Email Fraud Alert received from: sarel
I recently received an email with this subject line: Approval Letter For S Martins 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:
Amazon Loan SA
Regional Head Office
No.34 Data Crescent,
or Monde Ext.8,
2091, Johannesburg South Africa.
DIRECT LINE: +27(0)11 050 5296
FAX: +27(0) 86 218 3683
Dear Beneficiary S.Martins,
After proper verification of your income statements, it pleases we the Amazon Loan to inform you that your personal loan applications of R30,000.00 has been approved and for repayment duration of 2 Years (24 months) of R1,281.81 monthly.
Kindly view attached document notification of approval and be advice to complete the acceptance confirmation form on the letter of approval and forward it within maximum 24 hours back to us via email or fax as a confirmation that you have accepted the loan offered to you by our company.
Failure to do so automatically means you did not accept the loan and your loan we be cancel.
Sign:
Regards,
Mr.Martin Luiz
Head Of Verification Unit,
The above email was sent by “Mr.Martin Luiz” from this email address: amzloanoffice@safrica.com
I, sarel, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Mr.Martin Luiz”:
these idiots want you to pay them attotney fees at an adress they give you and then they run away like spineless pigs caught on to this before they caught me