Your wire is pending

Email Fraud Alert received from: Blade

I recently received an email with this subject line: Your wire is pending 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:

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Date: October 21, 2015
Amount: 1485.00
Advance Status
Status: Approval Accepted
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We are pleased to inform you that your advance amount of $1485.00 has been approved. The funds will be available this afternoon or early evening.

To continue with this advance, please use the link below to our site to accept.

Let’s get started

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VivaLoan | 220 Meridian Blvd., Suite #01409
Minden, NV, 89423, USA

The above email was sent by “Confirmation 3745000” from this email address: viva@germanel.xyz

I, Blade, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Confirmation 3745000”:

Can I use these funds to finance a student at university?