They're Getting Creative...

So, I'm going through my emails, and this came to me from a mystery shopper's email address...

"Okay, I am sorry for bothering you with this mail, I need to get $300 Amazon gift card for my Niece, It's her birthday and i totally forgot.i can't get this for her right now. because I'm currently traveling and i tried purchasing online but unfortunately no luck with that.Can you get it from any store around you and send it to me via email? I'll pay back as soon as i am back."

Luckily, I know this shopper well enough to know that he uses correct punctuation. Not to mention, schedulers aren't necessarily rich enough to just buy $300 Amazon cards for their shoppers (sorry).

So, they not only try to hide their scams as mystery shops, but they also hack into shopper emails I guess...

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Upon closer examination, the email address is off by one letter. Still shows up as the shopper's name next to it.
Wow. So not only do they think you are well-off, they think you are completely gullible and/or stupid.
This email was probably set to everyone on that shopper's contact list, which was probably taken from the shopper's phone when they downloaded an app and gave it permission to access their contacts.
@KSSPete Did you get my email to wire me $300 to Nigeria? I really need the money. I'll definitely pay you back asap.
I actually meant $30,000. forgot to put 2 extra zeros
@azncollege wrote:

I actually meant $30,000. forgot to put 2 extra zeros

As soon as I get my $1,000,000 and BMW from sending $300 to Egypt, I will hook you up.
Oh get with it!!
It's ONLY $300.00 and you are such a close friend to this person that you are the one to ask--not family or neighbors or sorority sisters or officemates..............
That is more scary than funny to me.

Very extreme lengths to cheat people. Crazy!
Pete, No worry about wiring me money. Just put the cash in an envelope and mail it to me. You might even do it as a postal shop. Oh, wait - that won't work. I'd like it sent to my overseas address. Still, the cash will be fine in the mail.
Also, if you are spending $300 for a niece's birthday, I'm not who you should ask for money. LOL!
Pete, I think you should write this person back and offer them a lucrative mystery shopping job so they can earn the $300. They can pick up five or six $200 gift cards from any chain store in the city they are traveling to right now. Then after scratching off and revealing the numbers they can send them to you along with letting you know if the rack with the cards was neat and tidy. They can use the cards as soon as you receive the report on the neatness of the store and you will actually send them a fee of $300 for helping. They will not have to pay you back for the $300 for their niece.
sandyf's reply above gets my vote. winking smiley.
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