During the months of waiting while authorities decide whether a claim is bogus or genuine the state provides applicants with money, accommodation, health care, schooling and so on.
As well as listing bogus requirements, the email will also likely be written in an unprofessional tone with lots of spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors.
Internet security experts have warned that at least a dozen bogus apps designed to look like official software to track coronavirus infections have been deployed globally to steal user data.
People in business have to be careful if they are to survive the jungle out there. They must not be led into making bogus investments. Bogus means something that is not real.
In an elaborate spoof, he signed a document in which he expressed the sincere desire of the Paraguayan government to establish diplomatic relations with the bogus country.