Category: Consumer Protection Alerts

How do you know if an opportunity is real vs scam? What are the attributes of a real mystery shopping companies opportunities? Listen & know. Hear from Elaine Buxton, CEO of Confero Inc. in her Eastern NC Better Business Bureau podcast interview.

How do some of the mystery shopping industry scams work? How is Confero working to prevent consumers from being scammed? Hear from Elaine Buxton, CEO of Confero about these important topics from her Better Business Bureau of Eastern North Carolina podcast interview.

How to spot mystery shopping scams is still a relevant topic for preventing fraud in the mystery shopping industry. In the age of the internet and side hustles, these scams continue to take advantage of unsuspecting folks. In 2010, WRAL’s Monica Laliberte interviewed Elaine Buxton on How to Spot Mystery Shopping Scams. How to Spot […]

May 1, 2025 Thanks to an alert Confero Shopper, our team was alerted to another email scam using Confero’s name. Please be alert and do not respond to Margot Lane via email with the subject line “Application Accepted.” Full email is pictured in the graphic accompanying this Consumer Protection Alert. Margot Lane or Lane Margot […]

Confero Consumer Protection Alert – Michael Jones A new scammer is fraudulently using the Confero name.  Michael Jones falsely claims that he is an employee of Confero.  He asks for personal information, then asks the consumer to cash a fake check and send him funds. The scammer claims that he has a “secret retail research […]