Email Fraud Alert received from: Chris
I recently received an email with this subject line: IMPORTANT! Mobile Number Required to Avoid Interruption in Service 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:
Dear customer,
You are receiving this email because your Standard Bank Mobile number is required. Your service request is important to us and will be resolved at the earliest. Please download the Attached HTML Document to provide us your Mobile number
Thank you for your patience.
If you have any further questions about this service request, please call us on 0860 123 000.
Regards,
Standard Bank
The above email was sent by “Standard Bank” from this email address: information@standardbank.co.za
I, Chris, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Standard Bank”:
DO NOT open the attachment. BIN this message.