Company Representative scams, Payment Processing scams and other Employment scams.
by Texaz56 Fri Apr 01, 2016 6:11 am
I tried many different was to search for topics about this, but I kept putting in too short, too long or too specific search requirements. I am hopefully going to post a copy of the entire email, but these people are on top of their game. You can't forward the messages. And they make it near impossible to copy/cut/paste.
I keep getting these that start with "Welcome to MSN Network" at the very top, so I already know it can't be a good thing. Also, I get these from different email addresses to my Inbox, but they are always addressed to someone else. So, I don't know why I keep getting them. The last one I got I just filed it under SPAM, and have received four notifications that the message is NOT spam and can't be delivered? To the SPAM folder?
So, the reason I came to this site, is while I was searching the name of the individual from this particular email showed up on a subject from this site, but from 2011. I mostly wanted to warn people that 'she' is still at it.
BTW.....HI! I'm new here and my name is Barbara or Barb and sometimes Babs. I hope I don't break too many rules while I get in the groove here. :) Now, if my luck is any good tonight, (it's been very bad lately) I'll copy the email I got, and people will be warned.
_______________________________________________________________________________
Welcome to MS Network

[email protected]
Reply|
To:
[email protected]; 3/17/2016
Flag for follow up. Start by Thursday, March 17, 2016. Due by Thursday, March 17, 2016.
DESCRIPTION-JOBS :

1. You will be assigned to visit a shop.
2. You need to "pretend" to be a normal potential (CUSTOMER) who is looking for a particular service or product.
3. You will then finish an on-line questionnaire to share with us your customer experience.

REQUIREMENTS :

18 Years old or above.
Can speak local language well.
No experience needed like shopping.

PAY JOBS :

Most of the time you will only need to spend 22 minutes on the visit.
You will get ($)300 for each assignment.

Email me the below details :
1. Full Name :___
2 Your Address :___
3. Citys / States / Countrys :___
4. Zip Codes :___
5. Phones :___
6. Ages : .___
7. Gender :___
8. E-Mail :___

Thanks for response and being here with us.

Best Regards,
Brenda Atkins
Evaluating Research Inc.
__________________________________________________________________________________

Yay! it worked. So there it is. I don't know exactly what I am supposed to do now except submit it. But, at least I got to tell people it's out there.
Thanks for letting me in.
Barb M. :D
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by Texaz56 Fri Apr 01, 2016 7:03 am
No it's not. That's what I said in my post. Any of these types of emails I have gotten has someone elses email address. The only thing I could think tied us together was that each scam mail I got was at the top of the page in large letters was "Welcome to MSN ....something" I can't remember the exact place. But each one was written on what looks like MSN or Windows letter head and all want you to download the pdf to your OneDrive Personal folder. And they are not all Mystery Shopper emails. I just pulled one up that was a "email small grant of $800,000". And the letter head was an obvious fake Microsoft.
So, basically I keep getting all these spam emails that are actually addressed to other people. The common factor in all of them is they are connected to Microsoft and/or Windows. They all send pdf files you have to down load to open, and save to your One Drive personal file. I should note here that I have been having problems with my One Drive account. I don't know if that is relevant or not.
Hope something in here helps you.
Thanks
Barb M.
by AlanJones Fri Apr 01, 2016 7:09 am
The mail was sent with your (and lots of other people at the same time) email address in the BCC field. For some reason, the scammer has chosen to stick a random email address in the To field (perhaps because whatever software he is using to mass mail these mails forces him to do so).

The other emails with PDFs mentioning problems with your One Drive account are phishing mails or malware.

Please do not tell scammers that they are listed here - it will take them seconds to change their fake details and their new details will not be listed for any future victims to find.

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