Unfortunately, scam artists have targeted unsuspecting consumers under the disguise of mystery shopping companies for several years now. Recently, there have been a couple of news stories involving a few of these scams. Last year, the wire transfer company, MoneyGram had to pay $18 million to settle charges with the Federal Trade Commission because it was found that “MoneyGram agents helped fraudulent telemarketers and other con artists who tricked U.S. consumers into wiring more than $84 million within the United States and to Canada.” Also, in early April of this year, a man was sentenced to six years in prison for running a $6 million job scam.