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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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Fraud email example:

From: Rob Atkins <a11@tenaxisng.co.cc>
Reply-To: applications@axistwong.co.cc
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:01:19 +0100
Subject: Get paid to shop. Get paid to spend money

Hello



We are accepting applications from qualified individuals to become
Secret Surveyors. We have an assignment in your area and we would like
you to participate.

Survey Profits is an internet based customer experience management
agency. Our clientele includes businesses in many countries. We serve
clients in every region and have a growing membership of about 100,000
members worldwide.

We provide customer experience management services to our clients and
businesses worldwide. By so doing our clients are able to serve their
own end customers better. One of our tasks is to evaluate the quality
of businesses and financial services in your area, businesses like
Wal-Mart Western Union, Banks, Moneygram, Hospital, Restaurants,
Hotels and other business franchise or financial services etc.

This is done through your assistance as a Secret Surveyor. As a Secret
Surveyor you get paid to conduct a Simple Survey and provide valuable
Customer Service Feedback to us. Your feed back is used to prepare our
evaluation which is then presented to our clients that is all. You
will be required to visit businesses and franchise locations like
stores, restaurants, banks, movie theaters, hotels and other
businesses in your area as an 'undercover customer'. Your job is just
to act like any regular customer and perform a normal business
transaction while you conduct a simple survey and gather information
about the quality of service by staff, behavior of staff and other
issues at such locations.

You will be given an assignment to perform which will deal with
reported issues about businesses in your area and you will be asked to
go as a undercover customer to such locations. During the assignment
you will visit the locations and make several observations as regards
the customer service. You will be required to interact with the shop
clerk or staff. Please note; you are not spending your own money for
any assignment. All funds required will be provided by our clients and
sent to you to complete your assignment. You only need to perform your
task successfully and give us feed back.

Registration is FREE. You will also be paid in full in advance to
perform your assignment. In your case you will be paid 200 dollars
for each survey assignment you undertake. Also on top of being paid
you are also allowed to keep purchases made if any purchase was done
by you during any assignment.

If you are interested then kindly send the required information below
for registration and membership and join a growing network of about
100,000 members in the US, Canada, China, Asia, Europe, Middle East
and Africa. I assure you that we will respect your privacy and your
information is very well protected with the very best and robust
encryption technology in the market place and very safe with us. Note;
we reserve the right to decline any application for membership.

Kindly send us an email with ALL the details requested below.
Incomplete information will not be accepted. We will get back to you
shortly with an assignment in your area.


PERSONAL INFORMATION:
First Name;
Last Name;
Age;
Street Address;
City;
State;
Zip Code;
Country;
Cell Phone Number;
Home Phone Number;
Current Occupation (If employed);
Preferred Email Address (if any);

AVAILABILITY:
Days and Hours You Are Always Available
Monday .............................................
Tuesday .............................................
Wednesday .............................................
Thursday .............................................
Friday .............................................
Saturday .............................................
Sunday .............................................
Hours Available: from _______ to ______


NOTE: IF this message is in your bulk/spam folder transfer to your
in-box before you reply..

Thank you for your time. We look forward to working with you.


Sincerely,
Rob Atkins
Survey Profits

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