Email Fraud Alert received from: Abhishek
I recently received an email with this subject line: Fraudulent mail. and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please.
The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear below:
Good morning,
I would like to extend an invitation to your company to supply us with the attached product(s). Some of the products we may request may fall out of your scope of work hence we would like you to source the products and supply to us. Attached to this email is a Request for Quotation of the products we need.
Kindly note this is an urgent once off tender, therefore we require these components at your earliest convenience. We now await for your quotation..
Regards,
George Meyer
Procurement Officer
Carlton Centre 150 Commissioner Street Johannesburg 2001 South Africa
Tel :+27(0)11 040 3921
Fax :+27(0)86 464 7498
Email :george.meyer@transnetproject.net
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The above email was sent by “George Meyer” from this email address: george.meyer@transnetproject.net
I, Abhishek, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “George Meyer”:
This fraudulent email was received from so called Transnet Procurement officer.
Also noted that on body of the mail this scammer mask his email ID with George.meyer@transnetproject.net and hyperlinked to dennis.kamen@transnetsupplychains.net.
It is possible that the persons real name is Dennis or both of them Involved in scamming people.
Please be aware.
Thanks.