Category: Consumer Alerts

We learned today about a fake mystery shop offer for the position of personal shopper/secret shopper. These fake positions are advertised through Workable and possibly other sites as well. The scammer, who goes by the name of David Foster, invites people to interview with him through Skype and claims falsely that he works in Human Resources at Confero. Please do not follow the steps for setting up the Gmail account, sending your resume or participating in the interview, as this is a scam.Â

We want to remind everyone to please be aware of scams!Â

• The scammers often fake an email address from a legitimate mystery shopping company. Â

An email/Craigslist scam has been uncovered with Confero’s name fraudulently used within the follow up communications.  The emails were sent to consumers the week of September 21st.   Within the email, the scammers claim that they received the person’s email information from a staffing company because the person had recently applied for a job on Craigslist.  […]

An email address at Conferoinc.com has been spoofed by an outsider who is sending email messages out with the subject "Job Opportunity Opens". The message appears to have been sent from info@ our domain address. This message was not sent by Confero and was not authorized by Confero to be sent on its behalf. If there is a link in the email message, please do not click on it. Confero posts jobs on it's mystery shopping job board to those who have submitted a profile for consideration for mystery shopping. Mystery shoppers are notified of mystery shopping projects when they become available. The subject "Job Opprtunity Opens" is never used. A recipient of this spoofed email message kindly sent us a copy of the contents and the

We would like to remind consumers about the fake check scams where the scammer claims to be an employee of a reputable mystery shopping company.  They ask the recipient to cash the check as part of a fake mystery shop assignment.  In the past, consumers have received checks in the mail along with a letter […]

We received an inquiry from a consumer about a phishing email going around using the Confero name. The consumer asked, "Do you have an affiliate in Seattle, Washington operated by one Nicolas Morgan in the "Market Viewpoint" department? We received two e-mails from this person in the name of Confero, Inc. soliciting for mystery shopper evaluators (Rep ID# FPH04609)."

We are not affiliated with anyone named Nicolas Morgan and we do not operate a "Market Viewpoint" department. A scammer is trying to capitalize on Confero's good name.