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Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Duke Cole Textiles and Fabrics Company eMail Scam

You may have received the following email. If so you unfortunately are not being offered a career opportunity with Duke Cole Textiles and Fabrics Company, rather you are the target of a form of identity theft related scams. 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.

For more information about what to do if you think you may be the victim of identity theft visit SecurePCNews where you can find specific information about dealing with Identity Theft.

Following is the text of the scam email:

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-----Original Message-----
From: KELVIN JOOP [mailto:joopkelvin@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 8:39 AM
Subject: Greetings from Dubai,
Importance: High

Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is KELVIN JOOP .I am the sale maneger of DUKE COLE TEXTILES AND FABRICS COMPANY

IN THE (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)DUBAI Presently,our company is looking for a trustworthy bookkeeper,representative in Canada/USA.
An excellent opportunity to work at home part time and still keep your full time job.DUKE

COLE Textile is a company that produces and sells Chinese and African textile and fabric
material in (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) DUBAI. our company produces various clothing materials,
batisks, assorted fabrics and traditional costumes. We have clients that we supply weekly
in the states. My clients make payments for our supplies every week by check which are not
readily cashable outside of the US or Canada,so we need are presentative to assist us in
processing the payments.
This will enable our cash to flow
more quickly and therefore would not tie down our capital. I would be
willing to employ you on contract basis to be my payment representative
back in the states. I am involved in alot of travel and this way I could
give my clients the authority to make the cheque, money orders, etc out
to you. You could then easily cash at your bank, then withdraw 10%
of the total amount as your commission and send the rest back to the
company through Western Union/Money gram wire transfer.

IF YOU AT ALL INTERESTED IN THIS PROPOSAL FOR EMPLOYMENT PLEASE
REPLY TO THIS MAIL,THEN I WILL SEND U AN APPLICATION FORM,
LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT. I NEED TO FILL THIS POSITION AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU SOON.
DUKE:COLE

JOB DESCRIPTION?
1. RECEIVE PAYMENT FROM CLIENTS (delivered by FedEx or UPS you would
need to be at your address to sign)
2. CASH PAYMENTS AT YOUR BANK (PAYMENT WILL BE MAKE IN YOUR NAME TO BE
CASHED AT YOUR BANK) CLIENTS WILL CONTACT YOU FIRST AND SEND PAYMENT VIA COURIER OR MAIL.
3. DEDUCT 10% WHICH WILL BE YOUR PERCENTAGE/PAY ON PAYMENT PROCESSED
(Example $5000.00 you would deduct $500.00 pay the Western Union fee out of the $4500.00

left and send remainder to my company.
4. FORWARD BALANCE AFTER DEDUCTION OF PERCENTAGE/PAY TO MY COMPANY
(WESTERN UNION/MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER)

*Please make sure your telephone # is correct -- I will need to call you
when everything is in place.
ATTESTATION
You will with the rules as advised earlier in this e-mail and by
Job Description.
You will notify the company one week ahead if eventually you want to
discontinue these funds from coming to your address in order to avoid conflict.

DUKE COLE TEXTILES LIMITED
Get back to us on our email

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