Email Fraud Alert received from: Derek
I recently received an email with this subject line: Inquiry and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please.
Derek has the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent message:
I don’t know who would get the Darwin Award in this instance – the person phishing or the person replying to such a leading ‘I am a phishing attempt’ question.
The full contents of the e-mail appear below:
I work with First Tracking Services, a consulting firm in London, UK. We are conducting a standard investigation involving a client. Do you know any deceased relative with the same surname that has an account with hsbc bank?
Yours sincerely
The above email was sent by “David Derbyshire” from this email address: btba@btconnect.com