COSTA COFFEE Job Scam

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From:    Rick Richardson
Reply-To:    rick.costacoffeeart@yahoo.co.uk
Subject:    JOB OFFER
Date:    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:00:34 -0400

COSTA COFFEE
166 felthamn road,Unit 16
Ash ford/London/TW15 1YQ
United Kingdom
Tel: +447045772631
Registration number: 3699677
VAT registration number: 832 6732
Private E-mail: rick.costacoffeeart@yahoo.co.uk

My name is Rick Richardson and i am the Employment
Manager of Costa Coffee, a quality coffee company
based in the United Kingdom. the company has been
setup in Lam beth, London since 1971, supplying all
local caterers, major Italian and American coffee
shops and around the world, with an exciting coffee,
slow-roasted the Italian way. People couldn?t get
enough of it and by 1978 the first Costa espresso
bar opened in Vauxhall Bridge Road in London. To
this day we still use the same method of
slow-roasting our coffee beans, serving the
brothers? authentic blend of 6 Arabica beans to 1
Robusta in 500 coffee shops all over the world.

The company is always facing serious difficulties
when it comes to selling our products to Americans
because they are always offering to pay with US
MONEY ORDERS and US CHECKS which is difficult for us
to cash here in the UK since the last person that
represents us in the US has just fallen sick and
cannot continue the job.

We are looking for a representative in the United
States who will be working for the company as a
Part-Time representative/Bookkeeper and we'll be
willing to pay 10% for every transaction, of course
it wouldn?t affect your present state of work
because you may do it as a PART-TIME work, all we
need is just someone who would help us receive
payments from our customers in the states. I mean
someone that is responsible and reliable, cause the
cost of coming to the states and getting payments is
very expensive so for now we need a representative
in the United State who will be handling the payment
aspect.

These payments are in US Money Orders/Checks and
they would come to you in your name, so all you need
do is cash the money orders and checks, deduct your
percentage (10%) and wire the rest back. It wouldn't
cost you any amount, you are to receive payments
which will be mailed to you by post from my business
partners, which would come in form of Money Orders
or Checks then you are to cash it and send the cash
to me via western union money transfer all western
union charges will be deducted from the money.

If you are interested, please fill up the form below
and get back to me as soon as possible with the
following details.

FIRST NAME:
LAST NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
COUNTRY:
PHONE NUMBER (S):
GENDER:
MARITAL STATUS:
AGE:
NATIONALITY:

Regards,
Rick Richardson
Costa Coffee,
Exporters of Quality Coffee

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