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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Insight Shoppers LLC" <tuly@snet.net>
Reply-To: <InsightShoppers@easy.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 02:35:58 -0000
Subject: GET PAID WHILE YOU SHOP THIS MONTH

Greetings

Insight Shoppers is a market research company, we use Mystery Shopping or Mystery Consumer to measure quality of retail service or gather specific information about products and services. We work with some of the largest and reputable businesses in the world; from fast food to petroleum, technology or fashion retailers and more.

POSITION TITLE: Mystery Shopping

AVAILABILITY: OPEN

START DATE: Immediately

COMMISSION PER ASSIGNMENT: $300

JOB DESCRIPTION: You will be required to conduct an all expenses paid surveys and evaluation exercises on behalf of Insight Shoppers. Your job will be to evaluate and measure quality of retail service or gather specific information about products and services.As our mystery shopper posing as normal customers, you will expected to perform specific tasks—such as purchasing a product or using a service.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
You will be hired to evaluate and audit other firms and corporate bodies by fronting as potential customers in order to determine the level of professionalism and expertise with which staff relates with their clients.We presently have a couple of outstanding contracts, which means you will be directed to the outlets you are to survey by either purchasing products or services or simply meeting with customer service and making inquiries in person.

You will be directed to outlets, firms and corporate bodies to report on their staff's activities by forwarding us a
mail with a record of your experiences such as:
1) The product & services paid for.
2) How long it took before you were attended to.
3) How the attendants and employees related with you.
4) Customer service professionalism level

PLEASE NOTE: You will be provided funds in form of checks/money orders in advance of any survey to cover expenses.You do not require any special skills for this opening, however in order to apply for this job you MUST ensure you have access to your E-mails at least two (2) times a day and must READ and RESPOND to all notifications within 18-24hrs.

MYSTERY SHOPPER APPLICATION: If you would like to Mystery Shop for us, please complete the following form below. You must answer these so we can process your request and accept you as a possible shopper.

Full Names:
Address Line 1:
Address Line 2:
City:
State:
Age:
Zip Code:
Home Phone Number:
Cell / Mobile Phone Number:
Sex:
Current Occupation:
Have you had any previous expertise in surveying:

ALL APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO : InsightShoppers@easy.com

Best Regards.
Andrew Liuam
InsightShoppers
Communications & Human Resources Center
Email : InsightShoppers@easy.com

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