Mystery Shopping
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- Additional Info:Information received by BBB indicates the company may be operating a mystery shopper scam.
How mystery shopper scams work:
- You receive an unsolicited offer to become a mystery shopper or secret shopper. If you indicate interest, you receive a cheque (which could also be a traveller's cheque) in the mail with instructions for your assignment.
- You are instructed to deposit or cash the cheque and keep a portion of the funds as payment for the job.
- Most of the remaining funds are to be used to send a wire money transfer to test the company's procedure and customer service skills. In some cases, you may be requested to deposit cash directly into another individuals bank account.
- Eventually the fraudulent cheque bounces and you are held accountable to pay for the funds that were wired.
By law, banks must make the funds from deposited checks available within days, but uncovering a fake check can take weeks. It may seem that the check has cleared and that the money has posted to the account, but when the check turns out to be a fake, the person who deposited the check and wired the money will be responsible for paying back the bank.
BBB suggests consumers exercise extreme caution when responding to unsolicited mail, email, and text messages with high-paying job offers.
Business Details
- Local BBB:
- BBB Serving Central Ontario
- BBB File Opened:
- 8/9/2016
- Alternate Names:
- Retail Track Mystery Shopping & Consulting
Additional Contact Information
- Principal Contacts
- Mr. David Johnson, Research Associate
- Customer Contacts
- Mr. David Johnson, Research Associate
- Additional Email Addresses
- Primary: Email this Business
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