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fighting spam and scams on the Internet
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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- srhhrt86@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Nsite Inc." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nsiteinc@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:49:51 -0800
Subject: Customer Service Agent
Nsite's extensive nation-wide database allows us to find the best shoppers.
Each shopper is carefully screened and tested, given specific compliance requirements and adhere to strict confidentiality standards to ensure excellence from the start. Shopper's workloads are monitored, evaluated and graded as the shopper gains Nsite experience.
Our consulting services, performance reports and marketing insights are utilized to increase sales and infuse our client's business by:
* Raising performance standards of your sales and service employees
* Evaluating quality of customer service
Nsite's Shopping from Pinnacle Financial Strategies enhances sales and customer service effectiveness, improves customer satisfaction and assists you with your employee development efforts. Our mystery shopping experts specialize in mystery shopping, customer satisfaction and competition studies for banks and credit unions.
Shoppers should get back to me srhhrt86@gmail.com for further update on the position.
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