advice please

Hello,
I reply to a job ad about mistery shopper....I found the ad on a website that usually have only real job offer.
Anyway I sent to Mr william Brooks my cv and motivation letter and he replied me askinf my name age and contacts....


this is the email and tell me what do you think about it please


Hello ,
Thanks for considering this wonderful opportunity. Conducting surveys is one of the most effective ways to understand clients, customers and employees. Brand Solutions hire candidates both locally and internationally to conduct survey on variety of products and services that are either about to be introduced to the market or already in existence.

We conduct several types of Market research/survey such as;
Marketing Surveys
Product Surveys
Customer Satisfaction Surveys
Human Resources Surveys

What/Who is a Secret Consumer?
A Secret Consumer is being a secret agent at an assigned business establishment. Mystery shoppers must complete their assignments and go undetected. Mystery Shoppers receive assignments consisting of a variety of business types such as: restaurants, food chains, automobile dealerships, retail stores, and more.

Businesses benefit from the services of a Secret Consumers because they report their unbiased review from a customer standpoint. This enables the business to identify problems that could result in a unhappy customer and loss of sales. As you can see, mystery shoppers have a great responsibility and are paid accordingly.

As a Secret Consumer you can:
Earn 100 to 150 Euro per assignment
Have a flexible schedule and hours
Work part time or full time.
Get free merchandise
Get paid for dining out
Stay in an hotels for free
Get paid for going to the movies
and much more...

Are you set for secret shopping assignments? Send me an email with the following details;
Full name
Contact address
Phone Number
Age
Occupation

This is required for payment purpose and also to determine the availability of duties withing your location.
Do send it as soon as possible.
Attached with this email is a DOC file.Read through it carefully to get an insight on mystery shopping and the requirement.
Please note that you should be able to communicate in English and all emails must be in English.
We look forward to working with you,
William Brooks.

[AlanJones]

The language used in the email has a number of features that would indicate that it is not written by a native English speaker (mystery shopping companies are usually very strict on language requirements in their reports, so you would think that they would be the same for their employees) and also the rates offered are very high for mystery shopping.

I would say that it is likely to be a scam and that the mystery shopping they want you to do would involve receiving a cheque and then sending a payment from a Western Union location.

Hello isos1980

The initial e-mail from a Mystery Shopper Scam will often seem very innocuous.

Please post the e-mail address that sent it together with the full/expanded headers if possible.

Please see our overview of this kind of scam:-

viewtopic.php?f=34&t=3250

Hello Michelle and Alan and thank you for your reply

I got this email from

William Brooks ([email protected])


and I found the job ad on the website fashionjobs.com

[AlanJones]

The email address seals it as a scam. Any real Mystery Shopping company would not be writing to you using a Gmail address, they would use their company's own domain.