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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: MARK HECTOR <bortman@embarqmail.com>
Reply-To: dr.richardmorgan100@googlemail.com
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:26:20 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Become A Shopper

My Name is Mark Hector .We seek the service of a a mystery shopper in our Organization.There is no charge to become a shopper and you do not need previous experience .

JOB DESCRIPTION :

You will be required to interact with some shops around you based on their responsibilities ,motives ,services to customers .
When an assignment is given to you, you would be provided with details to execute the assignment in a timely fashion.
You would be asked to visit a company or store in your area and they are mostly our competitors as a secret shopper. You will shop with them to know more about their sales and stocks as provided by the company .Then,you report back to us with details of whatever transpired at the store. But anything you buy at the shop belongs to you, all we want is an effective/quick job and reports.


PAYMENT TERMS:

The company will provide you money for the shopping and other expenses incurred during the course of your assignment. All the tools you will needing would be provided to you with details every week you have an assignment. The assignment will pay $200.00 per duty .You can make $200.00 everyday , depends on how fast you able to take up your work. I am sure you cannot spend more than 1-2 hours per day on your assignment .

ASSIGNMENT PACKET :

Before any assignment we would provide you with the resources needed {cash}. Our company would send you a check which you can cash and use for the assignment. Included to the check would be your assignment packet .Then we would be providing you details on here to take up your work. But you follow every single information given to you as a secret shopper .
KINDLY SEND YOUR INFORMATION BELOW TO PROCEED ON FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

Your Name:
Street Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Country:
Cell/Home phone number:
Age:
E-mail address:
Present working Status:


Regards,
Mark Hector.

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