Email Fraud Alert received from: Russel
I recently received an email with this subject line: WILL 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:
I am Mr. Wilson Zhen, Trained and working as an Account Officer In Development Bank of Singapore (DBS).
I write to contact you about a foreigner bearing the same name as yours, who died here in Singapore, over a decades ago leaving behind an estate/capital US$12.8M here in Development Bank of Singapore.However, the Investor died intestate, no next-of-kin, nobody came forward all these years to lay claim of the inheritance.
I have decided to work with you to secure the funds, and propose 20% offer for you. If you are interested, you are advised to email me through my private email wilsonzhen_dbs@yahoo.com.sg the following information stated below:-
i. RE-CONFIRM YOUR FULL NAMES:
ii. CONTACT ADDRESS:
iii. AGE:
iv. TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER:
v. OCCUPATION:
Upon hearing from you, I will unfold more details and how to commence in the transaction.
Best regards,
Mr. Wilson Zhen
NB:ENSURE TO RESPOND TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL wilsonzhen_dbs@yahoo.com.sg WITH REQUIRED DETAILS IF WILLING.
The above email was sent by “Mr. Wilson Khan” from this email address: info@dbs.com
I, Russel, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Mr. Wilson Khan”:
Two questions for you Zhen old boy:
1. Why didn’t you just write from your private e-mail address then, if your offer is genuine then evidence of your criminality will be traceable via your comapny mail server.
2. If this person who died has the same name as me then why didn’t you address me as such?AMATUER