419 scam: "Mystery Shopper"<payrollassistant@sungardps.com> Payroll Assistant Urgently Needed.

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mystery Shopper" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dennison.winston@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 14:32:53 -0500
Subject: Payroll Assistant Urgently Needed.

Hi ,

I am Mr Dennison Winston, I run a Personal Accounting Firm, I'm currently
looking for an assistant that would work as my payroll assistant, I require a honest,
trustworthy and hardworking person.

The job would require you to do these two processes, printing of checks and dispatching to
whom ever I instruct you to make a payment to, so I will like to know if you will be interested
in this great offer and i need your confirmation that you are honest, trustworthy and hardworking
enough to handle this position.

Your pay will be $150 weekly, if you perform very well, I will increase your
pay to $200 if your performances impress me after few months.

Should you be interested in this job, please get back to me email.

Thank you,

Dennison Winston

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