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Snopes.com: Secret Shopper Scams URL: http://www.snopes.com/fraud/employment/shopper.asp Description: Discussion of employment fraud in the form of secret shopper job postings. Describes how "reshipper" and "cashier's check" cons have been reworked into secret shopper pitches, as well as the traditional secret shopper con, in which individuals are defrauded in the "value of their payments for goods (training materials) or services (certificates or listing in databases of available secret shoppers)." Also provides tips for avoiding secret shopper scams. From Snopes.com. LII Topics: Consumer Protection, Consumer Research & Advocacy, Corruption & Fraud, Fraud, Jobs & Work, Occupations, Shopping Publisher: Snopes.com LII Database Information: Record 25516 created by Maria Brandt on 02/19/2008 Last modification on 02/27/2008 Published: 02/27/2008 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25516 |
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