Tag: Consumer Protection Alert

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.

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 […]