Looks like another mystery shopping scam
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Phishing or attempting ID theft.
What is the email address you would be replying to? Not something in the message, the one it came from.
This has been around a while though. Just like the scammers that register as companies, on the sites that want you to pay for access to listings, so they can call and email you.
This has been around a while though. Just like the scammers that register as companies, on the sites that want you to pay for access to listings, so they can call and email you.
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When you get in debt you become a slave. - Andrew Jackson
When you get in debt you become a slave. - Andrew Jackson
Anyone else sign up for the shop that has been sending me very legitimate-looking checks, via postal Priority envelopes, with checks for $1,422.00 in them? I was supposed to deposit said checks in my checking account, buy stuff at Walmart, send the items to the mystery shop, then keep the leftover money for myself. Needless to say, I did NOT deposit any of the checks, which I'm sure would have bounced, in my checking account. I have seen cases on Judge Judy and People's Court where people got bilked out of thousands from these fake mystery shopping checks.
Those checks do bounce. I just threw mine in the trash.
proudlyshopping, I have seen posts from new members who joined our forum just to tell the sad story of how they got fleeced. It was earlier this year I think that some young college student deposited one of those checks. He got a lot of support and advice on forum members but not before it caused him a heap of trouble. Even intelligent people get duped sometimes. Not everyone who is smart has common sense, unfortunately.
It is really sad how many people fall for this. I have met people (who know what I do) that have told me that they are going to shop Wal-Mart for $80-$200. Sometimes, no matter how many ways I tell them, they can't believe that it isn't true. I don't get $80 to shop Wal-Mart, why would they be "the chosen one" for such an assignment? All of my close friends and family "get it." It's the random acquaintance that can't be convinced.
I like to reply back with "Can you pay $500 per assignment? I currently work as a mystery shopper and your fees are on the low side."
I turn those checks over to the Postal Inspectors. They are illegal. Those SOB's need to be prosecuted. If you get them, please turn them over to your local postmaster. If we, legit shoppers, don't stop them, who will?
I've never gotten one of those checks. I've just heard about other people getting them. How in the world did they get your address?
I'm not sure how they got my address. I'm signed up with many MSC's and survey companies. They could have bought my name from somewhere. I have a bad habit of entering contests, which drives my poor husband crazy. He insists that such things are bogus and ways to "phish" for information about people. He wants me to stop signing up for so many things. But I keep hoping I will win enough money to prevent us from ever having to work again, so, as the eternal optimist, I keep entering contests. He's probably right.
I fully agree that this can be scam. They offer too high payment. If it is not free, the probably it is scams. If it is free, but they require too much details, it can be identity theft. You can read more here:
[www.consumer.ftc.gov]
[www.elitesurveysites.com]
Check these companies:
[www.thepennyhoarder.com]
They looks legit.
Hope that helps.
[www.consumer.ftc.gov]
[www.elitesurveysites.com]
Check these companies:
[www.thepennyhoarder.com]
They looks legit.
Hope that helps.
lol I just posted one like that I just found.. ha ha ha.. my husband likes to screw with them and goes on for wks..
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