Confero received information today about a fraudster who is using the Confero name and has created a fake website to try to scam consumers. You can easily see that the website is fake because of the spelling and grammar errors, and sentences that do not make sense 

The fraudster also sends a text with the following:

Earn $500/week working p/t as a store evaluator. This position does not affect your current job.https://shoperights.com to apply. Text Stop to stop

Whoever is sending the texts falsely claims to be associated with Confero and attempts to recruit secret shoppers.  Please do not fall for this scam!  Do not respond to these texts. The website, https://shoperights.com, uses the Confero logo on it and claims to be Confero, but they are not.  The legitimate website for Confero is conferoinc.com.

These scams usually begin as a text or email contact to get you interested. They almost always result in consumers becoming duped into a fake check scam. In fake check scams, shoppers are sent checks to deposit, and then told to wire most of the funds elsewhere and keep the difference. Ultimately, the check the scammer sent the shopper turns out to be worthless and the shopper is on the hook to cover the entire check with the bank. Some of the checks look quite real – so real in fact that bank tellers see them all the time. BE CAREFUL!  

 Please be aware: 

• Confero NEVER issues checks to shoppers for any reason. Payments to shoppers are sent via PayPal.  Payments are made separately for each shop, and payments are only issued after successful completion of the mystery shop.
• Emails from Confero employees will come from conferoinc.com.
• Hundreds of dollars in pay for a mystery shopping assignment is rare.  

We thank the consumers who brought this to our attention, so that we were able to warn others of this scam.