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From: Felix Wireless Terminal Ltd. <felixterminal@gmail.com>
Date: 13 May 2008 02:11:09 +0100
Subject: Work At Home
Content-Type: text/plain
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
FELIX WIRELESS TERMINAL CO.,LTD
Banitian LonggangShenzhen 515129,P,R China
Email:felixterminal@gmail.com
Tel :886-5-236-2685, Fax:886-2-6602-1090
Dear Sir/Ma,
Please can I have your attention for a moment? Would you like to work online from home temporarily and get paid ? Our Company Fixed Wireless Terminal Co., Ltd. is a company based in China and we are into Converts GSM Calls to Normal Analog Telephone and accessories supplied worldwide since 1991 with numerous customers home and abroad. We Converts various Analog Telephone (GSM Calls) & equipments supply ( supplies) you will be glad with our products. We need representatives in the United Kingdom who will be in charge of all our payments from the United Kingdom clients/customers. Most of our customers from the United Kingdom pay through Bank wire transfer,Credit Cards, Certified cheques and Cashier cheques which are not negotiable here in China. This brings our quest to employ a credible and trustworthy fellow as our representative to handle our payments. This would not affect your present job but serve as another stream of income to your good self. Being our representative and assisting us in processing the payments from our clients shall earn you a commission of about 10% of every payment you assist us with. Due to the fact that we can not process the United Kingdom Bank Account here in the China, we have lost in the past about £90 thousand pounds of net income each month because of money transfer delays. Most of our clients/customers who purchase our products need to pay large amount of money through their Bank account and this is the reason we also need a representative who has Bank account to receive large amount of money for our company. Your task is to coordinate payments from customers and
help us with the payment process. You are not involved in any sales.If you are interested, email us back for more information.
Best Regards,
maxwell Phillips(Mr)
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