Email Fraud Alert received from: Sharon
I recently received an email with this subject line: Good day! 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:
Good day!
Pardon me for using this medium to contact you for the first time. I understand there are lot of mischief makers using the internet as a medium to rip off innocent people and this make trust on the internet very difficult, but I do hope that we can establish an understanding relationship based on mutual gains.
My name is Mr. Spencer Dale, I work with Bank of England. I am contacting you regarding the sum of ?5,000,000 deposited by a deceased client at a deposit storage vault here in England. The deposit was made in the year 2009 and his unfortunate death transpired on August 8th 2012. After proper identification of his body, I immediately notified the deposit firm and launched an investigation into possible surviving family relatives to alert about the situation and receive the funds from the deposit firm. Till date, my search has proved abortive.
According to the recent notice from the deposit storage vaults and his Bank; failing to receive viable claims, they shall declare the deposit unserviceable and remit to the government reserve thus, the portfolio would be out of reach. I have contacted you in good fate as someone I can confide in to help receive these funds, acting as a close relative of my deceased client. I will provide you with more information. Please affirm your willingness to work with me while you provide your direct phone and fax numbers.
I am looking forward to your positive reply.
Respectfully,
Spencer
The above email was sent by “Spencer Dale” from this email address: julizah@pcb.gov.my
I, Sharon, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Spencer Dale”:
Sorry for you Spencer baby but I only respond to phishing attempts delivered to me by an attractive male savage wearing a loin cloth and delivering the messages via cleft stick – at least then I can get a kiss before consumation.