Mystery Shopper Job - Scam?!

I posted a job search on cragislist and got this response :

My name is Rev.Richard Jones, a business Merchandising. Your resume
was recieved from www Crigalist .com as P/T JOB Available and You have
selected for your first assignment as a Mystery Shopper.

You will earn $300 by been a mystery shopper weekly. Your employment
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 Company
Check or money order. The paycheck would be $1950 you are to deduct
your $300 salary,and the rest would be used for the evaluation at the
store that would be sent to you.

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. 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.

Email me the below details:

*Name:..............................................................................
*Last Name:.............................................................................
*AddressLine1 (NOT A PO
BOX):.............................................................................
*City:.............................................................................
*State:.............................................................................
*Zip Code:.............................................................................
*Age:.............................................................................
*Home Number:.............................................................................
*Cell Number.................................................

I will be looking forward to receive the above details. Sincerely,

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Yes, this is a scam. The check or money order will be fraudulent, but it will likely will be good enough to pass initial inspection. The scammer will want you to cash the check, and the "evaluation" consists of cashing the check before the bank discovers the fraud, and sending money by Western Union to the scammers.

Of course later, after you have sent the money, the bank will recognize the fraud. They will take the money back from you, charge you fees for the bad deposit, and possibly file criminal charges.

Thank you!