Business ProfileforMystery Shopper

It has come to the attention of the BBB that this company may be attempting to recruit employees for secret shopping. The company uses legitimate business names, addresses and phone numbers as a 'cover' or 'front' for their activities. According to information we have obtained, consumers receive correspondence regarding a secret shopper job opportunity. A cheque, typically a large dollar amount, is enclosed which the consumer is to deposit into the bank. Then the consumer is instructed to go to a major retailer and spend a specified amount of money on goods for the purpose of the secret shopping assignment. Once this has been completed the consumer is to go to a 'money mart' or 'western union' to transfer a large amount of money. The supposed purpose of this assignment is to investigate whether the agent followed the law by asking for identification since the transfer was over $1000.00. The money is then transferred from the consumers account before the bank has actually cleared the cheque that was originally received. The bank then verifies that the cheque is in fact fake, and the consumer has incurred a large loss as a result of the money transfer.

If you have been contacted by this "business" or have participated in this "employment" we would suggest contacting The Canadian Anti Fraud Call Centre at 1-888-495-8501 or www.www.antifraudcentre.ca for assistance.