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This has to be a scam/fraud? Mystery Shopper?
Here is the letter I received.. what part gives you the most red flags? I dont buy any of it! "We are glad to inform you your position as one of our secret shoppers was approved. And i am taking this opportunity to congratulate you and welcome you to Retail RealityŽ.I am very certain that you would enjoy your work with us as we are ready to create impact to the consumer market. This is also a notification to you that your job will start next week before Friday and We have an assignment for you for the week.The company will issued out a payment for next week assignment packet. Meaning that part of your weekly payment of $300 will be issue to you with some funds which you will use in executing this Assignment. ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION : Read and make sure you understand all that is stated below to avoid any mistake occurrence. You should Receive a check from one of our company. And this is your assignment . Once the check is available i will provide the tracking # for you you to trace it and know the actual time to get it. The Payment was issued to cover the project bills and also part of your weekly wages and Assignment :- Once you receive the check payment you will take it to your bank and get it cash you will deduct $300 as part of your weekly wage then send the rest of the money to our delegate name and address which will be given to you later, any transfer fee should be deducted from the remaining balance of what you get. The remaining balance should be use for the below assignment . Follow these instructions below. 1ST ASSIGNMENT : Your first assignment is to go to any of the Western Union Money Transfer location and use their service. As a Mystery shopper , You should go there and study how to send money and memorize all you see at the outlet . We want you to report back to us with the following information : -Procedure of attendance : -How many attendance in the outlet : -How many minutes it took for them to attend to you and process transfer : Also as a Mystery shopper your job is to observe any thing useful going on in the outlet . Then you would go ahead and make a western union money transfer to another mystery shopper for another assignment. Please try as much to be discrete when doing your work as a mystery shopper,Just observe all you see and report back when you get back home . Your next assignment would be visiting a museum , We would provide you with the details and address later. Also to further finalize this Assignment, you have to get back to us with the below western union transfer information for the money you sent to other mystery shopper : 1. Senders Name and Address 2. 10 Digit Money Transfer Control Number {M.T.C.N} 3. The amount transferred after deducting western union charges. This project Shouldn't take you more than a couple of hours to execute and the time limit matters to us , With that we can also determine your efficiency and commitment you show in working with us. Please Kindly Acknowledge that you read and understand, and reply back by sending a confirmation letter that you fully understood what your duties are. Then you will be giving your first primary assignment. Looking forward to work with you on this project . Yours Sincerely, David Mcintosh Phone: 843-491-4832 Website:www.retailreality.com.au"
6 months ago - 2 answers
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A total scam. It was on CNN or FoxNews the other day
6 months ago
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Complete scam. I didn't even need to read all those details to know. Anything that claims to be a "secret shopper" or "mystery shopper" job is a TOTAL SCAM.
by rtfm- 6 months ago

