Comments on: Andrea’s Mystery Shopping Scam Nightmare

By: Jennifer Fisher

Jennifer Fisher — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:30:10 +0000

I am sorry to hear about Andrea’s legal situation. Things like this make my blood boil.

Unfortunately unless you have been able to hook up with a legit mystery shopping company, you might not realize that they NEVER “pre-pay” by sending you a check in advance. Normal fees also fall into the cost of the item and around $5-12 for your time.

Legit companies also do not send out emails looking for ’shoppers’. They get plenty of referrals coming to them. Rarely if ever is there a need to send unsolicited emails and NEVER from a free email account.

Thanks for the post.
~Jennifer

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By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:49:37 +0000

I was a victim to this so called “mystery shopping” this past week. Earlier this month I found an ad online about mystery shopping and a friend of mine used to do it in college so I thought it was legit. The man whom emailed me was named Jack McCallister and he had an acct. with gmail. He emailed me regularly telling me what I would have to do when I recieved the funds. I received the check of 3,000 dollars on June 24th, 2009 and deposited it into my bank acct. the next day. The check was from a business in Atlanta Georgia and is called Schlumberger Industries, which I googled and it is a legit industry, but nothing to do with mystery shopping which was odd. I waited for the funds to clear, which took a couple days and then I sent 2500$ to a Miles Mcfadden that lives in San Antonio Texas. Today the check came back to the bank and now I’m way overdrawn in my acct and I had to discuss this matter with the Bank Manager and she advised me to get all the information and file a police report to cover my tracks because the fraud dept of my bank would be contacting me. These people are ruthless and are making ALOT of money off of people like me. The police officer who filed my report informed me that this thing happens ALL the time and that it is so hard to trace these people because there aren’t enough detectives willing to break the case.

By: Zulema Fajardo

Zulema Fajardo — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:26:24 +0000

Well sad to say they are still up to it, I was looking for a PT job and I saw this mystery shopping so I emailed them. Now supposedly I have recieved a check from them for $2610. Something just didnt seem right so I started to Google and could find nothing on this Dr. Fredrick Smith. Then I came across this website and figured that they were pulling my leg. It is sad what people do..to survive. I hope we can warn others and stop them from falling into these traps in times of need.

By: Jules

Jules — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:56:57 +0000

I received a similar letter about a week ago. I always like to research things before getting into something. So I called them last night and I hit an extension for a woman…I forget the name….but a man picked up the line. I asked them how long they were in business and he said 2 years, but they have offices around the country “like Dallas”. I asked to speak to a sup and he said call back today. I called again today selected a different extension and it was the same guy. I asked to speak with the sup and he said she did not come in, but perhaps he could help me. I advised him I could not find the business online anywhere(including the BBB). I asked them if they have a website and he said NO(that was another red flag). The check they sent me was for $3, 460 and was supposed to be used in a particular order. I think we all could really use some extra money, but I figured that this was not worth the risk of my freedom. I’m so sorry that happened to you and I wish you the best of luck. Keep me posted if you can,