Secret shopper scams

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This is the company and e-mail i recieved. I guess theres more than 1 company doing this scam!!

Dear Detective Your application has been viewed by our Survey Supervisor, and hasbeen approved. Through extensive background checks, your informationhas been reviewed and processed. It is a pleasure to inform you thatyou have been cleared to receive employment from our company.Youraddress and City code has been ran through our system and we havefound a job for you.Due to an increasing amount of clients, timeconstraints, and overall work volume, The letter of employment whichyou would have to sign would be sent to you on a latter date, butbefore then you can resume your duty as a Mystery/ Secretshopper.After you get it the letter, you must print, sign, scan andsend it back as soon as possible. In the mean time, you have beengiven temporary work status. Once you receive and send back theemployment letter, your status will be updated. Shopper’s Guide wants you to run a survey on two prominent companiesin your area.The 1st is a Western Union LocationThe 2nd a Restaurant There has been reports about laps in the services of their Managementand some of their staffs,Their complains were based on reports which their customers forwardedanonymously and Phone calls which were also made to the headoffice.The Western union location was reported for evaluation for thefollowing reasons: I) Customers have reported their money missingii) Slow servicesiii) Unbalanced transfer chargesThe 2nd company was reported to be rendering(I) Poor services(ii) Rudeness to customers(iii) Excess charge(iii) Late opening time and Closing before Your Secret Evaluation would be; 1) To make a transfer of fund from this western union location to ourMystery shopper,And the funds would be picked up by another mysteryshopper at the exact location Which a customer reported her fundsmissing. 2) You would have to record the Name of the staffs and time at whichyou go to the location and how many minutes it took you to getservice.3) You would be sent a check/Money Order of $2397 which would coveryour payment of $150 and also for the duty. As soon as you receive thecheck/money order, you would cash in at your bank, and deduct your$150.00, and use the rest of the money for the services. 4) 4) Upon receiving the funds,the Name and address of our Mystery shoppers where the funds will be sent to will be forwarded. You would have to keep a comprehensive report on every activity you carry out. 5) You would also provide me with the name of the cashier that attended to you. Please Confirm that you are ready for the first task and also reply with the western union agent close to you, and with the SUBJECT**READY** Regards. Robert Gregory Secret Shopper(R)Copyright(c) 2009,Mystery Shopper Inc(R).Director (Human Resources & STAFFING)Delivering simple solutions and achievable customer satisfaction!

I get many of these type e-mails; they sound to good to be true; it must be a scam. I think this Rob guy is sending these e-mails to everyone now that I have found this site.

Here’s the e-mail I received from: pgrew@ozemail.com.au

“Hello,

I Would like your co-operation and also for your time to go through this benefiting message. You have been selected for your first assignment as a Mystery Shopper. You will earn 10% of any paycheck you receive by being a mystery shopper. Your employment packet include business evaluation form, a training assignment which will be sent to you after you received payment for the assignment. Paycheck would be
sent to you for the assignment by Certified Check or money order. The paycheck would be around $3,000 to $4000, you are to deduct your 10% commission,and the rest would be used for the evaluation at the store that would be sent to you. Your Employment packet are as follows :

DESCRIPTION

1. Business evaluation form: This is the form you are required to fill after you visit any shopping mall in your area, you would be given the store name and address. You are required to evaluate its customer service and quality control after their services are rendered to you.
You would required to fill a form to rate the employee(s), the form would be given to you after the evaluation:

2. Training Assignment: You are hired to evaluate the quality of services of the store or mall that would be given to you . You are needed to rate the employees. Please note, this is a part-time activity,and its a less time consuming exercise.You are expected to get to me with your letter of resume and a recommendation letter if you have one,also get back with the below details and make sure they
are all valid and correct:

FULL NAMES:
FULL ADDRESS :
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
AGE:
PHONE NUMBERS (LAND AND MOBILE):
NATIONALITY:
OCCUPATION(IF ANY):
MARITAL STATUS:

I will be looking forward to receive the above details.Have a wonderful and a great day.”

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