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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: "GLOBAL MYSTERY SHOPPING LTD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <makwhiteceo@mcom.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:00:41 -0000
Subject: BECOME OUR NEW YEAR MYSTERY SHOPPER!!

Hello

You are invited to be our MYSTERY SHOPPER and earn extra money in your spare time from every rating / evaluation carried out by you, becoming a mystery shopper may even be the career for you!

You can get paid up to $500 (Five Hundred American Dollars) per venture, just to shop at your favorite stores and eat at your favorite restaurants. Right now, hundreds of companies throughout the country are ready to pay you, and give you free merchandise - just to do some shopping or dining in your spare time. All you are required to do is to spend a little time in their establishments, then give your opinion of their merchandise and services. It's that simple!

We are Global Mystery Shopping Company based in Nottingham with worldwide network agents, we want you to become our MYSTERY SHOPPER and you will be earning extra INCOME if you can become our mystery shopper. We are conducting mystery-shopping projects throughout the world using our experienced team of project managers and mystery shoppers while we also welcomes people from all walks of life to become our Mystery Shopper.

A mystery shopper is simply someone who is hired to go on a free shopping, dining or trying out any services at any given establishment and then give an honest report on the quality of service that he or she receive. They then submit their unbiased report and get paid for their unbiased opinions, and that’s all. While the purpose of Mystery Shoppers is to help businesses increase sales and improve employee customer service awareness.

We are a company that conduct surveys and evaluate other companies. We got hired to go to other peoples companies and act like customers in order to know how the staffs are handling their services in relation to their customers. Once you became our mystery-shopper, you will be directed to the companies, outlets, shops and restaurants for the rating / evaluation purpose and you would be given the funds you need to do the job (either purchase things or require services), after which you would write a comment on the staffs activities and give unbiased detailed record of your experience, and that is all.

Examples of details you would thereafter forward to us are:

(1) How long it took you to get services.
(2) Smartness of the attendant
(3) Customer service professionalism
(4) Sometimes you might be required to upset the attendant, to see how they react to clients while they get tensed. And we turn the information over to the company executives who will carry out their own duties in improving their services.

Most companies such as McDonald’s Corporation, Adidas Sportswear Company and the specified Financial Institutions has employed our services for this Mystery Shopping assignment due to the people’s complains about their services, while some of them just feel there are needs for them to improve their customer service. Your Identity will be kept confidential as the job states mystery shopper also known as secret shopper.

You will be paid up to $500 (Five Hundred American Dollars) for every evaluation carried out by you, while bonus on your transportation allowance, and feeding money would also be given to you if you have to dine as part as part of the duty to be carried out by you. Your job will be to evaluate and comment on customer service in a wide variety of shops, stores, restaurants and Non Banking Money Transfer Services in your area. No commitment is made on this job, and you would have flexible hours as it suits you.

Interested applicants who want to become our mystery shoppers are to contact us with the below requested information via the below stated email addresses.

Full Name:
Gender:
Age:
Occupation:
Work Phone #(s):
Home Phone #(s):
Cell Phone #(s):
Direct Email:
Full Address (P.O.BOX not accepted):

Once we received your interested response to become our Mystery Shopper with the needful information as requested above, we would not only let you know the company or outlet available to be evaluated by our company in your Area, but we shall also look at your distance from the locations where you have to render your service to.

Please be informed that you need not to re-apply again if you have received our mail before while this offer will require the use of a computer and the internet connection.

We look forward to having a good working relationship with you.

Thank you for your kind attention

Sincerely,

Mr. Mark White
Director, Human Resources
GLOBAL MYSTERY SHOPPING LTD
Email: makwhiteceo@mcom.com
Email: makwhiteceo@majorshopaholic.com

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