A Word of Caution about Mystery Shopping

I want everyone to please be aware of MYSTERY SHOPPING scam artist. A lot of this is going around. I don't want to frighten anyone off just start mystery shopping but I do want to warn you.These scam artist prey on people who they see are interested in MS. What they do is send you an email or a letter in the mail telling you how you can make up to 500.00 a day or more mystery shopping.You can make money doing this but I haven't heard of anyone making this kind of money.What they tell is they will send you an check for $2500.00You in return keep $200.00 for you part and send them the rest through a money gram. Then they tell you this is to evaluate the money gram service is why they are doing it. The check looks real and even has a legal MS companies name on it.If you fall for this scam you are out $2500.00 for which you must reimburse your bank for. If you ever get a check like this my advice is to call the mystery shopping company and ask them about it. It is highly unlikely they would send someone a$2500.00 .MS companies just don't do this. So be very careful about this. Good luck. See you next time.

Still Need more info ?

Sign up at Jobslinger.com for shopping jobs. It lists the jobs from various companies and once you have signed up they will send you an email to let you know about shops available.Want more advice still and have questions not answered here? Go to volition.com and read the mystery shopping advice given there. You can ( once signed up) can even give your opinions on mystery shopping. Hope all this advice helps someone. I know when i first started I was very skeptical. I though no one is going to pay me to shop. This has got to be a scam. It really isn't, However there are a lot of scammers out there in the field you just have to be careful. One thing I would like to mention is that none of these companies will send an email and ask for your password. This is for you alone to know. I have been getting emails from different companies ( especially from Pay Pal) stating they will close my account unless I send them my name, phone , address and password. IGNORE this emails they are bogus.First off common sense tells you they already have most of this info why would they ask you for it? And second your password is yours and no one should ask for it. No one should know it but you.

More Shopping advice

"See my 2 advice blogs that I posted into chat room by mistake. Tells where to go to get free Mystery Shopping lists, over 200 companies.Now as promised here are some very good companies that I work for that is reliable and trustworthy.So be sure to sign up with these. Ann Michael's, Best Mark, Beyond Hello, Business Evaluation Services, Corporate Research, Check Mark, Certified Field Associates, ICDDS, ICU, I Myst, Intellishop, Marketing Endeavors, Kern Scheduling, Maritz, Quest for the Best, Ritter & Associates, Service Alliance, Speed Mark, Service Intelligence, Service Check, Service Advantage, Shoppers Critique, Second to None, Stop n Check, Strategic Reflections, Trend Source. These are just a few good companies that I work for.One more important issue I must point out. If you don't have a Pay Pal account you must go sign up for a free account. Most of these companies pay you through Pay Pal.Some will send checks but most pay through Pay Pal so its very important you sign up now. It is totally free.Another consideration is go to MS PA and sign up for there free certification for the silver certification. You will get more shops this way. You read the info on there site, take the test and become certified as a silver shopper.

Helpful Mystery Shopping Hints

When you are just starting out in Mystery Shopping, the very first thing you must do is get a list of mystery shopping companies and register and sign up for as many as you can. When I first started I signed up for 100 companies.But I must warn you here DO NOT sign up for any company that wants you to pay them for a list or pay them to sign up with them.This should be free. All companies I work for do not charge to sign up to work for them.They pay YOU. Later on in a later blog I will list some of the dependable companies I work for that really does pay.It does take an awful long time to sign up for all these companies so have patience. The more companies you sign up for the more likely you will get a shop.It is a good idea to let them know when signing up just how far you are willing to travel to do a shop. I my self go about 30-40 miles.It really doesn't pay me to go any farther unless I have 3-4 shops in the same area even if they are for different companies.In my next blog I will give you a list of companies, so be on the look out for it.Thanks for reading my blog and Good Luck.