Email Fraud Alert received from: Billy
I recently received an email with this subject line: New Contact Submission 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
I am making this contact as an independent financial consulting and planning organization which provides personalized service and professional expertise to thousands of individuals and small businesses.
I do have the mandate of a PRIVATE client of mine with a delicate political background to seek for individuals with Financial Management know-how to handle the investment and management of his funds- without the mention of his name.
To this end, we need your assistance to manage an investment fund in a profitable business in your region with good Annual Return on Investment (ROI).
Details of the investment and funding will be furnished to you when I receive your response. Should you be interested to engage us for a more detailed discussion on the aforementioned proposal, please write me directly on adamousman01@zoho.com we would be happy to do so in whatever medium you find much more appropriate for this engagement.
Yours Sincerely,
Adam Ousman
(055) 155-7358
The above email was sent by “Adam Ousman Adam OusmanHM” from this email address: willfredrrussell@gmail.com
I, Billy, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Adam Ousman Adam OusmanHM”:
This message was sent to me via the contact form on my web site. My business is certainly NOT managing funds on behalf of anyone else so the ONLY conclusion I can come to is that this is a phishing attempt. Of course the other conclusion I COULD have come to is that ‘Adam’ is an idiot BUT that would be unfair, don’t you think?