Mysteryshoppingonlinejob Lead Generation Scam/ NOT MYSTERY SHOPPING Internet

The first red flag was that they use gmail as their "official" email address. They claim to be a mystery shopping company and they will send you an excel sheet with "assignments" on it. The one i received had about 18. Each link takes you to a page where you fill out your name, number, and email address. EVERY SINGLE ONE. You will then be called by someone from a call center asking to speek with you about your interest in their company. These range from health insurance to home loans to school loans to home security systems. The majority of them appear to be fraudulant as any of them i've questioned about location or how long they have

been in business, they hung up on me or became rude and offensive. Most of their pages also have links to other, random, companies advertising their services in the form of ads and pop ups on the confirmation pages. They ask you to take a screen shot of the "confirmation page" after entering your information. They then tell you to"pretend to be interested" in the services, which i guess is how they get paid for the leads they supply. You are the lead, by the way. You are signing up to receive information using a referral code embedded in the links they provide. I'm guessing these "companies" don't know they are paying for false leads.

After completing the first set of assignments, which potentially would have made me $38 (for 18 of these), I received an email stating it would take 2-3 business days to process my job assignments. So, not only had i been suspicious about the whole thing, but I would only stand to make about $40 every 3 days, or so I thought until I received the second job sheet which stated I would make $20 for 11 assignments. I decided to opt out of it after I had received 29 phone calls over the course of those 3 days (and despite this having been 2 1/2 weeks ago i'm still receiving phone calls every morning. Now i'm being told I wont be paid for the "work" done without submitting to them my social, driver's license, and proof of residence among other things. They are citing it as US Citizen Verification "Due to a recent increase in foreign fraudulent activity."

This is a scam. None of the "companies" they "work with" appear to actually exist. They will not leave voicemails and if you try to obtain any of their business information they hang up on you. This is very similar to other scams i've dealt with in the past. The kind that claim you have an outstanding loan or payment and will be taken to court if you dont send them a money order. STAY AWAY FROM THESE PEOPLE!