Email Fraud Alert received from: Lynne
I recently received an email with this subject line: ABSA – Your Internet Banking Service Has Been Successfully Deactivated 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:
Dear Customer,
The service you requested has been succesfully deactivated.
See attached for more information.
REGARDS,THE INTERNET BANKING TEAM.
Sincerely,
Absa.co.za
Security Advisor
The above email was sent by “Absa internet banking” from this email address: needinfo0@absa.co.za
I, Lynne, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Absa internet banking”:
There was an attachment to this as well – absa.co.za.html which I presume was some sort of a virus?
