Email Fraud Alert received from: Recipient
I recently received an email with this subject line: Attention:Recipient, 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:
Attention:Recipient,
Your case was top of the agenda in the board meeting held on the 12th Day of January 2015, during the beginning of the year Lottery Payment Review Panel concerning tagged overdue unpaid lottery benefit from the Yahoo Awards/Coca-Cola Company Online Promotion England valued at GBP500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pound Sterling).
Please contact us via E-mail: prpanel@englandmail.com for immediate process of your claim.
This exercise should be carried out on or before 27 of February 2015; otherwise the payment file will be cancel permanently and the fund will be appropriated to the government’s treasury. Finally, it is important you understand that this resolution by the payment review panel stands irrevocable and effective.
Your co-operation is essential to this demand.
Truly,
Barrister Phil Cavanagh.
(General Secretary)
The above email was sent by “Lottery Payment Review Panel” from this email address: hm.r@nycmail.com
I, Recipient, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Lottery Payment Review Panel”:
whoo boy – here with go with th eGREAT British pound and the bad grammar again.
‘Phil’ Old Boy, Old Toddle, Old Slut – go away making sexual movements.