What can the MSPA or we do about Shadow Shopper?
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They are getting more aggressive.
"Hello ,This is Alex Willehalm from SHADOW SHOPPER,I'm Texting in regards of the Mystery Shopper Evaluation available at walmart,Shop $50 and earn $250,Kindly email your Full Name, address and Phone Number to alexwille100@hotmail.com for further insight and Documentation"
"Hello ,This is Alex Willehalm from SHADOW SHOPPER,I'm Texting in regards of the Mystery Shopper Evaluation available at walmart,Shop $50 and earn $250,Kindly email your Full Name, address and Phone Number to alexwille100@hotmail.com for further insight and Documentation"
My posts are solely based on my opinions and for my entertainment, contact a professional if you need real advice.
When you get in debt you become a slave. - Andrew Jackson
When you get in debt you become a slave. - Andrew Jackson
Got a feeling that's not really from the real Shadow Shopper.
@JASFLALMT wrote:
Got a feeling that's not really from the real Shadow Shopper.
Shadow Shopper is not a MSC. They harvest potential shoppers contact information and sell it to anyone that wants to pay for it. I never said its from SS. I am being very clear that SS doesn't care who anyone is, they just want our money; one way or another.
My posts are solely based on my opinions and for my entertainment, contact a professional if you need real advice.
When you get in debt you become a slave. - Andrew Jackson
When you get in debt you become a slave. - Andrew Jackson
I agree that Shadow Shopper is a leach on the shopping community. They are skirting the edges of being legal and do list jobs for real companies. I have access to the real companies job boards that they cut and paste partial information from and try to get people to pay them to give them the information we so kindly share with the verified list at the bottom of every page of real companies.
If the fact is true that they allow 419 scammers to list advance fraud check scams with them and maintain the association logo is atrocious and needs to be a sticky here.
Jacob should have someone with a great writing style and a one month membership who is a solid shopper do a write up in MSM and let the facts fall where they must.
I personally laughed as they described jobs I had already done and found zero value as an experienced shopper. As a new shopper, you will find a deficit value IMHO.
Well, here is my two cents.
If the fact is true that they allow 419 scammers to list advance fraud check scams with them and maintain the association logo is atrocious and needs to be a sticky here.
Jacob should have someone with a great writing style and a one month membership who is a solid shopper do a write up in MSM and let the facts fall where they must.
I personally laughed as they described jobs I had already done and found zero value as an experienced shopper. As a new shopper, you will find a deficit value IMHO.
Well, here is my two cents.
So you don't really believe the scammer is Shadow Shopper. Good. If I understand you, you're saying the scammer registered as an MSC with Shadow Shopper and got your information from them. If that happened, there was a breach but that does not mean Shadow Shopper is a scammer.
In answer to your most recent thread title, I don't believe we can or should do anything about Shadow Shopper. If you advised them about your experience with Alex whatshisname you have done your part. Thank goodness Shadow Shopper has taken the high road by not responding to these attacks.
I regret that someone accessed your information. I don't think any of us are ever 100% safe as we hear constantly about big banks, huge retailers, and others that we expect to be secure being breached and client data accessed.
You're welcome on the bump. Consider this another one. You're welcome again.
In answer to your most recent thread title, I don't believe we can or should do anything about Shadow Shopper. If you advised them about your experience with Alex whatshisname you have done your part. Thank goodness Shadow Shopper has taken the high road by not responding to these attacks.
I regret that someone accessed your information. I don't think any of us are ever 100% safe as we hear constantly about big banks, huge retailers, and others that we expect to be secure being breached and client data accessed.
You're welcome on the bump. Consider this another one. You're welcome again.
Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.
Another fork in the road.
Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.
Isaiah, While well intentioned, I think we have gotten the message about Shadow Shopper by now. We all know scams aren't going to give you money so it might be more profitable to concentrate on real shops instead of scams (although some of the scammers emails are funny!).
Shopping across Indiana but mostly around Indianapolis.
@lbw1000 wrote:
Isaiah, While well intentioned, I think we have gotten the message about Shadow Shopper by now. We all know scams aren't going to give you money so it might be more profitable to concentrate on real shops instead of scams (although some of the scammers emails are funny!).
Being a new shopper, I am grateful for this post so I know what to look for. I keep seeing that there are scams out there but this is the first example that I have seen.
Thanks for the heads up OP.
shopping in Placer, Yuba, Nevada and Sacramento Counties in Northern California.
