Who is this & is it a scam? Secret shopper???

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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 22 May 2015 Posts: 11

Received this email today from "Maxell Parker" at [email protected]

We are accepting applications for qualified individuals to become secret shoppers. Here is a chance for you to get paid for shopping and dinning out, You'll be paid to shop and dine out-plus, you can also get free meals, free merchandise, free services, free entertainment, free travel and more, Great Pay, fun work & flexible Schedules.

Its fun & rewarding. There is no charge to become a secret shopper and you do not need previous experience to start. You will be paid $300 for every assignment you carry out. most of the time you will only need to spend about 20-30 minutes taking care of one assignment/shopping at a time. The more you shop ! the more you make money.

PAYMENT TERMS:
You will receive a flat sum of $300 per assignment. The company will furnish you with all expense needed for the assignment and any other expense incurred during the course of executing your assignment.

If you would like to be considered for this secret shopper assignment, Kindly fill out the requested below if you are interested.

Full Name :
Full address & Apt no :
City:
Province:
Post Code :
Country :
Cell Phone:
Home phone :
Gender :
Present Occupation :
Email:

We will be expecting your prompt response so we can proceed.

Sincerely,
Maxell Parker
Secret Shoppers®/Evaluator Consultant

Not sure if anything you can do with this info but thought I'd share, my apologies if I posted this in the incorrect section, or if I shouldn't even be posting this at all....feel free to remove if so. Something smells fishy though, that's all.

Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 2:00 pm

It's a fake cheque scam. They send you a fake cheque and ask you to send money by Western Union. You end up losing the money you sent.

Something the mods dream up Joined: 22 Apr 2014 Posts: 905

They will send you cheques/money orders which you have to pay into your bank and send them the change (after you have taken your $300) back to them via WU/MG. Of course, further down the line, the cheque will bounce and you get arrested for passing fake cheques

Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 8:45 pm

Just as a tip, secret shoppers do not get paid or even pre-paid for it. You are reimbursed for your expenses. So any "secret shopper" job offering a flat-salary is a scam.

Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 9:16 am

Hi Kokanee,

If you would like other baiters to have a go at him, please post full header (deleting your info!) and the scam mail in the Surplus Section. Since he's got your email address, I wouldn't advise baiting him yourself..

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