Email Fraud Alert received from: Tim
I recently received an email with this subject line: Ford Ranger 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,
Sorry for the delayed response but we are in United Kingdom right now and we have been very busy and we cannot use it anymore. We shoot a documentary in South Africa for National Geographic and in two weeks the documentary will be ready. Here is a little part:
The rest will be on TV in two weeks. Anyway, thank you for your interest in buying the bakkie. The bakkie is registered in South Africa on Marie’s name. We are selling this bakkie at a very cheap price because we moved in UK with our work and we cannot use it anymore, have a contract here and we will return in SA only after 2 years. The bakkie is like new, in perfect conditions, accident free, no scratches, no special marks, no need for additional repairs, always garaged. You can see from the pictures. If you decide to buy the bakkie we will bring it at your home anywhere in SA. We will wait for your email if you are interested and have the funds ready.
For more pictures or info to purchase the bakkie please give us a reply, call or Whatsapp with your email address. For this price we have a lot of buyers interested on it so a reply to this email will be fine.
The above email was sent by “Andre and Marie” from this email address: natgeom12@gmail.com
I, Tim, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Andre and Marie”:
Hi again,
This is my number: +447572376746, you can call me or Whatsapp anytime (Andre).
I’m sorry you cannot see the bakkie because we are not in the country and for this reason we must use eBay in order to be safe (my wife is a Power Seller on eBay so we can use their services). We want to use eBay because we are in a country like South Africa and we both know that we can find very bad people here. Sorry to say it because we love this country, but yes, South Africa is not what it used to be. All we need from you is your full name and address so we can register you as potential buyer on eBay.Complete name (will be on the title):
Complete address (street, city, where to be delivered):
Phone number:After we will have all this details we will forward them to eBay and we will proceed the order. eBay will contact you with all the details that you need to complete this deal and also to see that we are covered by them and that Marie is a Power Seller. Good to know that the bak
