www.mysteryshopper.net

Does anybody know or work with this company.

They have the following job, but it looks kind of suspicious.
They want too many private data etc.


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Wireless/Cellular Phone Series of Mystery Shops Application
About The Assignment: This is an application for a series of assignments. We have multiple opportunities in your area. Available assignments are grouped into a series and each series consists of 3 or 4 individual assignments at specific wireless providers. The scheduling, of each series of assignments, is driven by credit reports/FICO Credit Scores. Therefore, we need Shoppers with all types of credit history. Regardless of your credit history, we highly encourage you to apply, as there is a series of assignments available no matter what your credit history/FICO Credit Score may be.

Miscellaneous Requirements: You are not required to make a purchase during the store visits. However, you are required to apply for a wireless/cell phone plan at each of the locations. Locations will require you to provide your personal information to walk through the application process. This will include your actual name, address, birth date, and social security number in order to comply with each location's application for a wireless plan process.


You will be provided with a scenario to follow on the shops. The scenario will be geared to set up a situation whereby you will apply, but the service is not activated. It will be critical for you to follow the scenario to ensure your visits are valid.
You will be required to obtain and submit a business card from each location. You may submit the business cards via fax or by scanning and emailing them to your Coordinator on a form that will be provided.
At the completion of the series, you will be required to file an online report for each location.
All personal information provided to our company will be held in the strictest of confidence and will be used only for the purpose of matching you with an appropriate series of assignments and tracking the applicable assignments through our client’s system.
Please do not claim this application unless you are willing to comply with the requirements as outlined in this 'Overview'.
If you have previously completed an application for this series of assignments within the last 6 months, please do not claim this application or re-apply.
Do I Qualify: To determine if you qualify for the assignments, you must…

Be at least 18 years of age.
You must be available for the next 10 days, as it may take several days to complete both the application process and location visits.
Claim and complete an online informational application indicating your interest in a series of assignments.
If your informational application meets the standards as set forth by our client, you will be required to obtain a credit report/FICO Credit Score through our approved vendor.
(NOTE: You must obtain the credit score per our instructions for it to be valid.)

You must have a credit/debit card available to purchase the credit report/FICO Credit Score online. You will be required to pay an out-of-pocket expense of $15.95 to obtain your credit report/FICO Credit Score through our authorized vendor. We will reimburse this fee to you in addition to payment for the completed series of assignments.

Each series of assignments requires a Shopper within a specific FICO Credit Score range. Your FICO Credit Score will determine the next step in the process.

As a consumer, you may pull your own credit report and score one time per year without affecting your credit score.

Based on your initial application for a series of assignments, we will attempt to put you in a series of assignments where we anticipate your credit score to come back in.

Assuming the score comes back within the targeted range of FICO Credit Scores, we will then assign you the shops you qualified for.
In the event that your actual FICO Credit Score is different than the targeted category, we will need to re-evaluate which assignments are still available. If we can then place you in a series, we will. If not, you will be placed as a back up shopper or offered individual assignments that may come available.
In the event that we are do not have a series of assignments available for you by the end of the round, you will still be reimbursed your out-of-pocket expense at the end of the round.
To place you in the proper series of assignments, we require you to provide our company with the page containing your FICO Credit Score and your receipt of payment for the credit report/FICO Credit Score. You WILL NOT be required to provide our company with your actual credit report, and you may keep the report for your own use.
You WILL NOT provide our company with your social security number or actual credit report. We only need your FICO Credit Score from our approved vendor. Our approved vendor is a highly reputable and secure credit reporting agency.
Address Of Locations To Be Shopped: We will determine the locations to be visited based upon your home address. Specific dealer locations will be disclosed after we have determined the series of assignments for which you qualify. We will assign you to the closest possible locations (typically within 2-5 miles). You must be able to complete all visits in the series over a 2-day period. Your due dates will be driven by the information you provided for availability in your initial informational application. You may also discuss due dates with your Coordinator, as appropriate. Visits may be conducted at any time during the location’s regular business hours.

Deadlines: The deadline listed on the previous page is for the submission of the short informational application only. Once you claim the application, please complete it within 4 hours, to expedite the application process. We reserve the right to remove your name from consideration of this series of assignments if you do not complete the informational application by the due date listed.

Upon review of your informational application, we will provide you with instructions on how to obtain your credit report/FICO Credit Score. If your FICO Credit Score falls within the anticipated range, you will be given a series of assignments to complete, addresses for locations to be shopped, and a new due date will be set. Visits may be conducted at any time during the location's regular business hours.

You must be available to complete the assignments during the 10 days following your informational application. If you are traveling or leaving town, please DO NOT claim an application.

Payment: Payment for a completed series of 4 assignments is $120.00 and payment for a completed series of 3 assignments is $90.00. Individual assignments may also be available at a later date and will pay $30.00 each. Checks are issued within 30 days of the approval of your reports. Please make sure to update your shopper profile to be sure that we have your current contact information, including mailing address.

We look forward to working with you on these fun assignments!

National Shopping Service Network, LLC

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There are a number of MSPs out there with very similar names. I am signed up with a "National Shopping Service" for whom I have done one or two jobs over the years without event, but this is NSS Network and obviously a different company. I am pretty sure that I have never heard of this particular company before unless they have had a name change.

Here is my personal take on this. The price looks great until you realize that EACH ONE OF THE JOBS YOU DO WILL BE A HIT ON YOUR CREDIT REPORT because each job requires you apply for service. 5 hits to your credit report in a year and your credit score automatically starts dropping. If you do not pay off your credit cards each month in full, a lower credit score can quickly start raising your interest rates even if you are paying on time. If you plan to take out loans for cars or a home (or refinance a home) etc. you will be offered loans at higher interest rates if your credit score is lower. Is the risk of a credit check (in this case not a risk but a guarantee since you are actually applying for the phone service) worth damaging your credit score?

Certainly knowing what your credit score is for your own information is good. Purchasing the information through their provider is suspect if not annoying. And if there are no shops available or you don't "fit the profile" or submit an acceptable report you are not likely to be reimbursed for that expense.

For half the price I would prefer visit two cell phone shops to gather information rather than go through this nonsense, expense and risk.
Thanks Flash,

I didn't feel good when I saw the offer, because they had on their job board only one other job in Texas, the rest was all the same. I felt, that they are a spam and want only my information.
I won't sign up.
I don't know that they are spammers or scammers. Did you find them on one of the legitimate lists out there or was this something that found you? I am always really leery of the ones that "find me" unless it is through Prophet or a known scheduler sending the invitation.
NSS Network LLC is a legit company. I just did a shop for them. They're not the same as National Shopping Service (NSS). However, I wouldn't take that shop if I were you.
I WOULDN'T DO THESE JUST BECAUSE THEY WILL EFFECT YOUR CREDIT RATING. THEY ARE ASKING TOO MUCH FOR TOO LITTLE. I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH FLASH.
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