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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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From: Wallce Chris <wallce@chriswallce.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:35:05 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: DEAR


FROM: CEO /CHRIS WALLCE
NINE TREASURES UK. LTD
132 CHURCH ROAD
LONDON ,
E12 16HL
ENGLAND.
COMPANY WORKING HOUR'S
9:00am to 6:pm all days.
Dear Sir/Madam,

We are glad to offer you for a job position with our company.We need
someone to work for the company as a Representative/Book keeper in
the USA. This is in view of our not having an office presently in the USA.
You don't need to have an Office and this certainly won't disturb any
form of work you have going at the moment.Our Company specialises in the
Sourcing,Outsourcing and Procurement of any commodity from the
Eastern European supply base.

We undertake order placement as a one-off batch and project
management of the transfer of an entire series of processes and commodities
without compromising quality.We source the following variety of
clothing materials:- batiks,assorted fabrics for interior decor, silk and
traditional costumes which we have clients we supply weekly in the
USA.Our integrated network of yarn and fabric manufacturing operations
use state-of-the-art textile equipment from the world's leading
suppliers. Order processing,production monitoring and process flow are
seamlessly integrated through a company-wide computer network.

* No form of investments from you.
* This job takes only 1-3 hours per day

About the job:
We have sales representatives all over the world to distribute our
products.It's a known fact,that it's not easy to start a business in a
new market (being the US). There are hundreds of competitors, close
direct contacts between suppliers and customers and other difficulties,which
impede our sales promotion.We have decided to deliver the products
upfront, it's very risky but it would push up sales by 25
percent.Unfortunately we are unable to open Bank Accounts in the US
without first registering the company name.

Presently with the amount of Orders we have, we cannot put them on
hold for fear of loosing the customers outrightly. Secondly we cannot cash
these payments from the US soon enough, as international Cheques take
about 25-30 working days for cash to be made available.We lose about
12,000 USD of net income each month because we have money transfer
delays.Your task is to coordinate payments from customers and help us
with the payment process.You are not involved in any sales or marketing.
Once orders are recieved and sorted we deliver the product to a customer
(usually through FEDEX).The customer receives and checks the
products.

After this has been done the customer has to pay for the products.
About 90 percent of our customers prefer to pay through Certified Cheques
and Travellers Cheques based on the amount involved.We have decided to
open this new job position for solving this problem.Your tasks are:

Recieve payment from Customers.
2. Cash Payments at your Bank (Upon my instruction).
3. Deduct 10% which will be your commission/pay on each Payment
processed
4. Forward balance after deduction of commission/pay to any of the
offices you will be contacted to send payment to.(Payment is to
forwarded
either by MoneyGram or Western Union Money Transfer Preferably).

I am actually looking for someone who would help me receive payments
from my customers in the states, I mean someone that is responsible and
reliable, because the cost of coming to the state and getting payments
is very expensive, I am working on setting up a branch in the state, so
for now i need a representative/bookkeeper in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
who will be handling the payment aspect for our company.

But the problem i have is trust, i have made arrangement with the FBI
in Washington,that if anybody gets away with my money they will
definately get hold with the person,and the person will go to JAIL for LOOTING
my funds , you are to receive PAYMENTS which will be sent to you by the
FEDEX or UPS from my customers, which would come in form of CERTIFIED
CHEQUES, TRAVELLERS CHEQUES OR MONEY ORDERS then contact me as soon
as you have the payment so that i can relay the proper cashing
instructions to you and subseqent instructions.

Our payments will be issued out in your name and you can have them
cashed at your bank or other Cashing Services(Upon my instruction).
Deduct your commission 10% and forward the balance to the company . If you
are interested, N: B, Please
send to me the listed information below:

#Your full name:
#Your full home address,
#Your age,#Occupation
#marital status,
#direct contact telephone number (VALID AND WORKING):
#Your Bank name Only (only your bank name and nothing else).


We understand that this job position is very challenging and you
should understand it. We are looking only for persons who satisfy our
requirements and will be an earnest assistant.We envisage 3-7 work
hours per week.If you feel that you are a serious and earnest person and
you want to work for NINE TREASURES UK. LTD,KINDLY FILL THE EMPLOYMENT
FORM AND SEND VIA EMAIL AND WE'LL CONTACT YOU UPON THE RECEIPT.

ONLY SERIOUS AND INTERESTED PARTICIPANTS SHOULD PLEASE REPLY TO chriswallce002@yahoo.co.uk.
WARMEST REGARD,

FROM: CEO /CHRIS WALLCE
NINE TREASURES UK. LTD
132 CHURCH ROAD
LONDON ,
E12 16HL
ENGLAND.
COMPANY WORKING HOUR'S
9:00am to 6:pm all days.

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