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Monday, October 29, 2007

Alert-Kirin Brewery Job Offer eMail Scam

Alert - Kirin Brewery Job Offer eMail Scam

You may have received the email below. If so you unfortunately are not really going to be receiving commissions on the sale of Kirin Brewery products, rather you are the target of a scam often refereed to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

Any contact with the sender of this email could result in financial and identity loses. If you received an email like this, just delete it. If you have made contact with this person you may be at risk. You should immediately contact your local law enforcement agency and or financial institution for assistance if you provided ANY personal or financial information.

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Following is the text of the scam email:
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kirin Brewery Co. LTD [mailto:katokirin2000@yahoo.co.jp]
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 1:29 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: JOB OFFER

From The Desk of
Kazuyasu Kato
Kirin Brewery Co.,LTD
6-26-1 Jingu-mae,
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8011
Email:katokirin302@yahoo.co.jp

Dear Sir/Madam,

We will be very glad if you can be our representative in your country
and earn 10% of every payment made through
you for our Company.

For more information, contact us through email.
mailto:katokirin302@yahoo.co.jp

Thanks in advance
Kind Regards,
Kazuyasu Kato
President& COO

--
This message has been scanned for viruses and
dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
believed to be clean.
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