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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: BRIAN WILLIAMS FABRICS & TEXTILES <jimmycarter5@myway.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:41:28 -0600
Subject: TEMPORARY JOB OFFER


TEMPORARY JOB OFFER
Would you like to work temporarily and get paid weekly?

Dear Sir/Madam,

Would you like to work online from Home/Temporarily and get paid weekly?we are glad to offer you for a job position at our company,BRIAN WILLIAMS FABRICS & TEXTILES.We need someone to work for the company as a Representative/Book keeper in your country. This is in view of our not having
an office presently in the USA .

Our integrated 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.

* The average monthly income is about 4000.00 USD.
* 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.You know, 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 should push up sales on 25 percent.We need to get payments for our products as soon as possible. Unfortunately we are unable to open Bank Accounts in the United 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 out rightly. Secondly we cannot cash these payments from the US soon enough, as international Checks take about 14 working days for cash to be made available.

We lose about 75,000 USD of net income each month because we have money transfer delays.

You are not involved in any sales. Once orders are received and sorted we deliver the product to a customer (usually through FEDEX/UPS).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 Cheque and Money orders based on the amount involved.

YOUR TASK ARE:
1. Receive payment from Customers
2. Cash Payment at your Bank
3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be instructed to send payment to.

Our payments will be issued out in your name and you can have them cashed in your bank or other Cashing Services.Deduct your weekly salary and forward the balance to the company via western union money transfer We understand it is an unusual and incredible job position. This job takes only 3-7 hours per week. You'll have a lot of free time doing another job, you'll get good income and regular job.

This job is very challenging and you should understand it. We are looking only for the worker who satisfies our requirements and will be an honest assistant.We are glad to offer this job position to you. If you feel that you are a serious and honest worker and you want to work for BRIAN WILLIAMS FABRICS & TEXTILES, kindly send me your names ,address and phone number via email .

MR.JIMMY CARTER
EMPLOYMENT CO-ORDINATOR
BRIAN WILLIAMS FABRICS & TEXTILES


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