Email Fraud Alert received from: Sydney
I recently received an email with this subject line: Court Summon Order 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:
RE: Notice of Intent to Sue
Account Number 98394XD89
Good day,
This letter serves as the formal notice of an intent to file a lawsuit against your company in court, due to your not paying an owed invoice as previously requested.
A hearing date has been confirmed for On April 14, 2018, and if you wish to resolve this matter without court action, our client will expect refund within thirty (30) days of this notice. The Court summons letter is in the below Microsft document transfer link, kindly verify your receiving email client on the attached to redirect and download summons.
Justic Department summons letter: Letters of Intent
Regards
Court Clerk
Magistrate Court
Justice Firm Debt Collection Agent
Private Bag x 206
Aberdeen
6270
The above email was sent by “martinezj@norwalkps.org via norwalkps.onmicrosoft.com” from this email address: martinezj@norwalkps.org
I, Sydney, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “martinezj@norwalkps.org via norwalkps.onmicrosoft.com”:
This one evaded my spam filters and actually caught me to read it.
The attached file – court_order.htm file is all obfuscated javascript so one can safely say that it is not a web page calculated to create joy in one’s heart.