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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: "Dulwich Picture Gallery Enterprises Ltd" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <galleryenterltd@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:01:29 +0100
Subject: MYSTERY SHOPPER WANTED

MYSTERY SHOPPER WANTED EARN NO LESS THAN $ 350. 00
Need extra INCOME!Become our [ SECRET SHOPPER]:
Earn [ NO LESS THAN $350. 00 ] Per Venture:
It is Very Easy and Very Simple:
No Application fees:Here's your chance to get paid for shopping and dining out.Your job will be to evaluate and comment on customer service in a wide Variety of shops, Stores, restaurant and services in your area.Mystery shoppers are Needed Throughout America.You'll be paid to shop and dine out-plus, you can also get free meals, Free merchandise, Free services, free Entertainment, Free travel and more.Great Pay. Fun Work. Flexible Schedules. No experience required. If you can shop-you are qualified!.We are global leader in Customer Experience Management. Our proven experience and systems use information from a variety of sources, including secret shop visits and store audits to quantify the gap between your brand promise and the reality of exactly what your customers have experienced.

Eat out for free

Get paid to shop for some of your favorite brands

Become a member of a global mystery shopping network and have the opportunity to 'Shop the World!'

Help improve customer service in your local area.

Examples of details you would forward to us are after your shopping experience 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 when they get tensed (under pressure).


We turn the information (you gave us) over to the company executives and they would carry out their own duties in improving their services.Most companies employ our assistance when people give complaints about their services or when they feel there are needs for them to improve their customer service. Your Identity would be kept confidential as the job states (secret shopper). You would be paid $100 for every survey you carry out ,bonus on your transportation allowance and funds would be given to you if you have to dine as part of the duty.Your job will be to evaluate and comment on customer service in a wide variety of shops, stores, restaurant and services in your area. No commitment is made on this job and you would have flexible hours as it suits you. If you are interested do send in your:

FIRST NAME ..................... SURNAME..................
ADDRESS................. CITY .......... STATE.................... ZIPCODE........... COUNTRY..=...............
PHONE NUMBER (S) ........................ GENDER..............MARITAL STATUS........
AGE.......... NATIONALITY..............


So we can look at your distance from the locations which you have to put your service into, and your address would also be needed for your payments.we also keep your information for a record purpose Note: We will never ask you for anything more than that which we have stated above. No bank names, No bank account number, routing number,credit card, passwords, SSN# etc. If anyone asks for those on our behalf please do not give out this info.This is to ensure your security and non involvement in cases of Identity theft.
Thanks.
Tommy Reynold
Hiring Manager
Service Research Corporation

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