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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Edgar Chatman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drchatman00@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:19:14 -0000
Subject: Employment Opportunity

Hello Candidate,

My name is Dr. Edgar Chatman, Executive Director Action Aid International. I am pleased in offering you a part time job where you work from home without interfering with your present job or appointment. I would like to inform you of both the organization you would be working for and what you would be doing. Our organization is a charity foundation which enhance social sensitivity to child problems, with a special emphasis on professionals working with children, who potentially form the first link of the intervention chain and also support on humanitarian services pretty much on surgical issues, mostly on children and the less privilege in the developing countries and the war-zones like Sierra-Leone, Sudan, Rwanda, Liberia, Togo.. etc, improve the competence of professionals working with children in diagnosis and Intervention in cases of child heart surgeries.


As the Medical Director of the foundation, I'm in charge of the life saving program of the foundation. I head a branch of the organization which is based in the United Kingdom, though myself and my teammates have stayed most of our lives in other parts of the world because we do a lot of traveling most times. Presently, we have just been granted a funding to head a charity support project in the tropical regions of West Africa regarding Surgical cases related to heart diseases, kidney transplants, provision of drugs and basic amenities in support to humanitarian services especially to the red cross across the distress zones and educational scholarships and grants to the less privilege.


However our funding are done by donors, trustees, companies and voluntary organizations and the funds are sent in form of cashiers cheques, money orders, travelers checks, bank drafts and bank transfers.


THE JOB
This job requires honesty and competence as it involves a lot of money, you receive the payments on our behalf, normally between (15000 euros - $20000 euros every week) have them processed at your bank after-which you deduct %10 from the total funds as your commission for the great service you have rendered in saving at least a life and have the remaining money sent to any of our territorial managers where the fund will be urgently needed via Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram. I will like to know if you are really interested to work with us, as there is a limited vacancy space. Bear it in mind that we would be dealing with quite a handful of cash and you will be making good money working with us as well as being a part of our future. We will like to know if you prefer to receive your payment on a monthly basis or per payment basis (%10 of every payment you receive).


Get back to me with the following information Including your job id number, so we can get you started immediately.

JOB ID NUMBER (12052006/20).

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Hope to hear from you soon.
Dr. Edgar Chatman
Executive Director
Action Aid International
drchatman00@aol.com

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