Email Fraud Alert received from: Bronwen
I recently received an email with this subject line: Info, View attached!! 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:
Info, View attached!!
From; Stephen Gianino,
Investigating Officer,
HM Treasury.
630066 Hatton Garden,
London ECIN 8LE.
Mobile: +44 792 4556 244
Confidential Information
Dear Friend,
My name is Stephen Gianino; I work with the HM Treasury, and I have seen that several times people tried to divert your funds into their own personal account I mean those you call your partners. Now I write to you in respect of the amount which I have been able to send to you through the United Nation Diplomat who has arrived in Africa, now I want you to know that the diplomat would deliver the funds which I have package as a diplomatic compensation to you and the amount in the consignment is $6,000.000.00 (Six Million Dollars Only).
To this end, I did not disclose the content to the diplomat that the box contain money but I told him that it is your compensation from the Financial Secretary and from our affiliate, I want you to know that this funds would help your financial status as I have seen in record that you have spent a lot trying to receive this funds and I am not demanding so much from you but Just 40% of the funds.
I want you to get back to me so that I can give you the contact information of the diplomat who has arrived Africa for the past two days and have been waiting to get your information so that he can proceed with the delivery to your doorstep.
Yours Sincerely,
Stephen Gianino.
The above email was sent by “Stephen Gianino” from this email address: mvelez@udla.edu.ec
I, Bronwen, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Stephen Gianino”:
I must be one hell of a friend to Stephen as he sent this same spam/phishing communication to 6 of my e-mail addresses. Idiot!