First, I saw an ad on Craigslist for paid durvey participation and responded to it.
This is the email I received:
Dear Applicant Thank you for your recent online application on Craigslist to join our Focus Groups. We appreciate your quick response as it reflects a good sense of responsibility and efficiency. The position you applied for is already occupied, but we have another survey that pays the same $300 Per survey. Only few candidates are required for this survey, so kindly go through the information below and get back to us if you are interested. We are a result-oriented Development and Management Consulting firm involved in helping Companies to achieve market leadership and Improve connections between professional service firms and their client organization. Our company is currently conducting a survey on MoneyGram Outlets to help measure and improve the effectiveness of the services they provide. This is as a result of complaints from some reliable customers about their unprofessional approach to work in most Money Gram centers. The survey involves you patronizing a MoneyGram Outlet in your area as a customer and give us a feedback on your overall customer experience by filling a simple online questionnaire. Each survey takes a maximum of 30 Minutes to complete and you'll be paid $300 for every survey completed, No Sales Involved and this will not inconvenient your present job. If you are interested to participate in this survey, please send us a reply with your information in the following order First Name: Middle Name: Last Name: Full Street Address (not PO BOX): City: State: Zip Code: Phone Number: Email address: Current occupation: Age: Your faithfully, Mr Adam HernandezResearch Coordinator216-539-7392
When I replied to it to see if this was real, I received the following email:
Good Morning, You have been Accepted as one of our Survey Agent in your neighborhood and the survey will take place next week. You will be evaluating MoneyGram Outlets in your neighborhood as customer and give us feedback on your overall experience by filling out an online survey form. You'll be paid $300.50 for this survey and payment to cover all expenses for the survey will be mailed to you (certified cashier check), you must receive the package before you proceed on the survey. You'll be required to fill out the survey form after the survey using the below pointers: 1) How long it took you to get services. 2) Ambiance/Outlook of the Shop/Outlet 3) Customer service professionalism 4) Reaction of personnel under pressure 5) Information that you think would be helpful 6) Your comments and impressions. You will have to pick one Money Gram agent location in your area where you will carry out your survey, you will email us the name of the store or location and the address, you can check online to find the nearest Money Gram in your Zipcode area. Respond to this email on your acceptance to carry out the survey and confirm that your informations you provided to us are correct. Thank you and hope to hear from you soon. Your faithfully, Research Coordinator
Then I researched and found out that this is a SCAM! We need to stop these types of ads and devious solicitations!!
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