Email Fraud Alert received from: Arnold
I recently received an email with this subject line: Email Donation Project Winner 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:
Hello Dear,
My name is Bob Erb, I ‘m a renowned Philanthropist, and winner of $25million jackpot in the Terrace Lotto Max lottery.
I am writing to inform you that your email is one of the 5 email addresses randomly selected via a Google-powered newsletter software operated by legally registered Canadian freelance tech experts upon my supervision to receive financial support Donation for $450,000.00 from my trust fund in my ongoing Email Donation Project.
I spent the past six decades quietly donating to everyone, from homeless strangers to schoolchildren needing winter coats, but that was before I luckily won a $25million lottery prize. I have written more than 150 cheques, made about $8million in charitable donations to individuals and strangers.
I understand that you might feel deeply skeptical about the genuineness of this email, considering the fact that this seems quite unbelievable, or as many will say “too good to be true”, however I think my greatest strength includes my mental strength as well as my honesty.
You can find more information in regards to all my donations on my youtube page; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61fg86wyx58
Kindly submit
Name,
Age,
Address,
Tel,
Occupation, .
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Yours Faithfully,
Bob Erb -Philanthropist
The above email was sent by “Bob Erb” from this email address: info@viapol.com.br
I, Arnold, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Bob Erb”:
Bob, Bob, Bob,
Why don’t you get your yacht to drop you off in the middle of the ocean and we will take bets on where your body will bob to?