I just got invited to be a mystery shopper but I have questions

Hello. I am a member there and I think they are great I get paid every month around $250 I make a change to dollar from my money Sweden. I always can make my own chose to witch company or store I whant to go to This is a world wide company so I can recomend it Its hapend that they call me and ask if I can take some special shopping and then its a great pay.

I just have a question for you.... did you receive a check in the mail? along with a small packet telling you about stores like walkmart and jcpenny?? my mother just did that a few weeks ago. she checked everything out first.. researched there bank, website, phone call etc etc and everything seemed liget.. then she went ahead and foillowed the mans directions that he gave her on the phone.. he told her to call him when she deposted the check. she deposited it, called him and then he told her to send som much to such a such a place via money gram & as soon as that reached the person he would give her further instructions.. meanwhile she was to use the deposited money for shopping at certain stores... well her being a procrasntentor.. she didnt send the money via money gram.. almost 10 days later she went to do it and before she did she realized her bank account was frozen she went to the bank to find out why and it turns out she deposited a contefeit check. she gave the bank all the info that she needed to and htey lifted the reezre on her account... good thing she waited to take money and send it to them because if she did it would have been her own perosnl money that she would have been usiing and the scam would have worked... id check stricitly with your bank not to see if the bank the check is written on is legit , but to see if the check itslef at first is legit.. watch out for scams.. they are everywhere..!! please be careful!

I get those all the time, be careful though some of them are Scams. Some go under Secret shopper, where they pay you to eat at restraunts. and you go to some department stores, they want you to make an opinion, they ay your for going to stores. they find you jobs in your district. they want you to upgrade you can join free, they have Silver gold and Bronze. you half to upgrade to gold or bronze, to benefit, they can be a nusaisance sometimes, email you, but check it out don't take my word. check it out!

Hello, I can tell you first hand how they are for I just went through it. At first in april I got an invitation and was hesitant for there was a check enclosed. After a while, I called the number and they had cancelled the check for they thought it got stolen. So they reissued me anther. Both were over 3000 mind you. My brothers girlfriend did research for me on the company and bank, both are legit, really exist.So, I went ahead and deposited the check. Well, it cleared right away and I called the number they supplied when they sent the check to tell it cleared. The man on the other end told me to send all but 200 money gram to a woman in NY and gave me her name and address. Well, I didn't make it to the bank before it closed and had to wait til the following Monday. I tried to use my bank card, checks, et. over the weekend and was denied.I called the bank that Monday and had to talk to loss and prevention for they had frozen my account due to a counterfeit check I had deposited,(the one the secret shopper sent me)I told them I had the original letter from them as well as the first check. I had to bring it right to my bank for I was looking at counterfeit charges as well as if I did send the money like I was told, it would of been out of my own money!!!!!Loss and prevention is taking care of it now, and I have my account back minus a small fee for the counterfeit check,,DO NOT DO IT FOR THE LOSS AND PREVENTION SAID THAT ALOT OF THE SECRET SHOPPERS AND OTHER INTERNET HOME BUSINESSES ARE SCAMS TO GET YOUR MONEY..I AM VERY THANKFUL IT WAS TOO LATE TO GET TO THE BANK THAT FRIDAY OR I WOULD OF BEEN OUT OF SOME MONEY AND LOOKING AT COUNTERFEIT CHARGES...Be careful, even if you do research...if something seems too good to be true, it usually is...take it from someone who experienced it...

You need to be really careful. A lot of these are scams. I think the only legitimate ones are ones where they have an actual office building, you can pull up profiles of them on the Better Business Bureau or Dunn and Bradstreet. It's pretty easy to start a scam. don't give them ANY MONEY. They should be paying you. Make sure you start with something you can afford and would want to do anyhow. I have done this for my bank, as well as another organization and I have gotten paid, or reimbursed for what I did. They should send you materials BEFORE you go, so you are aware of what you need to pay attention to. You shouldn't have to pay for anything you do for them, and it should all be optional. You can sign up for the assignments you want and await instructions. So far, aside from my bank, the other company I went through had an assignment for me maybe once a quarter. i could not live off this. I moved, and the company is not available where I am now, and I haven't found a legitimate one yet.

