Hello,
My name is Ashley, I am with Secret Shopper (www.secretshopper.com). We have had a influx of emails and phone calls about money being taken out of shoppers bank accounts.
I would like to prevent this from happening to anyone else, which is why I am posting here regarding this matter.
We (Secret Shopper) do not and have never taken any money out of any banking accounts, and when signing up with our website it is not even an option to enter any account numbers.
There is a fraudulent 'company' with a website that is impersonating us, but taking the 'e' out of Shopper in Secret Shopper. They notoriously charge shoppers $10/month to use their 'services', but give the shopper no option to cancel their account or stop the payments. Any legitimate mystery shopping company will NEVER ask you for any payment. We all know some shops require a purchase to complete the shop, this is always paid out by the mystery shopping company in a form of a deposit into your account for reimbursement, never withdrawn from your account.
I want shoppers to be aware of this scam, and if it has happened to you and you are currently signed up with this 'company', please call your banking institution to have it flagged as fraud, as well as your local police departments (non emergency line) to report it. You can also report the website to the FTC at [
reportfraud.ftc.gov]
Again, our website is www.secretshopper.com, we do not have another website beyond this one. If you have any questions or inquiries at all, please feel free to email me at
ashleyb@secretshopper.com.
To find legitimate mystery shopping companies that you would like to sign up for, a great website is
[
mspa-americas.org], or the list of mystery shopping companies that are posted on this website.
Thank you,
Ashley B