Email Fraud Alert received from: Darryl
I recently received an email with this subject line: Re: Swift 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,
Attached is the swift copy, the balance payment will be made on Friday 19 June 2015 as agreed.
Please note that we are not responsible for the demurrage charged by the shipping company,it is your duties to make sure the bill of laden arrived to us before the ship berth.
Kindly, forward the original documents requested and get back to me immediately on the new price list…
Thanks & Regards,
WILLI HILL
Accounting Department
Pam Towers Building,
Block A2, Office #803 – 20 20th Street -Turkey
Email: willi@clamp.com.tr
+971 4 337 0990
The above email was sent by “Willi Hill” from this email address: zafer.ak@clamp.com.tr
I, Darryl, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Willi Hill”:
The attachment was called SwiftCopy_PDF.z which I am sure contained a virus so DO NOT OPEN the file.