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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: "Tom Miller" <munjer2000@gmail.com>
Reply-To: tm.goodstores002@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 16:46:36 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: JOB Vacancy....




Pleasant day,
JCPenney Investor Relations and Company is a well established Evaluating Firm,We are a company that conduct surveys and evaluate other companies as our business. We get hired to go to other peoples companies and act like customers in order to make findings of different kinds, which mostly is in regards to the customer relationship their staffs offer. We will therefore like to offer you the job position as a survey assistant. Your Job will involve
providing anonymous feedback to companies about the customer experience at their locations. Companies use this survey for many reasons, but all programs involve evaluating whether the company's standards are being met,During a typical survey session, you will make observations at a specific store, restaurant, or other type of location, while blending in like an average customer.

What a survey report will entail are listed:

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).

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 and you would be paid $400 for every survey you carry out, and 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,know commitment is made on this job, and you would have flexible hours as it suits you. If you are interested get back to us with information below information , so that we can add your mailing address to our Regional database.

To get Started, please provide the details below

Full Names:
Full Contact Address: NOT A PO BOX
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Age:
Home Phone:
Cell Phone:
Gender:
Marital Status:
Occupation:
Nationality:
Email address:

YOUR PREFERRED MODE OF COMMUNICATION EITHER BY PHONE OR BY EMAIL Your response to this email is needed, so that we can reconfirm your mailing address details we have in our database.We will be updating you as soon as the payment is being sent to you and you will be directed as to where to have the remaining of the money sent to, after the deduction of your $400 pay on every survey you carry out all other Instructions will be sent out to you as soon as Evaluation will commence.

A swift acknowledgment of the receipt of this email will be appreciated.

Thanks For Your Total Understanding.
Human Resources Manager.
JCPenney Investor Relations and Company.

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