Advance Fee Scams

Supposedly, this email comes from the head office of an organization called the Compensation and Finance House. 

According to this email, Sgt. Richard Wood, a war veteran with the United Nations troop in Afghanistan, needs your help to process funds derived from a crude oil deal in Iraq.

According to this message, your email address has won £1 million courtesy of the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee and the Microsoft-Euro Online Lottery Award Team.   

According to this email, Mr Yang, a friend of  Mr Chen Shui-bian, the former President of Taiwan,  has a lucrative investment proposal for you.

Criminals are distributing a scam email claiming to be from American businessman and philanthropist Howard G. Buffett, son of famous billionaire investor Warren Buffett. 

Advance fee scammers regularly use Facebook as a vehicle for reaching new victims.  And, they use a variety of cover stories to try to convince potential victims that their claims are legitimate. 

According to this email, Mrs Betty Louise Kaechler from the USA is dying of cancer and wants to give you $7.5 million on the condition that you will give 50% of the funds to orphanages in your country. 

This poorly executed attempt at an advance fee scam purports to be from none other than Melania Trump, “First Lady of the United State”.

According to a text message that has been blasted out to mobile phone users in recent days, the recipient has been selected as the winner of  £1750000 in a prize draw called “Coke Promo”.