Email Fraud Alert received from: chweng
I recently received an email with this subject line: IMPORTANT INFO ABOUT YOUR RELATIVE 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:
IMPORTANT INFO ABOUT YOUR RELATIVE
My name is Michael Reyfields; I work with the Reyfields Investigations,
a Consulting Firm in London, UK. We are conducting a standard process
investigation involving a client who shares the same name with you and
also the circumstances surrounding investments made by this client at
HSBC Bank.
The HSBC Private Banking client died intestate and nominated no next of
kin to inherit the title over the investments made with HSBC Bank. The
essence of this communication with you is to request that you provide us
information on three issues:
1-Are you aware of any relative/relation having the same surname, whose
last known contact address was Madrid, Spain?
2-Are you aware of any investment of considerable value made by such a
person at the HSBC Bank?
3-Can you establish beyond reasonable doubt your eligibility to assume
status of next of kin to the deceased?
It is pertinent that you inform us ASAP whether or not you are familiar
with this personality that we may put an end to this communication with
you and our inquiries surrounding this personality.
You must appreciate that we are constrained from providing you with
more detailed information at this point. PLEASE RESPOND BACK TO MY
PRIVATE AND DIRECT EMAIL ADDRESS; michaelreyfieldspvtss2@yahoo.ie
as soon as possible to afford us the opportunity to close this
investigation.
Thank you for accommodating our inquiry.
Yours sincerely,
Michael Reyfields
Reyfields Investigations
The above email was sent by “michael reyfields” from this email address: michaelreyfieldspvtss2@yahoo.ie
I, chweng, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “michael reyfields”:
I don’t have any relative staying in any of the overseas countries. Its so odd to get this email and since there are scams about phishing its quite alarming