Email Fraud Alert received from: Edward
I recently received an email with this subject line: HEAD OF FINANCIAL SERVICE AUTHORITY INVESTIGATION AND SETTLEMENT TEAM, UK. 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:
HEAD OF FINANCIAL SERVICE AUTHORITY INVESTIGATION AND SETTLEMENT TEAM, UK.
CONFIDENTIAL COURIER PAYMENT
+447011120798
RE: File Number: FSAIST/L-UK/US/0024/13
I am shocked that you Are not aware of this attempted change of your fund of
$7.3M Dollars who said you are dead, by
Name: MESSERS JACOBS ENTERPRISES,
Address: 12133 Middle Rd. Nictaux Anna, Co. NS. Canada B0S1P0
(Bank Details)
Central 89B Vancouver Canada
Bank Name: Valley Credit Union-124323-839
Bank Address:66 Commercial St. Middleton NS. Canada B0S1P99
A/C Number-42674-204
Swift Code: CUCXCATTVAN
Transit: 12FF010-809SAA
Canada.
This body was set up to discover an outstanding unpaid fund being owned to
Governments or Individuals all over the world through Contract Payment,
Inheritance and Lottery Winning Prize Awards beneficiaries all over the world
that a not be paid to and scams Victims compensations payments all over
the world. All participants/beneficiaries were selected randomly from World Wide
Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
companies Your email address and name emerged as a beneficiary of this
humanitarian gesture in the exercise hence this notification.
Also you are hereby advice to stop further communications with those who claim
to have your fund in one bank or the other because they are nothing but imposters.
Please I want to conformed if is truth from that you are dead and instructed him
on your behalf to claim your fund.
To have your unclaimed fund interest and totaling paid to you, therefore, you
are advised to reconfirm your full particulars and telephone number and your
choice of claim. On receipt of this information, your fund payment will be
processed and paid to you within 7 working days.
I await your confirmation immediately for advice to avoid your fund diversion
or Similar occurrence/delay this is my private box
mail;dr.richandcollous@yahoo.com.hk
I await your urgent response. Before I will proceed .
Get back to us now
We await your urgent response.
Regards,
REV. Richard Collin.
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The above email was sent by “HEAD OF FINANCIAL SERVICE AUTHORITY INVESTIGATION AND SETTLE” from this email address: johnson_william62@yahoo.com.hk
I, Edward, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “HEAD OF FINANCIAL SERVICE AUTHORITY INVESTIGATION AND SETTLE”:
Dear ‘Reverend’
With reference to this sentence; “Please I want to conformed if is truth from that you are dead and instructed him on your behalf to claim your fund.” I would like to ‘conform’ that I am dead – thank you very much.