Scam Business Emails

You might have received an email coming from a company, either asking you to send them money and have a contract in return or to send your personal information for a job proposal. This might likely be a scam business email.
There are simple ways to verify if the sender is from a real or a fake online company. One of the most simple ways is to browse for the company’s phone number (not a mobile number though) and confirm the reception of the email.

You can also try to find their website online by the domain name that they have used. You can hence call your ISP to know if this domain name has been registered as a business one.

You will find below the example of a fake business email, reported and published by “Consumer Fraud Reporting” http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/bizpropsample2.php

From: "peter duka" <southexport205@8-12.ru>
Reply-To: johndoe@hotmail.com
Subject: Hello,
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:23:04 +0900 (YAKT)
Mr.Peter Duka
Anhui Guofeng Plastic Industry Co., Ltd
Tian Zhi Road
Hefei, ANH 230088
China.

Hello,
I am Mr.Peter Duka, CEO ANHUI GUOFENG PLASTIC INDUSTRY. We are a
company who deal on Plastics, candle holder,wind chime, photo frame,
suncatcher,night lamp,tiffany lamp and the other decorations. We export
into The United States, Canada and parts of Europe.
We require competent representatives who can help us establish a medium
of getting to our customers in the USA, Canada and Europe as well as
making payments through you to us.We will be glad and would be willing to
give a good percentage for this. Please contact us for more information on
the above Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity
to negotiate your mode of which we will pay for your services as our
representative.Please, if interested, send your reply to:
peterduka20055@yahoo.com or bpeterduka@yahoo.com
Regards,
Mr.Peter Duka
CEO.

How to identify scam business emails

Below is the list of the most common domain names used by the fake businesses online.

• A : accountant.com, activist.com, adexec.com, africamail.com, afrikamail.com, alabama.usa.com, alaska.usa.com, allergist.com, alumni.com, alumnidirector.com, alumnidirector.com, americamail.com, amorous.com, angelic.com, archaeologist.com, arcticmail.com, arizona.usa.com, arkansas.usa.com, aroma.com, artlover.com, asia.com, asia-mail.com, atheist.com, australiamail.com, australiamail.com
• B : bartender.net, been-there.com, berlin.com, berlin.com, bigger.com, bikerider.com, birdlover.com, brazilmail.com, brazilmail.com, brew-master.com
• C : california.usa.com, californiamail.com, caress.com, catlover.com, cheerful.com, cheerful.com, chef.net, chemist.com, chinamail.com, chinamail.com, clerk.com, cliffhanger.com, collector.org, colorado.usa.com, columnist.com, comfortable.com, comic.com, comic.com, connecticut.usa.com, consultant.com, consultant.com, contractor.net, counsellor.com, count.com, count.com, couple.com, cutey.com, cyberdude.com, cybergal.com, cyber-wizard.com
• D : dallasmail.com, dallasmail.com, delaware.usa.com, delhimail.com, delhimail.com, deliveryman.com, diplomats.com, disciples.com, disposable.com, doctor.com, doglover.com, doubt.com, dr.com, dublin.com, dublin.com, dutchmail.com
• E : earthling.net, earthling.net, elvisfan.com, email.com, email.com, email.com, engineer.com, englandmail.com, europe.com, europe.com, europemail.com, execs.com
• F : fan.com, fan.net, feelings.com, feelings.com, financier.com, fireman.net, florida.usa.com, footballer.com
• G : gardener.com, gardener.com, geologist.com, georgia.usa.com, germanymail.com, germanymail.com, graduate.org, graphic-designer.com
• H : hairdresser.net, hawaii.usa.com, hilarious.com, hockeymail.com, homosexual.net, hot-shot.com, hour.com, howling.com, humanoid.net, humanoid.net
• I : idaho.usa.com, illinois.usa.com, iname.com, iname.com, indiamail.com, indiamail.com, indiana.usa.com, innocent.com, inorbit.com, instruction.com, instructor.net, insurer.com, iowa.usa.com, irelandmail.com, irelandmail.com, israelmail.com, israelmail.com, italymail.com, italymail.com
• J, K, L : japan.com, japan.com, journalist.com, kansas.usa.com, kentucky.usa.com, koreamail.com, koreamail.com, lawyer.com, legislator.com, lobbyist.com, london.com, london.com, louisiana.usa.com, loveable.com
• M : mad.scientist.com, madonnafan.com, madrid.com, madrid.com, mail.com, mail.com, mail.com, mail.org, maine.usa.com, maryland.usa.com, massachusetts.usa.com, mexicomail.com, mexicomail.com, michigan.usa.com, mindless.com, mindless.com, minister.com, minister.com, minnesota.usa.com, mississippi.usa.com, missouri.usa.com, mobsters.com, monarchy.com, monarchy.com, montana.usa.com, moscowmail.com, moscowmail.com, munich.com, munich.com, musician.org, muslim.com, myself.com, myself.com
• N : nastything.com, nebraska.usa.com, nevada.usa.com, newhampshire.usa.com, newjersey.usa.com, newmexico.usa.com, newyork.usa.com, nightly.com, nonpartisan.com, northcarolina.usa.com, northdakota.usa.com, null.net, nycmail.com, nycmail.com
• O : oath.com, ohio.usa.com, oklahoma.usa.com, optician.com, oregon.usa.com, orthodontist.net, orthodox.com
• P : pacific-ocean.com, pacificwest.com, paris.com, paris.com, pediatrician.com, pennsylvania.usa.com, petlover.com, photographer.net, physicist.net, playful.com, poetic.com, polandmail.com, polandmail.com, politician.com, popstar.com, popstar.com, post.com, post.com, presidency.com, priest.com, priest.com, programmer.net, protestant.com, publicist.com
• R : radiologist.net, realtyagent.com, reborn.com, reborn.com, reggaefan.com, registerednurses.com, religious.com, repairman.com, representative.com, rescueteam.com, revenue.com, rhodeisland.usa.com, rocketship.com, rocketship.com, rockfan.com, rome.com, rome.com, royal.net, russiamail.com, russiamail.com
• S : safrica.com, saintly.com, saintly.com, salesperson.net, samerica.com, sanfranmail.com, sanfranmail.com, scientist.com, scotlandmail.com, scotlandmail.com, secretary.net, seductive.com, singapore.com, singapore.com, singapore.com, sister.com, sizzling.com, snakebite.com, socialworker.net, sociologist.com, songwriter.net, soon.com, southcarolina.usa.com, southdakota.usa.com, spainmail.com, spainmail.com, surgical.net, swedenmail.com, swedenmail.com, swissmail.com
• T : teachers.org, techie.com, techie.com, technologist.com, tempting.com, tennessee.usa.com, texas.usa.com, thegame.com, theplate.com, therapist.net, toke.com, tokyo.com, tokyo.com, toothfairy.com, torontomail.com, torontomail.com, tough.com, tvstar.com, tvstar.com
• U, V : umpire.com, usa.com, usa.com, usa.com, usa.com, utah.usa.com, vermont.usa.com, virginia.usa.com
• W, X, Y, Z : wallet.com, washington.usa.com, webname.com, weirdness.com, weirdness.com, westvirginia.usa.com, who.net, whoever.com, winning.com, wisconsin.usa.com, witty.com, worker.com, writeme.com, writeme.com, wyoming.usa.com, yours.com