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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: "Mystery Shoppers" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mystery.shoppers@yahoo.cn>
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:48:57 -0800
Subject: BECOME A MYSTERY SHOPPER TODAY !

Dear Survey Agent,

You have been Accepted as one of our Mystery
shopper/Survey Agent.You will be evaluating Wal-Mart Stores and Western Union Services in your neighborhood,
kindly check out for one Wal-Mart store and one Western union Agent outlet you will like to evaluate, make sure the
store and the outlet you will choose are close to your area as much as possible.You will have to send the name and address
of the two location to us, Please note that you are to act Cool, Calm and Confident through out the period which you will be
carrying out your survey at the store, in order not to arouse any suspicion.You will be shopping at Wal-Mart stores and also
make a transaction at the Western union, You will write a report about the customer services, you will send your report back to
us via Email, you will have to use the following pointers to prepare your report :

1) How long it took you to get services.
2)Ambiance/Outlook of the Shop/Outlet
3) Smartness of the attendant
4)Customer service professionalism
5)Reaction of personnel under pressure
6)Information that you think would be helpful
7)Your comments and impressions.

A package will be sent to you,inside the package you will find your
Compensation payment and other fund you will use to carry out your
surveying process.You must not use your personal money to complete any
of the surveying process and there will be no reimbursement of any kind
since we are providing you with all the fund you will need to carry out
the survey.An Evaluation Instruction will be given to you through email,
this will tell you what to do at the Wal-Mart and the Western union location and how to expend the fund at each location. Please reply this Email
and give us the name and address of the Wal-Mart and Western union
location you will be evaluating.

PLEASE KINDLY RE-CONFIRM YOUR INFORMATION BELOW TO PROCEED ON FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

Full Legal Name :
Full Physical Address :
City :
State :
Zip code :
Country :
Age:
Nationality :
Home and Cell # :
Present Occupation:
Email:
Yours sincerely.

Contact Person: David Anderson
Time: 24 Hours daily by e-mail
Processing Job-Unit.
Secret Shopper®

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