@isaiah58 wrote:
They are getting more aggressive.
"Hello ,This is Alex Willehalm from SHADOW SHOPPER,I'm Texting in regards of the Mystery Shopper Evaluation available at walmart,Shop $50 and earn $250,Kindly email your Full Name, address and Phone Number to alexwille100@hotmail.com for further insight and Documentation"
The Shadow Shopper "connection" aside, anyone who would fall for this deserves what they get. The poor grammar and wording, incorrect capitalization and punctuation, etc., are a dead giveaway that this is a scam. They're a known hallmark of this type of e-mail scam. How anyone could begin to think this is a legitimate mystery-shopping offer is beyond me. If anyone has any awareness at all that the internet is fraught with scams, they know this is one. Or should know.
I learn something new every day, but not everyday!
I've learned to never trust spell-check or my phone's auto-fill feature.
I've learned to never trust spell-check or my phone's auto-fill feature.
@BirdyC wrote:
@isaiah58 wrote:
They are getting more aggressive.
"Hello ,This is Alex Willehalm from SHADOW SHOPPER,I'm Texting in regards of the Mystery Shopper Evaluation available at walmart,Shop $50 and earn $250,Kindly email your Full Name, address and Phone Number to alexwille100@hotmail.com for further insight and Documentation"
The Shadow Shopper "connection" aside, anyone who would fall for this deserves what they get. The poor grammar and wording, incorrect capitalization and punctuation, etc., are a dead giveaway that this is a scam. They're a known hallmark of this type of e-mail scam. How anyone could begin to think this is a legitimate mystery-shopping offer is beyond me. If anyone has any awareness at all that the internet is fraught with scams, they know this is one. Or should know.
I loved your response BirdyC, but we all need to remember that everyone one of us were newbies. Given the reading skill I find with kids I tutor when I have time; I can see how people get sucked into these scams.
I lucked out because my very first scheduler told me how to get it done. Specifically, told me not to pay for any job references. I bet you dollars to donuts, that there are quite a few that had to learn some hard lessons, because they didn't have the benefit of a scheduler who decided I'm training this chick right from the get go.
Merry Christmas to everyone!
Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning; the devil shudders...And yells OH #%*+! SHE'S AWAKE!
@isaiah58 wrote:
@JASFLALMT wrote:
Got a feeling that's not really from the real Shadow Shopper.
Shadow Shopper is not a MSC. They harvest potential shoppers contact information and sell it to anyone that wants to pay for it. I never said its from SS. I am being very clear that SS doesn't care who anyone is, they just want our money; one way or another.
Sorry, I was in bed looking at my phone when I answered this and didn't have a chance to read the entire posting. Glad I have never had much to do with them. Good luck.
Happy Holidays all!
@MA Smith wrote:
I loved your response BirdyC, but we all need to remember that everyone one of us were newbies. Given the reading skill I find with kids I tutor when I have time; I can see how people get sucked into these scams.
Merry Christmas to everyone!
I do understand that everybody here was once a newbie in this business. I should have been clear that my point wasn't specific to mystery shopping. Anyone who uses the internet on a regular basis must be aware of these scams. They've been publicized over and over again for years. I'm assuming that most people who are interested in mystery shopping have some degree of internet savvy. Even if not, people who read the newspaper or watch TV news programs must be aware of these scams. Or they've been living under a rock for 15 years.
I didn't mean to imply that everybody who's been taken in by an internet scam (I was once, but not this type of thing) deserves it. And if this particular e-mail or posting were well written and professional sounding, using correct grammar, punctuation, etc., I might see a newbie being sucked in. But that one was so bad it's laughable!
People need to use some common sense when looking at things like this!
And Merry Christmas to you, and to everyone who celebrates it. And Happy Holidays to those who celebrate other holidays at this time of year!
I learn something new every day, but not everyday!
I've learned to never trust spell-check or my phone's auto-fill feature.
I've learned to never trust spell-check or my phone's auto-fill feature.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/27/2015 12:08AM by BirdyC.
@MA Smith wrote:
Given the reading skill I find with kids I tutor when I have time; I can see how people get sucked into these scams.
I was an English tutor for a brief time. It was downright depressing.
"The future ain't what it used to be." --Yogi Berra
Indeed, as did I. I haven't reniewed in years as I learned better, but starting out - who knew?
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