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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!

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From: "James Raymond" <jamesraymond@anseladworkzone.net>
Reply-To: jamesraymond_112@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 00:24:04 +0000
Subject: PARTNERSHIP REQUIRED


Hello,

How do you do?

My name is JAMES RAYMOND, CEO of Orchard Vale Trust. ORCHARD VALE TRUST

needs a
Payment Representative in the states.

There is an Open Vacancy in the Organization. The Board of Directors
of Orchard
Trust is willing to offer you a good Part- Time paying job in which
you could
earn a lot.This job would be based on contract and commission terms, it
is a
part-time job and it would involve quite a handful of trust and
honesty. If you
would be interested in including a good-paying, part time job to your
daily list
of activities and earning up to $4000.


I just took time to make this explanatory enough so you could
understand what
the job entails, before I go further I thought I\"d inform you of both
who you
would be working for and what you would be doing.

As I have previously already informed you, my name is JAMES RAYMOND, 42

years of
age, 4 kids, all boys and the love of my life, my Wife, Tracy.I am a
somewhat
multitalented man and I do quite a lot of traveling and get to meet
quite
a lot of people who need the services I render especially with the
British Heart
Foundation, A UK registered charity based in London which I joined in
January 2000.

The aim of the British Heart Foundation is to play a leading role in
the fight
against disease of the heart and circulation so that it is no longer a
major
cause of disability and premature death.

Our Activities
The Orchard Vale Trust is the largest independent founder of heart
research in
the UK. We play an important role in funding education, reaching the
public and
health professionals And we provide life-saving cardiac equipment and
support
for rehabilitation and patient care.

Heart Disease - the facts...

? Heart and circulatory disease is the UK \"s biggest killer. One in
five men
and one in six women die from it.

? Every 2 minutes someone in the UK has a heart attack.

? Over 670,000 people in the UK have definite heart failure.

? 4,600 babies are born with heart defects each year. Around half will
need
treatment or surgery.

You can read more online at www.orchardvaletrust.org.uk

Presently, the foundation, Orchard Vale Trust was granted funds and
donations to
head a charity support project in the tropical regions of West Africa
regarding
the fight against heart disease and also supporting the treatment of
many
childhood Heart Illnesses.

However, Our Donated Funds were by our American counterparts and they
mostly
come in US based Money Orders, Travelers Checks and sometimes Cashiers
Checks.

Getting an accountant in the states or opening an account would have
been our
best choice but I have a deadline to meet and taking any of those
choices would
cost our time and a whole lot of other requirements I am not ready to
deal with
as I would be traveling a lot in the meantime.

So presently, having read your resume and \"assuming\" you would be able
to deal
with cash, I would be willing to employ you on contract basis to be my
payment
representative / Receptionist / Bookkeeper back in the states, this
way I could
issue and make these money orders out to you, you could then cash them
easily,
withdraw Ten Percent (10%) of the total amount on these money orders as
your
commission for the great service you would be rendering and then send
the rest
back to me through Western Union Money transfer.
You would have to keep Detailed Transactions in a Spreadsheet so the
process
would be recorded just for verification purposes.

Bear it in mind that we would be dealing with quite a handful of cash
and you
could be making good money working with us in a short period of time.

I would be glad if you accept my proposal as I intend to commence with
you as
soon as you are ready. I would be issuing and mailing over my money
orders to
you, which would be issued out in your name and sent over through a
reputable
courier service. Like I said, the funds and donations was granted to
head a
charity support project in the tropical regions of West Africa
regarding the
fight against heart disease and also supporting the treatment of many
childhood
Heart Illnesses.

Once you get them in the mail, you would be cashing them at your bank,

educting
Ten percent (10% Alongside the Western Union Transfer Charges ) of the
total
amount cashed as commission to the great effort you are rendering to
help build
the third world and any oher transfer charges incurred during the
transaction.

The rest fund would be wired to me via Western Union to wherever I
might be at
that point in time (West Africa presumably because I have to make my
trip in the
new week)

I have attached an employment form in this email which you could fully
fill on
your computer and send back as an attachment, just so I know who and
where I
would be sending m money orders out to.

Do provide an address where you will be able to sign for the collection
of the
payment.

Thanks and God Bless.








APPLICATION FORM


FULL NAME :

HOME ADDRESS (NOT POST OFFICE BOX) :

CITY :

STATE :

ZIP CODE:

COUNTRY :

PHONE NUMBER (S) Home :


Cell :

GENDER :

MARITAL STATUS :

AGE:

NATIONALITY :


(Information included in this application form is confidential between
you and
me, and the full name and contact info should be included as it should
be
written on the payments being issued over to you, you should also
include a
valid phone number for easy contact)



ATTESTATION
According to how you have been briefed earlier by me. You are required
and
mandated to receive payment on behalf of the above mentioned firm. You
are to
deduct 10% of all funds processed on a particular order and forward
the balance
payment via Western Union Money Transfer OR money gram as I would be instructing you
on
receipt of my payments.
You will notify me a week ahead if eventually you want to discontinue
this job
so as to terminate all payment coming your way to avoid conflict.


In agreement to this kindly append signature below:



...............................................................................................................
James Raymond
CEO of Orchard Vale Trust




If you are interested, please email me back so we could make concluding
arrangements..

Thank You and God Bless.



James Raymond,
C E O
Orchard Vale Trust,
+447024076586
www.orchardvaletrust.org.uk
email: jamesraymond_112@yahoo.com.hk
..........Building a better tomorrow. A member of the UK Registered
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