt

Anything I can do to help someone not fall victim I will do.

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Scammer's address 932 bowens mill rd sw, Douglas, GA 31533, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Victim Location RI 02842, USA
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

I attach 4 papers, one an email sent to me after I received a priory tracked message to my home address with a check for over 900$ telling me to cash it under a different name...see attached letters, when return address was searched on Google maps/earth, the address was not valid. I am scared now that this person has my e-mail, and my home address.

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- Kirbyville, MO, USA

Scammer's website [email protected]
Scammer's address 1384 Creek Point blvd, 33218
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location MO 65679, USA
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

The gentleman's name is Frank McCain. He sent me a handwritten money order for $982. It appears to be a genuine Postal Service money order complete with a watermark. The letter states that I'm supposed to cash the money order at my bank and deduct $180 which would be my pay. Then I'm supposed to go to MoneyGram at Walmart and use 20 of the dollars 2 transfer the money to a Jean Paul Culin. After this is done I'm supposed to email him back with the results with the following information which is the money transfer number and the exact amount wired. I'm also supposed to be giving him the results of my secret shop the MoneyGram place at Walmart it tells me to remember it's a survey so don't tell my bank or MoneyGram that I'm evaluating them.

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Initial means of contact Not applicable

Forward the moneyorder and his email address to our mail for investigation, [email protected] thanks

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- Las Vegas, NV, USA

Scammer's address [email protected]
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location NV 89149, USA
Type of a scam Business Email Compromise

secret shopper

received a check for 2155.00 to deposit in my checking account and then purchase items.

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Victim Location TN 38049, USA
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

I signed up to be a secret shopper through my email. A few days later I was contacted by an automated system telling me to check my mail for my first assignment. In my mailbox today, I had a cashier's check for upwards of $3000. I was instructed to deposit the ENTIRE check in my bank and transfer the rest of the money into an individual's account while monitoring the customer service and interaction with the teller. The check was signed by a Mark Badget. I was given a ID # and the cashier's check appeared to be from NOLA.

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Scammer's address 1421 SE FEDERAL HWY,, Stuart, FL 34994, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Victim Location LA 70528, USA
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

RECEIVED A CHECK IN A PRIORTY 2 DAY ENVELOPE WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT TO DO WITH IT. THE CK IS FOR $2870.50.. FROM F & M BANK. IT SAYS TO GO TO MY BANK EITHER DEPOSIT OR CASH ,,( ITS A CASHIERS CHECK)BUT DONT LET THE PEOPLE KNOW WHATS ITS FOR . AFTER I CASH IT TAKE MY $300.00 , FOR MY COMMISION, THEN GO TO WALMART AND SPEND $50.00, THAT WILL LEAVE ME WITH $2520.00, NOTIFY THIS PERSON ONCE IM DONE THEN HE WILL GIVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR WHAT TO DO WITH REMAINING MONEY.

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- Niles, MI, USA

Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location MI 49120, USA
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

I had responded to an ad online about the possibility of receiving $300 per assignment to go to a specified location to report back on the customer service received or lack of it. I received a FEDEX package with a letter with information about the next steps to complete this assignment. In this same FEDEX package was also a check for $3856. Of this amount, I was to go to the nearest facility that offers MONEY GRAM service and send 2 drafts for $1700 each, to 2 separate addresses in Cyprus. An additional $100 is to be used for the service fee for these 2 drafts. Also, a draft for $50 to another individual. Anyhow, I would end up with $300 as a commision for my work. I went to my bank to deposit (although at the back of my mind, i had some suspicion about this check and informed the teller that I dont have a good feeling about this check and it is my first assignment and so this is the first check, she allowed $200 from this amount and had said that the balance would be available to me in 2 days. When I went to UFCU branch in Berrien Springs this afternoon, I was informed that this check was fraudulent. I was devastated, disappointed and angry at a person that would put my good reputation and integrity at risk. Thank you.

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Scammer's address 25148 Harbor View RD, Punta Gorda, FL 33980, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Victim Location MI 49505, USA
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

I was sent a letter saying I was selected as a secret shopper. I was to cash a cashier's check for $2,350, use $20 to shop, $300 for myself, and to send 2 wire transfers ($965 each) to Vincent Andrew and Jason Hamburg via MoneyGram who both are in Los Angeles, California, 90001. I was to use the "Money Available in Minutes" option. Once I completed these assignments I was to send my "survery reports" to [email protected] and [email protected]

The Cashier's Check received was a computer printed check, supposedly drawn from Woodforest National Bank. Routing Info: 47871 314972853 8001000820. Nowhere on here is an address that matches what was on the envelope, nor was there any contact back info to get in touch with the sender of the papers other than a return address.

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Scammer's address 439 Irvin Str., Mt Perry, OH, 43769
Victim Location TN 38138, USA
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

Applied for secret shopper on Internet. Received check for $2800+ and told to deposit in my bank and await for instructions.

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Scammer's email [email protected]
Victim Location NJ 07652, USA
Type of a scam Other

I was contacted by email to participate in secret shopper. I already belong to similar group which is legitimate. I was asked for basic information. Shortly after, I received an email from another person about participating in a secret shopper event. I accepted expecting more information. I then received an email from the same person but different email telling me a check was sent to me as payment. I was then told to deposit the check, keep a portion for myself and deposit the rest in another secret shoppers bank account. When I questioned it, I received a few basic responses. I sent an email stating I wanted to be removed and would not accept the check. I was able to take pictures of the check and have the email correspondence.

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Victim Location NE 68142, USA
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

At first I received emails that said a priority letter was sent to my address. Those messages continued for 2 weeks until I actually did get a priority letter from a John Mint. In the priority mail was an official looking "cashier check" drawn on a Bank of America account. I was to deposit it and call him the next day to get my supposedly secret shopper assignment.

I responded to his latest email that this was a fraud and was reporting it to the ScamPulse.com. It had all the trappings of a scam one of which I was not going to get caught up in.

I still have the "cashier check" if the ScamPulse.com would like it.

Leonard Berthelsen

402-490-6411

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