MysteryShoppersAmericaSecret Shoppers©

Luis –

Victim Location 75043

Type of a scam Employment

I received a text offering employment as a secret shopper. It instructed me to email [email protected] if I was interested so I did. I got the following reply email

SECRET SHOPPER NEEDED

My Name is Brian Keys, We seek the service of a a Secret Shopper in our Organization.There is no charge to become a shopper and you do not need previous experience .

JOB DESCRIPTION :

You will be required to interact with some shops around you based on their responsibilities ,motives ,services to customers .

When an assignment is given to you, you would be provided with details to execute the assignment in a timely fashion.

You would be asked to visit a company or store in your area and they are mostly our competitors as a secret shopper. You will shop with them to know more about their sales and stocks as provided by the company .Then,you report back to us with details of whatever transpired at the store. But anything you buy at the shop belongs to you, all we want is an effective/quick job and reports.

PAYMENT TERMS:

The company will provide you money for the shopping and other expenses incurred during the course of your assignment. All the tools you will needing would be provided to you with details every week you have an assignment. The assignment will pay $450.00 per duty. I am sure you cannot spend more than 1-2 hours per day on your assignment .

ASSIGNMENT PACKET :

Before any assignment we would provide you with the resources needed {cash}. Our company would send you a check which you can cash and use for the assignment. Included to the check would be your assignment packet .Then we would be providing you details on here to take up your work. But you follow every single information given to you as a secret shopper .

KINDLY SEND YOUR INFORMATION BELOW TO PROCEED ON FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

Personal Information:

Full Name:

Address (No P.O Box):

City:

State:

ZipCode:

Nationality:

Sex: Status:

Age:

Mobile No.:

Occupation

I await your prompt reply

Regard

Brian Keys

PAYMENT OFFICER

MysteryShoppersAmerica | Secret Shopper®

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I responded and did not receive a response back. Since he had sent the first reply email so quickly, but failed to reply to the next one, I became suspicious.

I checked the scams on bbb.org and saw an identical scam. I gave him the information he asked for but since I have horrible credit, no job, not bank account, I think I am safe from identity theft but I will still monitor my credit report closely for suspicious activity.