Released: October 03, 2007
Secret-shopping scam
Source: Herb Weissbaum, MSNBC
How would you like to go shopping in your spare time – and get paid thousands of dollars to do it? That is the lure of mystery-shopper ads. Become a secret shopper, the ads say, and you will make good money, eat at fancy restaurants, shop at upscale clothing stores and stay at luxurious hotels – for free!
Warning: It’s not going to happen.
Most of these “help wanted” ads for mystery shoppers or secret shoppers are scams. The crooks use them to con people into paying a small fee – usually less than $100 – for information that is readily available for free.
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