AFIF have received advice in regard to an email scam whereby the person requests a door to door shipment to Ghana but uses fake or stolen credit cards to make payments. The payments will go through initially however once the owner reports the card as stolen, the banks will take the money out of the forwarders account.
The text appears as follows or similar :
Dear Sir/Madam,
I would like to request for a shipping quotation for shipping the underspecified items to Accra , Ghana :
| Description Of Goods |
: Computer Parts |
| Quantity |
: 100 PCS |
| Total Weight |
: 36kgs |
| Dimension of Box |
: 24inches L x 20inches B x 15 inches H |
| Destination Port |
: Accra , Ghana |
| Service Required |
: Door to Airport / Door to Door |
Please indicate the following on your quotes:
(1) Cost of shipping to above to Ghana
(2) Methods of payments acceptable
I hope you would treat this with the utmost urgency and i look forward to hearing from you soon.
Thank You
Scot Dench
45 Eric Fenning Drive,
Surf Beach NSW 2536
This information was provided by a Forwarder to serve as a warning and whilst we expect that some of you would have identified this as being of a fraudulent nature, we encourage you to alert relevant staff accordingly.
Thank you and regards
