Mystery Shopping Thread 21 *PLEASE READ THE OP FIRST**PLEASE NO CLIENT NAMES OR FEES*

ajdj

Well, after doing more research I bought an Archos 70 tablet (7")from Carphone Warehouse yesterday for £99 (reduced from £149). For the money its absolutely brilliant and I aim to use it for the next 10 months or so and then upgrade to the ipad 3 next year when I'm in the USA.

N.I.M

whitelabel wrote: »

Have done some audits past few days that would mean I was making about £35 an hour if I had been able to input the results in to the spreadsheet on site

Who is that with? Any jobs I've looked at where that could be possible they want the paper version signed off by the store and returned to them.

whitelabel

N.I.M wrote: »

Who is that with? Any jobs I've looked at where that could be possible they want the paper version signed off by the store and returned to them.

I cant name the company, but although being based here they usually have jobs in europe and rarely the uk (that I see//get offered anyhow), mores the pitty. they have a 500 store project though and Its a fixed fee+ mileage per store, and I was averaging a certain number per hour yesterday and today to get that. they are very very easy and generally quick though, and no dont need anything signed, just the data emailed back in a spread sheet.

im sure with a touch screen though, its possible to incorporate a signiture on to a word file or similar that could be sent ?

bylromarha

Anyone else got an email from Douglas Stafford asking you to sign up as a mystery shopper? Just wondering how they got my email addy...

Have googled them and they seem legit. But who gave them my details?

whitelabel

bylromarha wrote: »

Anyone else got an email from Douglas Stafford asking you to sign up as a mystery shopper? Just wondering how they got my email addy...

Have googled them and they seem legit. But who gave them my details?

http://www.douglasstafford.com/blog/2010/12/21/warning-douglas-stafford-scam-alert/

It has come to our attention at Douglas Stafford Limited that there is a scam circulating predominantly in the USA where Mystery Shoppers are asked to send their personal information and bank details to a ‘Douglas Stafford’ email address in order to begin working for the company. This is a scam and not how Douglas Stafford recruit.

We at Douglas Stafford take security, privacy and protecting our clients/recruits very seriously.

In order to become a Mystery Shopper for our company, apply online, using our ‘become a mystery shopper’ application form ([url]https://www.douglasstafford.co.uk/forms/mysteryshopper[/url]). This is the only way Douglas Stafford recruit, and we will not ask you to do so in any other way.

The scam asks you to provide your bank details in an email and could then be taking money from your account. We will never ask you to provide these details via email or ask you to send money to us.

If you are contacted by Douglas Stafford, please make sure it is from a genuine @douglasstafford.co.uk or @douglasstafford.com email address. Any other email addresses are not genuine (such as gmail or AOL).

If you are contacted by a non genuine email address, or are suspicious about an email you have received, please do not respond to it, forward it to [email]securitycheck@douglasstafford.com[/email] and we will be more than happy to check it for you.

The scammers are sending out masses of emails to a wide number of mailing lists, regardless of whether they are mystery shoppers, and have begun changing the appearance of their emails to correspond with the Douglas Stafford Limited Branding.

A few quick things to remember;

We only send emails to people who are registered on our database of mystery shoppers, so if you have never applied, you will not have been contacted by us and may have received a scam email.
We do not currently operate outside of the UK. If you are not in the UK and have been contacted, you may have received one of the scam emails, as they appear to be mostly coming from the USA.
The scam suggests using Western Union to transfer money. Douglas Stafford never use this method of money transfer, if you receive an email regarding this, delete it immediately.
To reiterate, all emails from the Douglas Stafford team are from (firstname)(lastname)@douglasstafford.com/co.uk and if you have any doubt about the authenticity of an email you receive, or receive an email asking you to send bank details, transfer money or any email regarding Mystery Shopping you were not expecting, please do not reply, forward it to us.

We at Douglas Stafford are doing everything we can to stop this scam and are working hard to limit any damage caused to our employees, field teams and clients.

Always remember the golden rule: If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

 

 Kind Regards, the Douglas Stafford Team.

squeaky1055

On the subject of spam emails...beware of one that appears to be from GFK asking to complete an online survey for the HSBC. It looks quite convincing until it gives the email address as GKFMystery shopping. I did forward them a copy and just received a reply saying they had not sent it. Short and sweet and not at all concerned that a fraudster is using their company name in an attempt to defraud people!

Is_AWOL

Has everyone died?

DPJames

Is_AWOL wrote: »

Has everyone died?

I think they're all out doing the jobs that arn't getting listed anymore.
Quiet on the forum, quiet on the job boards. What's going on?

Boredupnorth

Fat guy, red suit comes once a year is what's going on. Not expecting anything but scraps until the new year now.

N.I.M

Lots of companies ringing looking for people to do "Office Hours" jobs atm, must all be out doing them.