Email Fraud Alert received from: Marisa
I recently received an email with this subject line: Re: Your loan is approved 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:
Kindly see attachment for your loan approval, repayment schedule
letter and loan terms and condition in respect of your application of
a loan of R100, 000.00 {One Hundred Thousand Rand Only}. I also
attached the loan agreement letter from our lawyer and the debit order
authorization form. So if you are satisfied with the contents in the
attached files, then sign and return them back so that the undersign
consultant will guide you to complete your loan process and payout.
Your swift response is required to enable us complete your approved
loan sum transfer.
Congratulations on your loan application approval.
Kind regards
—
Mr. Larry Johnson
Verification / Approval Unit
Tel: 021 300 7440
Cell 084 704 7954
Fax: 086 441 9179
Email: info@vecto-finance.co.za
Vecto Finance (Pty) Ltd
CO. REG. NO. 1999/015438/07.
A registered Credit Provider, NCRCP309
The above email was sent by “Mr. Larry Johnson” from this email address: info@vecto-finance.co.za
I, Marisa, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Mr. Larry Johnson”:
This is a scammer using a legitimate company name and NCR number to run a loan scam. They then ask for upfront fees. The legitimate company is Vecto Finance (Pty) Ltd – information can be verified on our website www.vectofinance.co.za