CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Secret shoppers are a not-so-secret part of the retail world. You get to shop around and check out the latest products for quality and availability, but there are some new scams ...

WILLIAMSTOWN – Residents of Williamstown are warned of a new scam from a group claiming to be part of the Secret Shopper experience, officials said. A Williamstown resident reported someone had ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – A Seminole County woman who received a “too good to be true” job offer from Walmart complete with a cashiers’ check for $997, knew she was being set up. The woman, who asked we not ...

A Jefferson woman lost money after falling victim to a "secret shopper" scam involving a fake check. A Jackson County man was scammed out of $850 after paying to bond his sister out of jail in a ...

The Better Business Bureau is warning area consumers to be on the watch for a secret shopper check scam. As a way to monitor service quality, legitimate businesses recruit secret or mystery shoppers.

A Lyons Road woman contacted law enforcement this week after realizing she’d been scammed by the secret-shopper ploy. The woman told law enforcement that on April 15, she received a letter stating she ...

Dear Action Line: I'm out of work and received a letter offering me a "secret shopper" job — someone who tests store employee service and reports back to the store. The letter contained a check for $6 ...

RACINE - A Racine woman is out $5,050 after falling for a “secret shopper” scam that found her cashing counterfeit checks. The victim, who filed a police report on Saturday, Jan. 28, told officers ...

The woman ahead of me at the bank looked grim. Could the teller help figure out whether this check was good? The woman had received it as payment for a "mystery shopping" job, and she suspected it was ...