Texas Secret Shopping and Merchandising Network

  • Increase font size
  • Default font size
  • Decrease font size
Welcome to the Texas Secret Shopping and Merchandising Network

Anatomy of Suspicious Email Soliciting Your Interest in a Secret/Mystery Shop Assignment

E-mail Print PDF

General Comments:

The following should give you some point of information what you should look for within a Secret Shopping Solicitation Email.

1.       Usually if you get a solicitation to do a shopping assignment for some company they ask you to go to their formal company website and fill a formal application, and ask you to peruse the contract between you the shopper and they the principle company, then and only then will they consider you.  

a.       The Internal Revenue Service now requires them to authenticate your Social Security Number or Tax Identification Number.

Last Updated on Sunday, 19 July 2009 05:25 Read more...
 

Phone Scam

E-mail Print PDF

A new scam that is currently being worked throughout the U.S. The point of the scam is to get access to the three-digit security code on the back of credit cards.

The scam works like this:

A bogus call is received from a person disguised as a bank customer service representative or VISA or MasterCard representative who may have already stolen your card

Last Updated on Sunday, 12 July 2009 00:33 Read more...
 

Phishing

E-mail Print PDF

Phishing pronounced "fishing," (fish´ing) (n.) is an attempt to criminally and fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, also known as "brand spoofing," an official-looking e-mail is sent to potential victims by masquerading to be from a trustworthy entity in the users personal.

Electronic communication environment, bank or retail establishments.

  • E-mails can be sent to people on selected lists or on any list, the “phisher” counted on and typically carried out by email or instant messaging, and often directs users to enter details at a website, although
Last Updated on Saturday, 11 July 2009 23:52 Read more...
 

Cashier Check Fraud

E-mail Print PDF
Traditionally cashier's checks have been among the safest checks to accept, because the promise to pay is made by the bank issuing the check, rather then the person who presents check as a form of payment. Yet the incidence of Cashier Check Fraud is on the rise; and the abusers are more creative and resourceful then ever! A prudent act of caution, you should verify cashier checks if you have any doubt.
Last Updated on Sunday, 12 July 2009 00:29
 

Beware of Secret Shopping Assignment Offering Immediate Large Earnings!

E-mail Print PDF

Unfortunately the present volatile economic has caused many to lose their respective jobs and/or any temporary contract work they may have had. Their loss of income does not mean they are absolved automatically from their economic debit obligation maintenance, but only demands the need of further budgeting discipline and adherence to their respective budgets if they have one at all.

According to some insurance statistics, the average American when they retire or are near retirement have approximately six to seven thousand dollars in the bank, and frankly many do not have anywhere near that amount of money at all in savings due to the cost of products and services now days rising at such an alarming fast pace as published in various news media resources.

Due to the aforementioned lack of disposable or budget money many individuals are seeking work to supplement their respective incomes as a primary or as a secondary income resource.  In retrospect many individuals are

Last Updated on Saturday, 11 July 2009 23:00 Read more...
 
  • «
  •  Start 
  •  Prev 
  •  1 
  •  2 
  •  3 
  •  Next 
  •  End 
  • »


Page 1 of 3

TSSAMN Login


Polls

Tax Gap - Are You Aware Of Our Legislators Are Trying To Change Our Tax Classification?
 

Visuals Impact Our Impressions

  • Sponsors
  • Sponsors
  • Sponsors
  • Sponsors

Who's Online

We have 1 guest online

Advertisement

Featured Links:
Joomla!
Joomla! The most popular and widely used Open Source CMS Project in the world.
JoomlaCode
JoomlaCode, development and distribution made easy.
Joomla! Extensions
Joomla! Components, Modules, Plugins and Languages by the bucket load.
Joomla! Shop
For all your Joomla! merchandise.

Newsflash

Significant tax gap proposals by our Legislators include:
  • imposing withholding on non-employee payments, specifically payments made to independent contractors;

  • increased information reporting by card companies to the IRS on the credit/debit card transactions of businesses;