FAYETTEVILLE — A national check scam targeting "mystery shoppers" has made its way to Northwest Arkansas. In the most recent case, suspects from Canada are using the company name Manpower, based out ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Secret shoppers are a not-so-secret part of the retail world. You get to shop around and check out the latest products for quality and availability, but there are some new scams ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Want to make some extra money? Consumer experts warn that some elaborate mystery shopper scams could cost you. Debbie Arthur of Lake Zurich recently clicked on a pop up window offer ...

Black Hills Community Bank of Rapid City is a victim of a "mystery shopper" scam that issues counterfeit cashier's checks in the names of banks. Community Bank officials said Wednesday that the checks ...

The woman ahead of me at the bank looked grim. Could the teller help figure out whether this check was good? The woman had received it as payment for a "mystery shopping" job, and she suspected it was ...

A Jefferson woman lost money after falling victim to a "secret shopper" scam involving a fake check. A Jackson County man was scammed out of $850 after paying to bond his sister out of jail in a ...

Unlike a personal bank check, which is drawn against the account of the individual who writes it, a cashier’s check is issued by a bank or financial institution. Although cashier’s checks are ...

A 20-year-old La Crosse man is out thousands of dollars after falling for a scam that sent him bogus checks to be a "mystery shopper." ...

When a seemingly legitimate check, accompanied by a letter with an offer that seemed too good to be true, appeared in an NBC Chicago employee’s mailbox, she turned to NBC 5 Responds for help. The ...

When a seemingly legitimate check, accompanied by a letter with an offer that seemed too good to be true, appeared in an NBC Chicago employee's mailbox, she turned to NBC 5 Responds for help. The ...