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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: "Marshal Smith" <marshalsmith43@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: <marshalsmith431@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:12:38 -0500
Subject: MYSTERY SHOPPER NEEDED URGENTLY(REPLY ASAP)

Dear Sir/Ma,

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

Paid Surveys is an internet based customer experience management agency. Our clients includes businesses in many countries. We serve clients in every region and have a growing membership of about 80,000 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, Money gram, hospital, restaurants,Hotels and other business franchise or financial services etc.

As a Paid Surveyor you get paid to conduct a simple survey and provide valuable customer service feedback to us. 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 are NOT paying for anything. All funds required will be provided by our clients and sent to you to complete your assignment.
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.

If you are interested then kindly send us a response with your
APPLICATION FORM
Full Name:
Full Address: (NO P.O.BOX ADDRESSES ALLOWED)
City:
State:
Zip code:
Home Phone Number:
Cellphone Number:
Age:
Nationality:
Marital Status:
Occupation: ,
Name of financial institution:
Email Address:

Your response should be sent to:(marshalsmith431@gmail.com)

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

Sincerely,
Marshal Smith

marshalsmith431@gmail.com
Paid Surveys

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