A new alert about mystery shopper scams has been issued by IC3, the multi-agency US group that includes the FBI and the Bureau of Justice Assistance.
The organization -- IC3 stands for Internet Crime Complaints Center -- fears that the economic downturn is luring thousands of unsuspecting victims into believing they've been chosen to become a mystery shopper.
Mystery shoppers, or secret shoppers as they're sometimes known, are used by retailers and restaurants to secretly test customer service standards by pretending to be real shoppers.
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