I registered with this company I found listed on the job board here and have received this email to which I thing is a scam that the members here need to know about

Hello Mystery Shopper,

If you are receiving this email, it means you signed up to be a Mystery Shopper at Mystery Shopping Canada Inc. Your information has been received and verified. You will receive your first assignment next week. You will receive a check in the address provided on your registration information and will also get instructions on what to do with it. Please be advised that you'll receive a package in the mail within the week and also instructions here via email. Best of luck Mystery Shopper! I'll guide you every step of the way. Have a nice day and Happy Weekend.
Sincerely,
Richard Erickson

What do you thing folks?

June 14 2017 UPDATE

They are biting at the bit. I got these texts today
608 291-7606
Good Morning, this is John Blair from Mystery Shopping Canada Inc. Please be advised that you'll be receiving a check from us today. Instructions on how to proceed will be given. Thank you

Please head to the nearest ATM and deposit the check as soon as you receive it. As soon as funds clear, you'll be given instructions on how to proceed with your Mystery Shopping tasks

Hello, have you deposited the check?

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/15/2017 04:37AM by bmttinman.

Definitely sounds like a scam bmttinman. Mystery shopping companies will not send a cheque to deposit into your account without having done a legitimate shop. Also a large cheque amount is definitely a scam. Do not cash this and talk to your bank about it. Also find the phone number from the website to check a legitimate company - call them to verify. Scammers are getting very sneaky so do your due diligence.

It's a scam. Could you also please provide the email address it was sent from?

The Email that comes up is mysteryshoppingassignment@job4u.com the sender was Richard Erickson. Here is the link from where I got the listing [www.mysteryshopforum.com]

Makes you wonder why it doesn't come from their domain and we all know legitimate companies don't pay for work in advance and send checks to random strangers...

Mystery Shopping Canada is a legitimite Company. I have completed shops with them, for which I was paid in a timely manner. Also the link you have provided appears to go to the Signup page for their Shopmetrics Page. However, the email you received is a complete scam! Maybe let the company know that their name is being used in a scam.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/11/2017 03:45PM by Lady Marius.

I realize that MS Canada is a legitimate company, but we all know that MSCs get their names used frequently in scams. I went to the link, and it doesn't look like the other Shop Metrics sign up pages which first only ask for your name, email address, and maybe zipcode if I am not mistaken. They don't take you to the full contact info page initially. Also, there is this:

.nu is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to the island state of Niue.

@JASFLALMT wrote:

I realize that MS Canada is a legitimate company, but we all know that MSCs get their names used frequently in scams. I went to the link, and it doesn't look like the other Shop Metrics sign up pages which first only ask for your name, email address, and maybe zipcode if I am not mistaken. They don't take you to the full contact info page initially. Also, there is this:

.nu is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to the island state of Niue.

Thanks JAS, I knew something was wrong about the page, but it has been a while since I actually signed up on the Shopmetrics Signup page. I just went to the actual Mystery Shopping Canada site and went to their Signup Page and it was a totally different Address. (www.mscreporting.com/shopperSignup.asp). I have never seen a scammer actually use a signup page before, especially one that actually looks like a Shopmetrics Signup page. Usually they just have you send them your information by email.

And it is odd to have @job4u.com for the email, right? I've reported the job posting and also the other posts from that Mike guy who is trying to take advantage of unsuspecting shoppers, I know that seasoned shoppers know better than to fall for the check scam but newbies who wander in here might. Mods haven't done anything yet about it. I am on my way to work, hopefully it all gets straightened out soon.

I received it, too.

Does this mean the person posting here was actually directing shoppers to a sophisticated scam site? If so, they have really upped their game.

Looks that way LisaSTL.

I am a great BS detector and I signed up and got a $2450.00 check by Fedex today. Off to the police tomorrow.

I received the same amount.
I am a great BS detector and I signed up and got a $2450.00 check by Fedex today. Off to the police tomorrow.

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/14/2017 07:51PM by janalou.

I clicked on the link to the post and the post for the fraudulent site still shows. I reported it a few days ago. Why haven't the mods removed it?