College graduates who need temporary work while looking for full-time jobs may be interested in mystery shopping, but the FTC cautions that many mystery shopping offers are scams.
It seems like an attractive proposition: getting paid to shop or dine out, and then provide reports about the experience. However, scammers often ask mystery shoppers to pay an up-front fee before they start, or to deposit a check that turns out to be phony.
To learn more, go to Mystery Shopping Scams May Target New College Grads.
The Federal Trade Commission works for consumers to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices and to provide information to help spot, stop, and avoid them. To file a complaint in English or Spanish, visit the FTC’s online Complaint Assistant or call 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357). The FTC enters complaints into Consumer Sentinel, a secure, online database available to more than 1,800 civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad. The FTC’s Web site provides free information on a variety of consumer topics.
(FYI college mystery shop scams)
WASHINGTON—Acting Senior Deputy Comptroller and Chief Counsel Ted Dowd today testified on the Office of…
The Committee convened in a closed session at the Department of the Treasury at 9:00…
WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of the Treasury is taking action to further degrade Russia’s…
WASHINGTON – The final results from the annual survey of foreign portfolio holdings of U.S. securities at…
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and White House convened a discussion…
As Prepared for DeliveryChairman Smith, Ranking Member Neal, and Members of the Committee: Thank you…