419 scam: "Marketforce"<shopper@marketforce.com> ***Great mystery shopping in your area***

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Marketforce" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <peter.clark3206@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 00:00:31 -0000
Subject: ***Great mystery shopping in your area***

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Peter Clark, Human Resources Manager of Marketforce Inc,this is
an awareness to let the public know that we have a vacancy position of
a mystery shopper in our company.There is no charge to become a
shopper,there are many secret shopping companies out there that ask
you to pay "a small fee" to become a shopper. Don't do it!

At Marketforce, you will never pay to shop! We pay you!The
assignment will pay $200 on every assignment,on a part time basis, you
only work 2-3hours twice in a week.

Mystery Shopping is fun and exciting but also must be approached very
seriously and is definitely not for everyone.If you are interested in
applying for consideration as a Mystery Shopper do Fill out below Form
Space

Full Name:
Address(NO PO BOX):
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Phone Number
AGE
Occupation:
Email Address

As soon as we receive your information we will add you to our
database and we will look for locations in your area that needs to be
evaluated.

N:B - IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE CHECKING YOUR MAIL
AND REPLYING THEM ON A DAILY BASIS, THEN YOU ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR THIS
OFFER

Your response would be highly appreciated.

Thank you,

Peter Clark

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