Email Fraud Alert received from: Andre
I recently received an email with this subject line: Confirm reward points 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:
Your Absa Reward points have accumulated over R9,300 and is due for redemption.
Please check below copy to complete cashback request.
See details and summary <https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fintranet.grupoplasencia.com%2Fsnid.rnpc%2Fcesni.php&data=04%7C01%7C%7C519149b7bc7f4772545d08d8fab47c0a%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637535000365324497%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=auL09FVfFYfHlr3sFirFPkhuE71oknJvBbGR6QSkwT4%3D&reserved=0
The above email was sent by “Absa Support Service” from this email address: summary@scm.co.za
I, Andre, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Absa Support Service”:
Rewards credit is overstated and the sender email address is clearly not ABSA Rewards Support