Quality Auditing is a tool that is used by many of the largest and most successful brands in the world to help them understand and improve their customer experience. It is also a great way for people to make a little money on the side or get reimbursed for purchases they would have made anyway. If quality auditing is something you are interested in, it is important to know how to identify legitimate shopping opportunities and avoid being scammed.
Here are the way to easily identify a quality auditing scam and what you can do if you spot one:
Never Pay to Perform a Shop or Access Assignments.
Legitimate quality auditing companies will never require you to pay to register, get a certification, or access shopping assignments.
Any business that claims you have to pay in advance for such things is a scam and should be reported to the Federal Trade Commission or your state’s attorney general’s office.
This is one of the most common scams in the quality auditing industry. A company says they’re looking for shoppers to go buy gift cards at a major retailer. They send you money in advance to cover your costs and ask that you upload photos of the front and back of these gift cards to your report. This is a BIG red flag and should not be trusted! It takes a few weeks for your bank to identify those checks/wire transfers as fraudulent, leaving you on the hook for the money you spent. The scammers will also take the images you sent them of the gift cards and move the funds making them impossible to trace or get back.
If you’re ever in doubt of the validity of a quality auditing company, program, or shop opportunity conduct some internet research. We want scammers caught and identified as they can tarnish the reputation of creditable quality auditing companies.