I have no idea how it all works in the United States but yes I have done mystery shopping here in Canada. The very first time I did it I had to first watch a VHS tape on some tips in other words do's and don'ts. You get paid by the job. You need a computer and a car. They tell you where they want you to go and you have the choice of whether or not you want to do it. So lets say they tell you they need someone to mystery shop Wal Mart and Sears. You may want them both if so you let them know and you will have to tell them what day you plan to do it. They always give you about a week to 10 days and you pick the day. You will also be told what they are going to pay for the job to be done. You go to the store and you need to really watch carefully regarding things like is the store neet, are the shelves properly stocked, are the specials posted,are the staff friendly, do the staff have their name tags on, did you get good customer service, did someone great you and ask if they could help you. These are some of the questions they ask on the forms you'll need to fill in later. While in the store you will need to buy something for at least one dollar and you safe your reciept, this you will need to send in before you get paid. I had a shop to do in the next town down to Home hardware. I took it. They said it would pay 99.00. Well by time I went there at the pice of gas 5.50 a gallon I didn't really make anything. I also did some here in town and that wasn't so bad buy it paid way less and I was able to get around better than. It's been years since I did it but I can tell you there was a lot of book work with it. Good luck and let me know how you do. Take care

I did this years ago. No money up front, I just sent in the info and was assigned to stores. I never had any problem with the company I worked for. I understand now that there is a registration fee. Not sure for sure though. It was fun and the money was nice.

I was once going to do something like that but changed my mind, I never knew anything about it so i didn't go forward with it.. Maybe though if i had more info. about it i might try it.. I just don't know how such things work so i didn't give it a go..

I have seen a lot of these programs on the net but always hesitate due to the cost - it is far too high in most cases. I hope to find a legitimate program that really works even in Northern Europe.

Although there are legitimate mystery/secret shopping jobs, there currently is a huge mystery/secret shopping jobs scam. A Canadian company calling itself Shopping Jobs Here Agency is issuing identical "official check" (from Citizens BAnk of Washington County, Sanderville, GA) to several individuals allover the USA. I also received the "official check" with jubilation; but fortunately for me, the check (made in the amount of $4982.00) had my last name misspelled, resulting in check kickback by my bank. See copy of my identical check at legit Citizens Bank of Washington County site - http://www.cbwc.com/scam_notice2.htm Oh, the check arrived with materials and instructions stating job preformance and requirements, making the deal appear legit. I even spoke with representatives of the company, who all sounded very professional and even advised that I wait for "official check" to be cleared before calling back for confirmed job assignments. Well, I guess when it is too good to be true, it probably is too good to be true! Because this company is outside the USA, Citizens Bank of Washington County, Sanderville, GA, cannot do a thing! US victims will be simply out-of-luck. Beware! And, do not forget to help take a bite out of crime!

I got one invitation through the internet, but I guess it was not exactly honest. No one has asked me to be one through the internet. I did get invitations to deliver fliers, to take a course to become,etc. I guess they expect you to go to the department store and apply. There are lots of help wanted either full time or part time, and for your references, but as I wrote, you see them on the store window itself and then you have to go home, type out your references and your experiences and then come back.

I am registered with like 10 different companies and do some shops every now and then, but not as often as I would like =) Most of the shops in my area are for banks or local college cafeterias =) Fun fun...I just don't get very many opportunities. And some places you can only go there one every year. So for me it isn't a good way to make lots of money. Maybe if you live in a bigger city it would work better for you. You have to remember lots of details and names, which isn't too bad. And sometimes you have to spend a certain amount of time in a store and try on shoes, use the dressing room, stuff like that.

Hello stephcjh, I signed up for Shadow Shopper but as usual, it is only for US citizen. I receive an invitation to be a mystery shopper at Salt Lake City many times, which they send to my e-mail but since I am non US citizen, I couldn't proceed at all. I am not sure how it works but I think it might benefit you if you are looking for additional income.

I have experience with it and I have not been scammed yet. I signed up for a company that marciascott mentioned, but I never paid the upgrade. The companies can still contact you if you don't pay. 5 companies have now contacted me. You have to write a lengthy report after you do your shop. The company will tell you exactly what you need to look for. I do not make a weekly income, I do them when I want and when the price is right. I have 4 legit mystery shop companies listed on my blog if you are interested. I need to update it with my most recent one. Good luck!

Your topic is very nice and informative to all secret shoppers put there. Happy posting:) I'm here in the philippines i don't know if we have also a secret shopper here:)

Once I tried this and I signed up and was sent a list of things to buy. In addition to being reimbursed for the product, I was promised the product and pay for my time. I went I shopped I answered long and lenthy survey, and I sent it back, I did it for the 12 products they gave me to buy. At the end of this I recieved not one red cent, I did keep the product because I paid for it. I think that job is a scam.

do not do it it is a scam shadow shoppers is doing that in every state and the police are after them for fraud . they send you a phoney cashiers check for three thousand dollars you are to deposit at once then in the next few hours you are to take a thousand dollars out to mail toa friend via walmatrs money wire s service to check on their reliability ha. okay now take out two hundred to pay yourself okay now comes the bad news the check is bogus so if you manage to get it deposited and cashed all that you do with it bounces and you have to ppay all this stuff out of your own pocket. totally a scam. shadow shopper is wanted all over the usa for scamming big time.it is a scam run from it. my bank told me at once when theylooked at the check that it was bogus and that these had been flooding all the banks and to take it to my postmaster or to the police.

I got invited to be a mystery shopper through email so many times, but I never try and never trust the program.