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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: "Foster Polls®" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 14:57:54 -0400
Subject: JOB OFFER FROM CRAIGSLIST

Hello Sir/Ma,

We got your email from CRAIGSLIST and we'll like to offer you a Job with our Company.
FOSTER POLLS LLC is a well established Private Evaluating Firm, Our Primary Business is to provide exceptional Customer Service Evaluation. Our company is solely responsible for hiring survey agents and recommending them to our Clients. The clients are companies that have a wide network of businesses across America, most of our clients have retail outlet in major cities across America. What your job (Survey Agent's Position) entails is to conduct surveys at any of our client's retail outlet assigned to you. you will be patronizing their business and conducting a survey at the same time 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 Agent to conduct customer service surveys in your area.


Your Job will involve you providing feedback to us about the customer experience at any client's locations. Companies use this survey for many reasons. During a typical survey session, you will make observations at a specific store/office, restaurant, or other type of location, while acting like an average customer.


A typical survey report will include


1) How long it took you to get services.
2) Smartness of the attendant
3) Customer service professionalism


Most companies employ our expertise 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 a safety measure. You will receive $400 on each survey you conduct at any time for any of our clients, and with the number of clients we currently work with, you could be conducting as much as 5-10 surveys weekly, which will earn you between $1200-$2400 weekly. That means you can earn about $78,000/year doing part time.


Our clients include:


McDonalds
Starbucks
Dunkin' Donuts
Washington Mutual
ACME Check Cashing
Chase Financial
Walmart
MoneyGram America
Victoria's Secret
Dell America
Western Union America
FTD Florists


No commitment is involved, no start up fees, no paper works, and you would have flexible working hours.


If you are interested, email me your full name, address and phone number, so that we can add your mailing address to our Regional
database.


First name.
Last name.
Address ....(No P.O Box)
City, State, Zip Code
Cell phone Only.


Once we receive this information and confirm your interest, we will introduce you to our clients immediately.


A swift acknowledgment of this email will be appreciated.



Warm Regards,
Peter


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