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From: "KingSton.Inc Ritadobson" <ritadobson01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: generalmanagerdpt@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 09:44:40 +0000
Subject: 2006 Urgent Job Offer
Pleasant day,
I have a job offer u might be intersested in My name is Rita Dobson,
i am 48 of age and i work for Kingston Inc. Ltd.We extract raw
materials from Africa to produce textile and fabrics which we supply
to our clients in the north american geographical region(united
states) and Europe for cloth making.we are looking for an
representative in america and Europe to work for us as a partime
worker and we are willing to pay 800 pound for every
transaction,which wouldnt affect ur present state of work.First of all
i will like to know your Name/Age/Sex/Location and what are you do for a
living presently ?Our main factory is located in africa where we
extract the raw materials needed for the manufacturing of fabrics,we
are looking for a representative in the United Kingdom, someone who would help us recieve payments from our customers in United Kingdom.I mean
someone that is responsible and reliable.Though we are working on
setting up a branch in the United Kingdom,but for now we need a representative
in the Uk who will be handling that aspect,We are willing to
pay 800 pounds per every payment you recieve and you can still keep ur regular
job while you work for us.
All you have to do is help us recieve payments from our
customers in the United Kingdom.Those payments are in Cheque and Wire transfer
and they would come to you in your name, so all you need do is
cash it, deduct your payment and wire the rest to us via western
union.But sometimes the fbi gets involved incase someone trys to run
with our money, i hope that is okay If you are interested i would send
you an employment letter which you are to sign and send back to me as
soon as possible and i would need you to give me your full name ,home
address e-mail address and your phone number for me to get in contact
with you. It wouldnt cost u any amount,u are to receive payments which
will be sent to u by fedex or usps from our business patners, which
would come in a cashiers cheque or Wire Transfer then u are to cash it
and send the cash to us via western union money transfer all western
union charges will be deducted from the money.as soon as you have the
money sent you will have to provide us with the Payment information
for pickup.I Look forward to your quick reply.
Regards.
Rita Dobson
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