mystery shopper

    By Alysse Dalessandro

    | 3:00PM 8/10/2010
    Scammers have stolen the identity of a national employment firm and are using it to trap consumers with a money-laundering scheme that claims to be a mystery-shopping job. The St. Louis Better Business Bureau reports the identity of Oklahoma-based Express Employment Services is being used to draw...

    By Josh Smith

    | 4:00PM 3/25/2009
    It's no secret that fraud is on the rise these days, and the troubled economic times have led even more people to latch on to the possibility of a quick buck. One common scam is a form of wire transfer fraud known as advance fee fraud, in which the mark is given a check for a large amount, asked to...