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Complaint Review: Shadow Shopper - Internet
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www.shadowshopper.com Internet, U.S.A.
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Shadow Shopper ripoff dishonest fraudulent billing Internet *EDitor's Suggestions on how to get your money back into your bank account!
The worst ripoff I have ever been victimized by was started by an e-mail that I answered in May or June of 2004. "Get paid to shop". Decided to look into it. Was offered a $5.00, 30 day trial membership and received an avalanche of e-mails everyday after being foolish enough to take the bait.
Checking into applying to accept these assignments was always quite time consuming and complex. Usually the business which was practically always an eating establishment or hair salon was many miles away from the area that I live in. Yet they seem believable because they don't ever claim that you will be paid hardly any money. Generally free meals for one or two people. Usually they want you to take a digital camera with you for the visit and sometimes even request that you ask your server if you can take a photo of him or her. The emphasis when you answer their e-mails is to "upgrade" your membership to a silver or gold level.
This implies that by doing so you will be eligible for more lucrative and exciting "assignments". I ignored and clicked out of these pop-up boxes and after awhile only rarely checked their e-mails.
Thirty days went by, I was busy, no longer considering that they would send me any info that I would in any way be interested in using. Needless to say, I never requested to subscribe to any extension of a membership with this company. No money was deducted from my account by them. I read their website to see if there was any phone number to call them and cancel. There wasn't any and naively I didn't delve further.
So naturally, about 90 days after I had given them my debit card number (and of course, only had about 20 bucks in my account) all of my little 6 dollar checks to buy groceries, etc. bounce.
I call the bank (now J.P. Morgan Chase) and am told that $59.95 was withdrawn from my account. After a few days, I call back and am told Shadowshopper took my money. No address or phone number. I e-mail these filthy sleazeballs. I dispute the charge with the bank, trying to stay calm but realizing that what I'm saying while completely true is making me sound like an idiotic mental case.
I have to pay all of these returned check fees which keep s****.>
Checking into applying to accept these assignments was always quite time consuming and complex. Usually the business which was practically always an eating establishment or hair salon was many miles away from the area that I live in. Yet they seem believable because they don't ever claim that you will be paid hardly any money. Generally free meals for one or two people. Usually they want you to take a digital camera with you for the visit and sometimes even request that you ask your server if you can take a photo of him or her. The emphasis when you answer their e-mails is to "upgrade" your membership to a silver or gold level.
This implies that by doing so you will be eligible for more lucrative and exciting "assignments". I ignored and clicked out of these pop-up boxes and after awhile only rarely checked their e-mails.
Thirty days went by, I was busy, no longer considering that they would send me any info that I would in any way be interested in using. Needless to say, I never requested to subscribe to any extension of a membership with this company. No money was deducted from my account by them. I read their website to see if there was any phone number to call them and cancel. There wasn't any and naively I didn't delve further.
So naturally, about 90 days after I had given them my debit card number (and of course, only had about 20 bucks in my account) all of my little 6 dollar checks to buy groceries, etc. bounce.
I call the bank (now J.P. Morgan Chase) and am told that $59.95 was withdrawn from my account. After a few days, I call back and am told Shadowshopper took my money. No address or phone number. I e-mail these filthy sleazeballs. I dispute the charge with the bank, trying to stay calm but realizing that what I'm saying while completely true is making me sound like an idiotic mental case.
I have to pay all of these returned check fees which keep s****.>
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Danielle
Norristown,Pennsylvania,
U.S.A.
Sorry To Hear
#2Consumer Suggestion
Tue, October 30, 2007
I'm sorry to hear this happened to you. Any time you are required to enter your info on a website that involves a paid service, (even if it's just a free or discounted trial or demo) you should look for a few things first. They should have an FAQ section, an ABOUT US section, & the most important is a CONTACT US section. Make sure you have enough time to not have to rush through it. You should also use your favorite search engine and type in the company name with words like scam, fake, rip off, bad, etc. Lastly, follow your gut/intuition/6th sense. Hope this helps & don't forget to read the TERMS OF SERVICE & all the small print.
