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daPrettyman

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Has anyone done mystery shopping?

I've been considering becoming a Mystery Shopper. Have you guys ever done it? If so, who did you go through?

I signed up last year with an "agency", but it turned out to be a scam. They sent me a FAKE check and expected me to cash it and send the money to Jamaica. I contacted the FBI and they took my information and verified it was a scam.

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Reply #1 posted 11/04/09 1:46pm

tinaz

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No, sorry I havent... Dont know of anyone whos done it either...I wonder if its like those work at home scams...Sometimes if it seems to good to be true, it usually ends up to be "too good to be true"...

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Reply #2 posted 11/04/09 1:54pm

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tinaz said:

No, sorry I havent... Dont know of anyone whos done it either...I wonder if its like those work at home scams...Sometimes if it seems to good to be true, it usually ends up to be "too good to be true"...

I know people do it for side money. I used to work for FedEx Kinko's and they used to contract through a private company to do mystery shops throughout the country.

Most of the time, the Mystery Shops were on the phone. However, a lot of times, they came in the store. They would get jobs run, and act as regular customers. The next day or so, we would know how we rated.

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Reply #3 posted 11/04/09 2:18pm

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I've been approached to do it, but never did.

Be careful. There are scams out there under the guise of Mystery Shoppers. Do a little research and find a good company that does them for real. NEVER pay a company to work for them (which is what some of the scamming ones will do). If they mention sending you a $2000 check and send them something like $1500 back via Western Union....those are ALL signs of a scam. They should just pay you flat out, and not have money returned, ESPECIALLY via Western Union.

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Reply #4 posted 11/04/09 2:23pm

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I want to know if anyone has done google ad links posting http://www.prosperly.com/...s-a-scam/) or ForEx (robot) trading (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forex_scam) wave

both "easy money" I made $2k in one week! working from home, no experience or training necessary.

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Reply #5 posted 11/04/09 2:27pm

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I've thought about doing it...there are forums with legit companies.

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Reply #6 posted 11/04/09 2:41pm

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ernestsewell said:

I've been approached to do it, but never did.

Be careful. There are scams out there under the guise of Mystery Shoppers. Do a little research and find a good company that does them for real. NEVER pay a company to work for them (which is what some of the scamming ones will do). If they mention sending you a $2000 check and send them something like $1500 back via Western Union....those are ALL signs of a scam. They should just pay you flat out, and not have money returned, ESPECIALLY via Western Union.


Yeah, I got dupped into doing that. Thankfully, I knew the check was fake and contacted the authorities. They had the bank's name wrong. The company name on the check was a motorcycle company in Oklahoma and the "signature" on the check was of a fake name that was scanned in at a very low resolution. The paper also felt like standard bond paper and didn't have a watermark.

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