These frauds can take other forms. Here are some examples.
The victim is sent a fake lottery winning notice and is asked to deposit
some funds in an account for the fees to do the required paperwork. The
criminals withdraw the funds and the victim never hear from them again
The victim is asked to send bids for a project. The bid should be
accompanied by a processing or security fee which is then never seen again.
The victim is invited to a high-profile conference/seminar. The conference
is free to attend but hotel accomodation is not. Of course the 'organisers'
of the conference have made deals with hotels to get special pricing but
rooms are limited so the victim is enticed to send funds to book the hotel
room.
The victim is sent a notice by a fake attorney about a distant relative
having deceased and asked to send some paperwork fees in order to gain some
inheritance. This advance fee disappears and the 'attorney' never heard of
again.
On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 12:03 AM, S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com> wrote:
> Hi Shelly,
> At 08:38 18-01-2016, Shelly Hermia Bhujun wrote:
>
>> Could you please explain what is advance-fee fraud?
>>
>
> You are requesting a loan of Rs 90,000 from a person or company. In order
> to process the loan application you are asked to send Rs 950. The Rs 950
> is the advance-fee. The person or company will not give you the loan and
> you will lose the Rs 950 which you sent.
>
> Regards,
> S. Moonesamy
>
>
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