Email Fraud Alert received from: Hilton
I recently received an email with this subject line: Important mail notice 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:
Security update notification.
Some incorrect logon attempts was discovered from an unusual IP address
with your remote pin and we have temporarily deauthorized your online access.
You are advised to kindly confirm your records by
following the reference below and your access will be restored.
Initiate restore process
(c) 2016
Ibanking Service.
The above email was sent by “Capitec.ibank ibs@cpn-alert.za” from this email address: Capitec.ibankibs@cpn-alert.za
I, Hilton, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Capitec.ibank ibs@cpn-alert.za”:
cpn-alert.za does NOT exist