Consumer Protection Alerts

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 […]

Confero Consumer Protection Alert:  Scammer using Confero name asks Consumers to Cash Fake Checks Confero was informed today of another scammer who is using the Confero name to try to lure consumers into cashing fake checks and then later sending money back to them. The email below shows the fake request. Please notice that the […]

Confero Consumer Protection Alert: James Mosley Posing as Confero Employee A scammer is fraudulently using the Confero name to attempt to trick consumers into providing personal information, cash fake checks and then send him funds. The scammer claims that he has a mystery shop assignment and asks for the person’s personal details in order to […]