by flickflame
Sun Jul 07, 2013 6:06 pm
I thought the first email could be legitimate but I was suspicious because the address was for a primary school that could not be viewed on Google street view.
They completely ignored the questions in my reply email and tried to get me to follow a link to a phising website, according to my antivirus.
I haven't found this email/scam anywhere on the internet so I have added the complete emails below, so if anyone Google's it they can see my experience.
The reasons I know its a scam are as follows.
My reply:
On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 9:40 PM
Dear Linda,
We are interested in providing you with our products.
Are you an importer/distributor or an importer wholesaler?
Which products and their sizes and quantities were you after?
............ etc.
Their reply: [email protected]
They completely ignored the questions in my reply email and tried to get me to follow a link to a phising website, according to my antivirus.
I haven't found this email/scam anywhere on the internet so I have added the complete emails below, so if anyone Google's it they can see my experience.
The reasons I know its a scam are as follows.
- The address is for a British Primary School
- C&B Group Limited, if it were real, does not exist anywhere near the address.
- They completely ignore the questions in my reply email and provide a weird one size fits all response with weird grammar "good start of a wonderful and more future business transaction with us and your company"
- They try to get me to follow a link to a website blocked by my anti-virus stating it is a reported "phising" website.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mrs Linda Coal [mailto: [email protected] ]
Sent: Friday, 5 July 2013 1:47 AM
To: my business email
Subject: Order
Dear Sir/Madam,
I write to inform you that we are interested in your products.
And we would like to inquire about the following:
*Minimum Order Quantity
*Your delivery time
*Payment terms But My payment term is T/T or Letter of Credit.
Best Regards,
C&B Group Limited
Head Office:
Unit 65 Bridgewater Business Park
West Bridgewater Street Leigh
Greater Manchester
WN7 4HB
My reply:
On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 9:40 PM
Dear Linda,
We are interested in providing you with our products.
Are you an importer/distributor or an importer wholesaler?
Which products and their sizes and quantities were you after?
............ etc.
Their reply: [email protected]
From: MISS LINDA COAL [mailto: [email protected] ]
Sent: Friday, 5 July 2013 7:18 PM
To: Russell
Subject: Re: Order
Good-day!
Thank you for your kind reply, sorry for my late reply, we hope this will be a good start of a wonderful and more future business transaction with us and your company, The order volume is very large and will span the next 3 years which was why we demanded to know your maximum production output.
Due to project size, volume and variety of products required and the need to keep a secure lasting business relationship/correspondence with you, our technical team has arrange the buyer protection Purchase Order list which includes, specifications and quantity in our secure business file below:
http://www. %20%20oer.%20ro /wp-%20content%20/%20uploads /viewtradeorder%20.%20htmLink Disabled (BW)
To access and view the order list, you should login using your valid email address (the same you use in communicating with me) & password and get back to me asap with your best quote and and delivery time with any further question.
Note that if your quotation is favorable, PO for 1st batch of order and 3 years contract agreement will be drafted and sent to you via email as well as fax within the next 1 week. Also, our technical team will be visiting your production line for inspection as soon as agreement is entered.
Waiting for your urgent reply.
Best Regards,
C&B Group Limited
Last edited by Bryon Williams on Sun Jul 07, 2013 6:28 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Reason: Added quotations and disabled link.
