1, Report:
#1202020
Posted Date:
Jan 16 2015
shadow shopper Credit Card Charges, Unfair practices Internet
This company says it will send you secret shopper jobs in your area. Few pay over 5 to 10 dollars. They then bill your card 29.99 a month. My wife got stuck in this and did not know it would renew each month. Basically a scam if you do not do about 10 plus shops a month. Just do not...
Entity
Categories: Unusual Rip-Off
2, Report:
#1158449
Posted Date:
Jun 30 2014
shadow shopper/johnathon@shadow shopper.com FOR A FREE 2 WEEK UPGRADE IT HAS COST ME $182.58 REALLY WHERE DOES THE FREE COME IN. I FAIL TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN GET AWAY WIYH THIS .,HOW ABOUT A CLASS ZCTION AND SEND THIS COMPANEY TO THE COMPUTER GRAVEYARD NO POSTED Internet
I was ripped off. They stated free two week trial at no cost and it has costed me $182.00 that I do not have
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
3, Report:
#1121582
Posted Date:
Feb 07 2014
Kroger mart company Acceptance letter secret shopping check Jeannette Pennsylvania
I received a letter with a check from krogermartcompany saying I had been selected to be a shadow shopper, to deposit the check after activating it at www.krogermart.com, which I did. They stated to wait until the check cleared to start the first job. The bank notified me today th...
Entity
Categories: Personal Services
4, Report:
#1081111
Posted Date:
Sep 02 2013
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MF MircoMart Company [email protected] Scam Minnelonka Minnesota
I was sent a letter of acceptance to become a shadow shopper. It asked me to go the their website and enter user id and password to activate the check they sent with the letter in the amount of $1992.20. Out of that amount $350 was to be deducted for my first week's income the rest ...
Entity
Categories: Home Based Business
5, Report:
#1076440
Posted Date:
Aug 16 2013
michael f. inc Scammed me out of almost $2000 I didn't have in the 1st place when Iwas just trying to take care of my kids Minnetonka Minnesota
Michael F. Inc. Is a SCAM! After my husband lost his job I decided to try to find some work for extra money to take care of our kids. After showing interest inbeing a shadow shopper, I received a letter in the mail with a check and was instructed to deposit said check. I waite...
Entity
Categories: Work at Home Business
6, Report:
#1060088
Posted Date:
Jun 18 2013
sources for research surveys Bad checks new york New York
I was sent a check for $1500 as shadow shopper .First u have to deposited 1000 into your own account.But when i tried to cash it . was told that it was a bad check.Completely humiliating .
Entity
Categories: Internet Marketing Companies
7, Report:
#1020523
Posted Date:
Feb 26 2013
Shadow Shopper These scammers have the gall to charge for what amounts to you doing your own search on mystery shopping companies. The merely put you on a list (even there they failed where other companies picked Carson City, Nevada
ShadowShopper.com is taking advantage of people and making money providing nothing whatsoever that one couldn't get from a Google search. They are preying on newcomers to the secret shopper industry while imagining (I can only guess) that they provide some kind of service.
...
Entity
Categories: Employment Services
8, Report:
#1019927
Posted Date:
Feb 25 2013
Pacific consumers research group Ernest Mason stole my money by froud Toronto , Ontario Canada
Mr Ernest Mason send me a letter with a check of 1589.45 .
Saying that it was for a shadow shopper .
Giving me 48 hours to buy the stuff n FAX all the recives.
Then we send it to some lady names Bridget Garcia on Madrid Spain.
we send her 995 plus two hundred for the shopping. ...
Entity
Categories: Clothing Stores
9, Report:
#987792
Posted Date:
Dec 27 2012
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Shadow Shopper LISA HURFORD THESE PEOPLE ARE SCAM ARTIST New York , New York
I am beyond pissed off I was so excited when I got a check for $1670 I called them like they said they told me to deposit the check witch I did and it cleared in my bank account I was then supposed to send them a $970 money gram and I did then I was supposed to spend $100 dollars at...
Entity
Categories: ORGANIZED CRIME
10, Report:
#939616
Posted Date:
Sep 11 2012
shadow shoppers did not refund the amount they agreed on. Internet
Dear Ripoff report.
The reason for me to contact you is because about two weeks ago I have put in a claim for the Shadow Shopper to refund the money $29.95 since i did not use their service. The Shadow Shopper did agree to refunding ...
Entity
Categories: Employment Services
11, Report:
#935626
Posted Date:
Sep 01 2012
Shadow Shopper.com Shadowshoppers, Magnolia Lineman Shadow Shopper is helping steal my corporate identity by sending shoppers to a fake company using my info. Internet
Someone has stolen my corporate identity and is using my name and address to try to scam people interested in mystery shopping. ShadowShopper is helping them by sending emails with this message:
Dear [first name],
A scheduler is has searched for shoppers and emailed yo...
Entity
Categories: Internet Fraud
12, Report:
#927178
Posted Date:
Aug 14 2012
TCMC DATAWORKSTEAM,inc This company sent me a check for 1927. for me to use to buy things as a shadow shopper and when i deposit the check it went through. The next morning I paid some bills from the 300. that they told me Scranton, Pennsylvania
I Jasmine Morton recieved a check from dataworksteam to be a shadow shopper the very first time I ever recieved anything like this before and I was xecited, because, I wanted to have something to do with my time. I am on disabilty and I some time get real bored with nothing to...
Entity
Categories: Banks
13, Report:
#916108
Posted Date:
Jul 23 2012
Shadow shopper Refund Rip off! Internet
I signed up with shadow shopper and I did not like company so I went to the web site to cancell my subscription and they would not let me, THEN they charged me $29.95 for another month.
I wrote them a message on the web site that I wanted a refund, they refunded my money BUT charge...
