Warning - Bogus Scam Emails Targeting AboutFace
Posted by Angie Hullett on Sat, Jan 17, 2009 @ 09:24 PM
They are at it again. Recently a shopper contacted us to let us know about a suspicious email that she received "appearing" to be from AboutFace. Luckily she did not fall for it and sent it to us to confirm whether it was legit or not. Here is what the email looks like - DO NOT fall for it:
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:30:58 -0800
Subject: Re: shopping job near you...
From: thomasmild1@googlemail.com
To: YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
Hello Secret shopper, You are welcome to our team at Aboutfacecorp Worldwide. We will notify you soon as we send funds out.
If you ever receive and email from someone telling you that they are going to send you money - do not fall for it. They are going to cause you MANY problems and LOTS of money! IF you ever have doubt about a job offer - ASK before you do anything with it.