This looks like fraud to me

I got this by text today. The sender was using a gmail address. I'm posting it here as a warning.
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Clear Evaluations is having a shopping assignment in your area and we would like you to participate by evaluating WALMART store in your neighborhood. We’re accepting applications from individuals who are willing to become a mystery shopper agent by using their leisure time in earning. We get hired to evaluate stores and malls and act like customers in order to know how the staffs are handling their services in relation to their customers. Once we have a contract to do, you will be directed to the company or outlet you are to evaluate which you will be given the funds you need to do execute the task (either purchase things or require services) You’ll be paid 500 Dollars for every survey you carry out, including bonuses and transportation allowance. Kindly provide the following information to get started..

Full Name:

Address & Apt #:

City:

State:

Zip code

:

Occupation:

Sex:

Age:

Phone number :

Email:

Marital Status:

Thanks.
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I thought I'd warn people about this. If this happens to be from a real MS company, your text messages look like fraud, or someone had stolen your business name.

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Absolutely fraud. ACL, and no other MSC would pay $500 (or anywhere near that) for such an assignment! for

Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel

Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.

Good catch. I sincerely hope newbies see this.

Thank you @Susan L. for sharing

Absolutely a total scam.

Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008

The clues:
1. $500 fee paid per survey
2. Strange grammar, non-American-English usage ("kindly provide..."

, and words of multiple educational levels in the same message (from elementary school to grad school)
3. "...you will be given the funds you need to execute the task..."
4. It was a text message!

Not a fraud, and I'll have my Nigerian prince or his dear attorney call you and verify that for you.

I learn something new every day, but not everyday!
I've learned to never trust spell-check or my phone's auto-fill feature.

Kindly provide your Nigerian prince's details, including his official name, phone number, address with postal code, and his Swiss bank account number with password and pin code. Then I will answer the phone when he calls as I will know it's him.

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