419 scam: "Shopper Anonymous Services"<info@shopfast.com> Congratulations You Have been Assigned As Our Secret Shopper

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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:
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "anonymous2011@skymail.mn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.

Fraud email example:

From: "Shopper Anonymous Services" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <anonymous2011@skymail.mn>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:36:38 -0400
Subject: Congratulations You Have been Assigned As Our Secret Shopper

Attn Secret Shopper,

You have been Accepted as one of our Mystery shopper.You will be evaluating Wal-Mart Stores and Western Union Services in your
neighbourhood, 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.

YOU WILL BE PAID $200 PER DUTY
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 he 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.
Simpson Collins
Head Of Projects
Shopper Anonymous Services
anonymous2011@skymail.mn
shopperanonymous.com

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