Email Fraud Alert received from: Judy
I recently received an email with this subject line: Do you need a loan 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:
How are you doing? I just contacted the bank and we got a stop order notification from the bank stating that the transfer could not be completed because of the collateral/non collateral document, i was been told the new development of transferring funds internationally to avoid risk in the transaction from both side, they demanded for a collateral before the loan is released into your bank account. You are required to choose from the two options below and if you choose the non-collateral option, you are to make the payment of R13,050.00.
The above email was sent by “Pedro Bernard” from this email address: pedrobernard2@kimholdings.org
I, Judy, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Pedro Bernard”:
My friend whi has been scammed had to pay R2950.00 for a loan of R200 000.00. He has never mentioned in the contract that she signed that she has to pay for the collateral fee and assured her that she only has to pay R2950.00 for the transfer fees. He also dont want to refund her money.