Entity
Categories: Internet Service Providers
14, Report:
#663466
Posted Date:
Nov 18 2010
shadow shopper A DAM rip off artist/ sent ,me a check, $590.00 took it to my bank waited two days for the check to clear went to walmart and spent 150.00 what they said to buy took out hundred what was supost to be ontario, Internet
I got a letter and a check in the mail from shadow shoper they told me to take the check to the bank and cash the check as i did then i was supost to use $580.00. To use $150.00 at walmart what i baught i could keep i kept out a hundred dollars that was supost to be my pay. the...
Entity
Categories: Bad Check Writers
15, Report:
#641872
Posted Date:
Sep 18 2010
Shadow Shopper Fraud Credit Card Scam , Internet
Shadowshopper.com has sent an email talking about a 1 week free trial for their services. Upon arriving at the upgrade center, you are required to input your credit card, or pay with paypal but still you need to input a credit card.
I talked with the company about this and they sai...
Entity
Categories: Employment Services
16, Report:
#611039
Posted Date:
Aug 11 2010
Shadow Shopper Charged my paypal account without my authorizaton Internet
I signed up for a trial one month membership, which I found was of no value. They were emailed to let them know to cancel and to remove me from there email list. I kept getting emails and just put them in my spam folder. Then I got a notice from paypal that they had taken 99.99 from...
Entity
Categories: Work at Home
17, Report:
#629887
Posted Date:
Aug 11 2010
Shadow shopper Processed the annual membership fee even after cancelling account Carson City, Nevada
So I signed up for the $4.95 trial memership. Started getting emails for possible mystery shops, so I am thinking great... well long story short, I realized in a short while this was not for me so I cancelled my account. Got an email confirming this and shock of shocks, 3 days later...
Entity
Categories: Consumer Services
18, Report:
#629803
Posted Date:
Aug 11 2010
Shadow shopper Processed membership fee despite cancelling my account Carson City, Nevada
So I signed-up, paid the $4.95 trial fee and was getting emails from this site - got lots of emails from this site. Everything seemed just fine. However we are all entitled to change our minds, which is what I did.
My plans had changed, so I went on-line, cancelled my account, rec...
Entity
Categories: Consumer Services
19, Report:
#593896
Posted Date:
Apr 16 2010
Shadow shopper Unemployed single mother and they screwed me bad! Internet
I am a single mother, unemployed for over a year and desperate for work. I believe I found this company on Career Builders advertising work. If not Career Builders it was another job source. I went to the web site and it really looked legit. I signed up for t...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
20, Report:
#580795
Posted Date:
Mar 14 2010
Shadow Shopper ShadowShopper RIPPED ME OFF FOR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP NOT AUTHORIZED BY ME THROUGH PAYPAL ACCOUNT, Internet
This company asked me if I wanted to purchase a one time fee of 4.95 to see a list of people hiring to be undercover shoppers they pay you for. I paid them through Paypal. I read the fine print. I did not authorize any membership.One month later, a 99.99 fee is pul...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
21, Report:
#399784
Posted Date:
Feb 09 2010
Shadow Shopper This Company is Sending Out Stolen or Fraudulent Checks as Payment for Shopping Hamilton, Ontario Canada Internet
I am currently investigating this company in central North Carolina for sending out stolen or otherwise fraudulent checks to various individuals in my state as well as other cities in the US.
Several individuals in Noth Carolina have received a check for $4,985.00 along with a le...
Entity
Categories: ORGANIZED CRIME
22, Report:
#327711
Posted Date:
Jan 13 2010
Shaddow Shopper Agency AKA Shadow Shopping Agency AKA Www.Shadowshopper.com This Company mailed a check for $4,974.00. with detailed information of my area, I was to cash the check and my first task was to call them when the check was cashed. My bank did not hold the check they gave it to me that day. It was a copy of a real check from a bank (Fort Hood National Bank, Fort Hood, TX.) I was assigned a contact person, Adam, he told me step by step how to spend the money. Beaverton, ON Nationwide Ontario, Canada
A mailed check in the amount of $4,974.00. was included with a printed report called SHADOW SHOPPER AGENCY, www.shadowshopper.com, (Best Source For Mystery Customer Employment) The letter went as follows.....Attention:
We are a Mystery Customer employment firm that specializes in ...
Entity
Categories: Cross-Border Scams
23, Report:
#528103
Posted Date:
Nov 24 2009
Main Events Marketing & Merchandising Did not pay me for a completed job! Albuquerque, New Mexico
Back in late September 2009 I was contacted by Linda Lopez. She had gotten my name from Shadow Shopper and offered me a job as an independant contractor for Main Evens Marketing and Merchandising. She said she was in a bind and needed someone to do a job right away at Sa...
Entity
Categories: Liars
24, Report:
#477435
Posted Date:
Aug 07 2009
Main Events Marketing - Main Event & Merchandising, LLC Hired me to do a job and didn't pay me. Albuquerque New Mexico
In June 2009 Linda Perez called me to say she had gotten my name from Shadow Shopper. She offered me a job demonstrating and passing out samples in Sam's Clubs in Austin & Round Rock Tx. I accepted the position and sent her a W-9, copy of my DL and SSN. I did 3 jobs 6/27, 6/29 an...
Entity
Categories: Employers
25, Report:
#456781
Posted Date:
May 30 2009
Shadow Shopper I signed up for their 30 day trial for $4.99, and after 30 days they automatically took $99.99 out of my bank acct, without my auth. thats just plain fraud. Carson City Nevada
I signed up for a 30 day membership for the amt of $4.99, and then about two months later i find out that this company charged the amt of $99.99, to my credit card without my authorization. to me thats alot of money, This is wrong totally wrong. but the company says something about ...
Entity
Categories: Attorney Generals