Email Fraud Alert received from: Farouk
I recently received an email with this subject line: LOAN 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:
Hello,
Are you interested in a loan to get back on your feet financially, support your business or finance yourself/business in anyway? If yes, then you’ve found the right choice.
We provide loans at 3% interest rates to individuals (bad credit accepted) and companies, from a minimum of $1000, and a maximum repayment term of 20 years. If you are interested in this offer, please do not reply this message, just contact the staff who processes loans via the email lendingstaff1@outlook.com and you will be glad you did.
PLEASE NOTE: Do not reply this message, just contact the staff who processes loans via the email above.
Best regards.
The above email was sent by “Brundige, Clayton G” from this email address: CBRUNDIGE@monmouthcollege.edu
I, Farouk, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Brundige, Clayton G”:
Be careful with this message. Many people marked similar messages as phishing scams, so this might contain unsafe content.