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 ...

FAYETTEVILLE — A national check scam targeting "mystery shoppers" has made its way to Northwest Arkansas. In the most recent case, suspects from Canada are using the company name Manpower, based out ...

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 ...

Black Hills Community Bank of Rapid City is a victim of a "mystery shopper" scam that issues counterfeit cashier's checks in the names of banks. Community Bank officials said Wednesday that the checks ...

A 20-year-old La Crosse man is out thousands of dollars after falling for a scam that sent him bogus checks to be a "mystery shopper." ...

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 ...

Bob from Harrison, Ohio, recently shared how he was nearly tricked by a scammer posing as a pet owner. The con began with a request for dog sitting. Bob was promised $250 for care and food, but then a ...