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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: "SPURGEON's CHILDCARE" <spurgeons_child_care@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 01:24:58 +0200
Subject: Job Offer...Work PART-TIME and get PAID.


<http://www.spurgeonschildcare.org/index.php>
Hello,
My name is Dr. Garry Johnson, Financial Director Spurgeons Child Care.
Spurgeons Child needs a cash representative in the states. This project has
been developed in a way not to affect your present job nor bring you any
form of stress but in order to help take care of those extra costs in the
area of Financial Independence; we empower people by providing the keys to
controlling your income and quality of life.
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.

I reside in London, England. Though I have lived most of my life in other
parts of the world, I do alot of travelling.
The original orphanage, in Stockwell, was our home for most of our first
century, until a move to Reigate and then Birchington, in Kent. Since 1979,
when the last orphanage closed, our work has grown and developed across the
UK and around the world.
Spurgeon's Child Care is one of the UK's largest Christian charities working
with children, young people and families. With over 100 projects in the UK
and overseas, we are committed to professional social work as a practical
expression of our Christian faith.
Which means, put simply, that we are in the business of changing lives. For
good.
Our work would be impossible if it wasn't for the support of individuals and
churches, and the partnership of local authorities, trusts and companies.
A company described with great history and strong believe on the note
''children are the leaders of tomorrow''.
Over the years the Ambition of the company has extended to rendering helps
and supports on humanitarian services pretty much on orphanage homes,
less privileged scholarship and giving proper education on child abuse, sex
education and subsidized medication for good health most especially in the
developing world. Many of the children we work with in Uganda and Kenya have
lost one or both parents because of Aids.
Spurgeons Family has great privileged to have worked with much charity
Organization in the United Kingdom and more taking a step to the
international level.

At Spurgeons Child Care, we work hard to support the community. As a brand,
we aim to help improve the quality of life for children and their families.
This is demonstrated in our role as corporate sponsor for the Well Child
charity with money raised going towards helping sick children and their
families. We are an organization with a remarkable heritage. Thanks to the
extraordinary generosity of one woman, Anne Hillyard, we were founded in
1867 by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, to care for fatherless boys. The first
girls were accepted in 1879.

Presently, I have just been granted a funding to head a charity
support project in the tropical regions of Africa and Europe regarding
Poverty Alleviation, Provision of clothing materials to all kids in rural
areas, extending to the war zones of West Africa, counseling on the HIV/AIDS
which is increasing at an alarming rate and provision of basic amenities
in support to humanitarian services to the third world nations and this
would be commencing very soon.
However, our funding was by my American counterparts whom sent me the bunch
of payments mostly in US based money orders. Each year, we receive gifts
from people who remembered us when they made their will. Last year, these
gifts totaled over £260,000, and they came from just a few people.

Getting an accountant in the states or opening an account would have been my
best choice but I have a deadline to meet and taking any of those choices
would cost me 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, I would be willing to accept your application on Voluntary
basis to be Our Organisation's Representative back in the states.
We need you; Volunteers are part of almost all our projects.
Being a volunteer is about sharing your experience with someone else. It's
about being valued for the contribution only you can make. It's about
changing someone else's world.
You only need to give two hours a fortnight. That's 0.6% of your time.
It's nothing to you. It's everything to them.
Take a look at the projects nearest you, and get in touch
Make a difference with over 500 staff across the UK and around the world, we
are a growing and dynamic charity to work for.
Each of our employees brings something unique to Spurgeon's Child Care, and
we value the contribution that they bring. With regular project team
meetings, development days and conferences, everyone can make a real
contribution to our work with children, young people and families, in the UK
and around the world.
If you are looking for a job where you're more than a small cog in a big
machine, you've come to the right place.
This way donations could be issued out to you (in your name), from our
american counterparts who send bunch of donations in US based money orders
or cashier checks. You could then cash them easily, deduct ten percent (10%)
of the total amount on these money orders as your commission for the great
service you have rendered in support to saving life's in the third world and
then have the rest wired to me (or to where ever the funds might be needed
at that time to save lives) via Western Union Money Transfer. The Western
Union Service fee should also be deducted alongside your 10% service charge
before having the rest wired via Western Union.

I am sending you this offer because clearing this funds here takes longer
time and 25% is deducted from it at the banks here.

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

I would be glad if you accept my proposal and I intend to commence on
starting as soon as you are ready. If you are interested, please email me
back so we could make concluding arrangements.

Best Regards,
Dr. Garry Johnson
Financial Director
spurgeons_child_care@yahoo.co.uk
www.spurgeonschildcare.org

<http://www.spurgeonschildcare.org/index.php>(c) Spurgeon's Child Care
2003. Registered charity no 1081182. <http://www.adamskids.co.uk/index.htm>

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