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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: Advert Manager <portalempleado@novasoft.es>
Reply-To: "Mr. James Lewis" <jameslewis687@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:21:27 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Vacancy

This is a per_time job and we are looking for a person in place of a survey manager, well once again the offer of the position of a survey Manager is a part time based job. Having said that i will explain further of what you will be doing. You will be asked to visit a beauty spa, Wal-Mart, Gym, restaurants, Saloon Victoria Secret, Amazon, E bay,Rogers, Macy's, Gap, Lego, Western Union outlet and Fast Food.
You will be visiting as a customer while you carry out a survey of their customer care.

Our agency will be responsible for the funding and you earn ($)(170-310) in Dollars while you carry out the survey. You will be paid via paypal, Money order or Checks where you will be expected to cash at you bank.


Things you might be asked to record during your survey

**How long it took you to get services.
**Ambiance/Outlook of the Shop/Outlet
**Customer service professionalism
**Reaction of personnel under pressure
**Information that you think would be helpful
**Your comments and impressions.

Kindly provide the following information's if interested:-

Your Full Name:
Your Address (NOT P.O Box):
City, State, Zip:
Cell :
Phone Number(s): Age:
Have you visited a wal-mart store before:
Have you done a work at home job before?


James Lewis : Advert Manager
Master Hiring,HR Department
Shopper Anonymous
Copyright 2014®

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