Wandering around the internet, I found mention of a secret shopping scam I wasn’t yet familiar with, so I thought I’d post it here.<\/p>\n
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Yout get a letter in the mail from what appears to be a legitimate secret shopping company. They claim they had spoken with you earlier about the job by phone (which you may not have actually done, although some do remember a call on this job – others do not).<\/p>\n
The job involves going to Walmart or other place where you can send money, and sending money to Canada. Enclosed is a check for a few thousand dollars, you get to keep a couple hundred for completing the assignment, which should take two hours, they claim.<\/p>\n
Of course, much of that time would be in writing up the service you received. This is mystery shopping after all, scam version!<\/p>\n
Here’s where you get in trouble. You cash the check at your bank, then when it comes back fraudulent, you’re the one in trouble… ouch! You end up liable for a few thousand dollars.<\/p>\n
If you ever get something like this, just hand it over to the police. You don’t need this kind of trouble in your life. Falling for this scam would be a very expensive and painful lesson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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