Crime & Safety

Solon Police: Be Alert for E-mail Secret-Shopper Scam

A Solon woman is out about $1,800 after she fell for an e-mail scam purportedly looking for secret shoppers

Solon Police say residents should be alert for an email scam looking for secret shoppers that already hit one Solon woman.

A 36-year-old woman told police she received an email recently soliciting for secret shoppers, those people who go to stores and shop secretly to give feedback on how the retail operation is working.

Problem is, this "opportunity" was a scam.

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The woman replied to the email and received a check May 4 for $2,000 with instructions to send $1,700 to an address in Madrid, Spain.

Of course, the check was fake. The woman now has to pay the bank back the $1,700 plus $103 in fees.

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Police say residents should be on alert for this scam.


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