PhishBucket.org - About Face Concepts Inc.

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W. WEAVER - Great Mystery Shopping In Your Area!!!

|2010-02-08 12:49:19

Thanks for your investigation into this matter. Fortunately I had the fortitude to GOOGLE this company and your website came up with explicit details. I truly appreciate the advanced knowledge.

Angela - Scam

|2010-02-22 21:32:17

I received this email and replied to see what it was all about. I started searching the company name and found this posting. Thanks for catching it.

Ann - thank you

|2010-04-21 16:37:23

I got this email and immediately googled it and I was brought to your site immediately. thank you for publishing this online mystery shopper scam.

John - Another one

|2010-04-21 18:01:31

Got one of these yesterday. Mine says...

Hello Ma/Sir,

My name is Peter Clark, a representative of About Face Concepts
Inc.,this is an awareness to let the public know that we have a
vacancy position of a mystery shopper in our company.

And comes from:
Return-Path:
Received: from mta-cap-2.nl.easynet.net (mta-cap-lb02.nl.easynet.net
[194.165.92.9])
by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 5si5485674eyf.9.2010.04.20.04.31.45;
Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:31:45 -0700 (PDT)
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nor denied by best guess record for domain of
secretshopper @ aboutface.com) client-ip=194.165.92.9;
Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=neutral (google.com:
194.165.92.9 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for
domain of secretshopper @ aboutface.com)
smtp.mail=secretshopper @ aboutface.com
Received: from mail.duterloo.nl (mail.duterloo.nl [212.0.229.42])
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Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:30:37 +0200 (CEST)
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From: "Peter Clark"
Subject: Great mystery shopping in your area!!!!
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:28:52 +0100
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Claire - don't fall for it

|2010-05-05 11:05:28

I got this e-mail too and googled the company this came up. glad to know there are honest people out their and we have each others backs.

Another Anonymouse - Different wording...

|2010-05-31 21:26:43

Watch out for this variation of the same money mule scam:

[Message contains attachments1 File (738b)]

Kindly Check Attachment For Details...

Dear Applicant,

AboutFace™ is accepting applications for individuals to become Secret shoppers.
There is no charge to
become a shopper.There are many secret shopping companies out there that ask you to
pay "a small fee" to become a shopper. Don't do it! At AboutFace, you will never pay
to shop! We pay you!

The assignment will pay $200.00/ Assignment. Kindly Fill Out the application form
below and we will get back to you with the assignment details.

FULL NAME:
CONTACT ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP-CODE:
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
MOBILE NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
EMAIL:

Human Resources Director,
Diana Paone.

Copyright © 2009 AboutFace™
3292 Thompson Bridge Road, Suite 329
Gainesville, GA 30506.

B Goode - Thanks!

|2010-07-09 06:36:22

I got this 'invitation' this morning...and thank goodness I had enough common sense to google it. I really appreciate all of your comments! I thought it 'might' be a 'good thing'??

LadyDiamond - About Face Concepts

|2010-07-28 02:01:03

I got an email from this company asking me to be a secret shopper, decided to Google it and found your page.. Here is the body of my Email:
***PART TIME JOB***
From:
Paul Hurley
Add to Contacts
To:
Hello Ma/Sir,
My name is Paul Hurley,a representative of About Face Concept Inc,this is an
awareness to let the public know that we have a vacancy position of a mystery
shopper in our company.
There is no charge to become a shopper,there are many secret shopping companies
out there that ask you to pay "a small fee" to become a shopper. Don't do it!
At About Face Concept Inc,you will never pay to shop! We pay you!
The assignment will pay $200 on every assignment,on a part time basis, you only
work 2-3hours twice in a week.
Kindly send your details in the format below and email the requested information
and we will get back to you with the assignment details.This vacancy is open to
American citizens.

Full Legal Name,
Address,
City,
State,
Zip code
Age
Home and Cell #

Thanks.
Paul Hurley
About Face Concept Inc

EJG - similar

|2010-07-28 07:39:51

I recieved a similar email except the compant was About Face Concept Inc. and it was from Paul Hurley, which is the name of a famous hockey player. The content of the email was the same, just the name was slightly different. The BBB has never heard of them, although I did find one Q&A website that said it was a real company, but had no details. Then I found this, so thanks for puting the truth out there!

sarah - mystery shoppers

|2010-07-31 11:01:24

i got so many emails from mystery shoppers and i even got a check through the mail for 1900 dollars i immediately took it and all the emails to my local police station and filed a fraud report they are looking for the three people that sent me this info

Friend

|2010-08-25 12:26:00

I got so far as to receive the money orders. The look real..water marks, security threads, and the right paper. Look out they are getting better at this as time goes on...be careful...if it is too good to be true it usually is!