New kind of email scam?

[Nino Valenti]

I've never seen one like this:

Thanks for the co-operation and also for responding. You have been selected for your first assignment as a.Employment Job/ Sale Representative You will earn $500 by being a mystery shopper. Your employment packet include business evaluation form, a training assignment which will be send to you after you received payment for the assignment. Paycheck would be sent to you for the assignment by Certified Check or money order. The paycheck would be $3,900, you are to deduct your 500 salary,and the rest would be used for : Your Employment packet are as follows :

1. Business evaluation form: This is the form you are required to fill after you visit any shopping mall in your area, you would be given the store name and address that you will be needing to send the remaining fund to after you have deduct your $500 salary... You are required to evaluate its customer service and quality control after their services are rendered to you. You would required to fill a form to rate the employee(s), the form would be given to you after the evaluation:

2. Training Assignment: You are hired to evaluate the quality of services of the store or mall that would be given to you . You are needed to rate the employees. Please note, this is a part-time activity. Training Assignment: You are hired to evaluate the quality of services of the store or mall that would be given to you You are needed to rate the employees. Please note, this is a part-time activity.. Email me the below details:

First Name:
Last Name:
Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Age:
Phone Number:

I will be looking forward to receive the above details.
REPLY TO: mysteryshopper33@hotmail.com
Your`s Sincerely
Mrs Cynthia Smith

[Mark Latimour]

That's defintely legitimate. You should do it!

[Auzzie-Phoenix]

Yes.. definitely a scam. I've seen these before. They attempt to gather personal information from you so that they can impersonate you later on. Not to mention sell your information to as many people as they can. This one's been around for a few years, so I'm surprised you haven't seen one before. I've been getting them all the time in my spam folder for at least 2 years on multiple email accounts.

A reputable business wouldn't send out a blind mailing like that. They also would not ask for that much information, nor would they use a hotmail address. The name they used is probably the name of someone they tricked into providing info.

[Hollow Man]

I would be surprised if the personal information that email requests is enough to do any real damage; you can ascertain virtually all of that just by talking to someone casually (versus, say, asking for a SSN or credit card number).

To me, this is the same old We-Send-You-A-Bad-Payment-And-You-Send-Us-A-Good-One scheme with slightly different packaging. They'll send you a worthless check for $3900 and you'll send them a good one for $500. The rest is just a house of cards to make it seem legitimate.

[MIJ-VI]

Updated Scammer E-mail List
http://blogg-erton.blogspot.com/2009...mail-list.html

[MJ5150]

I am a mystery shopper for a legitimate company out of Atlanta. It takes me a few months to pull in $500.

-Mike

[Cabazon]

Anyone writing you a check for more than you're supposed to get, asking you to send the rest elsewhere, is a scammer.

[L-A]

A message from a hotmail address is a scam, period.

[Bassman316]

I have a Hotmail e-mail address that I've had for well over 10 years. But in the past year or so, my sent items folder has been flooded with junk mail/spam.... coming from me. My buddy has a Hotmail address and lately I've been getting lots of spam coming from his address. Anyone else having this problem with Hotmail?

[Simo98]

Originally Posted by Bassman316

I have a Hotmail e-mail address that I've had for well over 10 years. But in the past year or so, my sent items folder has been flooded with junk mail/spam.... coming from me. My buddy has a Hotmail address and lately I've been getting lots of spam coming from his address. Anyone else having this problem with Hotmail?

You've been hacked.

You probably shouldn't have visited all those porn sites..

Change password, reset recovery questions, probably reload your computer incase of a keylogger or something.

[6jase5]

I'm in! I was going to have a custom $3900 new bass built but in just under 8 months of collecting my easy $500, well, it will pay for itself. Oh boy!

Update - Mrs Cynthia Smith needed my checking account number and PIN.......must be direct deposit now. The benefits are really adding up quickly.