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Mystery Shopper Counterfeit Check Scam

CONSUMER ALERT!

There’s a wide-spread mail scam going on right now trying to recruit mystery shoppers by offering a check for several thousand dollars as an enticement. These scam artists are sending out these letters using the names of different legitimate research companies like Polaris Marketing Research. If you are looking for information about such a letter you may have received claiming to be from Polaris Marketing Research about mystery shopping, please be advised that we are not the source of that letter and we have not authorized the use of our name for the purposes of that letter.

We strongly recommend that you get additional information about the legitimacy of this letter before taking any action. For example, you can find more information at Michigan Government Website or the United States Postal Inspection Service. Postal Inspectors advise that if you receive this offer, do NOT respond. Instead, report the incident to Postal Inspectors online or call Postal Inspectors at 1-877-876-2455.

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Welcome to Polaris Marketing Research, Inc.

Polaris is a full-service marketing research company helping clients obtain practical information for business decisions in:

We conduct surveys using every quantitative methodology including online, telephone, IVR and mail.  In addition to tried-and-true qualitative research methodologies, our moderators and expert interviewers use state-of-the-art tools for online focus groups and in-depth interviews. Polaris also offers a true hybrid solution for integrating quantitative and qualitative research methods that is extremely effective and very affordable. 

We have been successfully providing quality service since 1989, helping companies:

  • Understand the behavior of their current customers, lost customers, potential customers, and employees (internal customers) by uncovering and tracking the factors that affect satisfaction and loyalty.
  • Develop brand strategies that effectively support their identity and positioning, capitalizing on our years of client-side brand management and brand research experience.
  • Identify unmet consumer and business-to-business needs, screen concepts and plan for marketing communications to support the successful launch of new products using our decades of experience in new product development across a wide variety of industries.

We are dedicated to providing personalized project management and our staff is committed to exceeding our clients' expectations.

Polaris has two blog sites you can visit:

The Marketing Dialog presents interviews with marketing leaders on insights and successful experiences they have had using marketing research for key marketing decisions. We welcome you to join in the discussion with your thoughts or questions.

Polaris POV (point of view) offers free-flowing discusssions on marketing research trends, thoughts on social media, subjective reviews of the latest gadgets or cool iPhone apps, business commentary, topical opinions and societal rants - you never know what might be the subject of the latest post on our interresting, fun and sometime controversial blog.