by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 11, 2020 | Scam of the day
I have written many times over the last seven years about the mystery shopper scam because it continues to ensnare unwary victims. Recently the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a new warning about this scam. Mystery shoppers are people hired to shop at a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 19, 2019 | Scam of the day
I have written many times over the last seven years about the mystery shopper scam because it continues to ensnare unwary victims. In one version of the scam which unfortunately involved a Scamicide reader, she was sent an email from a company along with a legitimate...
by admin | Nov 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
Today’s Scam of the Day comes from a Scamicide reader who, fortunately, was able to recognize a mystery shopper scam when he was contacted through LinkedIn by someone purporting to work for a company called BlueOctopus Research seeking to hire him to be a...
by admin | Nov 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
Today’s Scam of the Day is one that I have written about frequently for more than six years because it continues to ensnare unwary victims including some Scamicide readers who have contacted me about falling victim to this scam. It is the mystery shopping scam...
by admin | Jul 30, 2018 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the Day comes from a Scamicide reader who had received a solicitation to be a mystery shopper. This is a scam about which I have written many times, but it deserves to be mentioned again because this scam is so prevalent and many people,...
