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 ...

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 ...

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 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." ...