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Old 12-18-2008, 11:16 AM
Scamfighter Scamfighter is offline
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Default Ahmed Alsamarai - Ministry of Trade, Iraq

My name is Ahmed Alsamarai, a consultant with the Ministry of Trade Iraq and this is an urgent contract Tender invitation from Iraq. My benefactor at the new controlled Iraqi Ministry of Trade has mandated me to seek for your cooperation in a multi million dollars worth of supply contract on building/Medical/Chemical /Textile and General equipments/Heavy Equipment.

Please if you are interested in this tender invitation, then kindly contact me via My E-mail: alsaconsult@live.com

Please do get back to me based on your company's abilities. As soon as we recieve those, I shall get back to you with all details included.
Note that we are willing to make an upfront payment of 85% before supply.

Regards,
Ahmed Alsamarai.

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Old 06-30-2009, 04:38 AM
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Hi Scamfighter

I received a similar email from another consultant from Iraqi Minstry of Trade. How do the scam work and what kind of trick or con are they up to? Thank you for your advise.

John Trava

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Old 09-30-2009, 12:25 AM
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sounds very much like advanced fee fraud, whereas you have to make upfront payments before getting the promised 85%, which of course you never get.

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