Email Fraud Alert received from: Sydney
I recently received an email with this subject line: Proof Of Payment 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:
Good Day,
Kindly acknowledge receipt of payment
Mail Service
Financial Secretary
Sunset Company Limited
The above email was sent by “Tandi Roux” from this email address: sparkyroux@hotmail.com
I, Sydney, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Tandi Roux”:
The attachment named Proof of Payment 3 – Copy (1) is an HTML file and NOT a PDF or some such which immediately makes one very wary of the intentions of the sender. Proceed with caution.