Procurement Scam — 15 posts

We are looking for pricing for an upcoming project and would want to confirm your availability to submit a quote. A request for a quote that names no project, no product and no company, signed by a procurement specialist who names no employer, and sent from an address that runs to 276 characters, most of them the tracking code from a billing email's link, at a domain with a home-care service's name.

I'm Dr Brown from the UK. Permit to inform you about to partner with us in supplying raw materials. Eleven days after the first draft, the same persona writes again: three sentences from a different free Gmail account, blind-copied with the To line left empty, under a subject of two letters, naming no company, no material and no product — and asking for one thing: a reply.

I'm Dr. Brown from the UK. I have a discuss with you about business supply of materials to our company for production. Three sentences from a free Gmail address that shares nothing with the name it displays, blind-copied with the To line left empty, naming no company, no material and no product — and asking for one thing: a reply.

Please find the attached document for your attention and consideration. Kindly provide the requested quotation at your earliest convenience. Five polite sentences, a one-word subject and no attachment: a quotation request that names no product, no company and no person, sent from a Gmail account to itself with the recipient blind-copied.

A firm in Germany needs a supplier of extracted materials from India for production in there plant. The same sender, the same dummy recipient, nineteen hours later, with every phrase swapped for a synonym.

Our firm in Germany needs a supplier of extracts materials from India, reply for details. Fifteen words, no company name, no signature, sent from a free Polish mailbox to somebody else's address.

We are interested in purchasing your company's products and would like to know if you can supply them to Italy. A fake buyer inquiry marked "TOP URGENT".

My name is Maj. Austin Lake, an American Army, currently in Ukrain for peacekeeping duty. I wish to introduce to you a business of supplying Pharmaceutical active ingredients from India to an American company.

I am Ms,Clara Davidson. From United Kingdom, currently in search of a Business Supply partner in India; Kindly indicate your interest for more details.

I am Josephine Braimah of Transpacific Biochem Logistics Manager, under Ghana Health Ministry; I hope to explore a huge supply prospect with you involving our company.