Email Fraud Alert received from: Robert
I recently received an email with this subject line: >>SPAM<< WE SOLICIT FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. 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:
From: Mr. David Santos Family
Greetings:
This may appear a bit surprising to you but very beneficial as a matter of urgency that I took the courage to contact you in this discreet matter that demands for a trusted person that won’t let me and my family down at the end of the day. We are in exile in South Africa, our country of origin is Zimbabwe but we are here for safety since after the death of my late father who was murdered in cold blood during the land dispute crisis in my country 5 years ago.
My aim is to seek for your help to claim our inheritance money amounting to US$31,500,000.00 (Thirty-one Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in Security Vault here in Johannesburg South Africa, I am contacting you in the consent of my family that gave me the mandate as the eldest son of the family to seek for a trust worthy foreign partner to assist us transfer the family inheritance fund to his/her account in your country then we migrate to your country to settle and invest.
We are compelled to solicit for your assistance because with our status as refugees, we cannot transfer the money ourselves; the law prohibits us from operating bank account or having such huge amount either in account or in cash. Hence my letter, I want you to help us transfer the money to your personal/company bank account and take 30% of the total sum for your compensation for assisting us, also you will help us buy/lease a residential house and as well invest the money for us in your organization or in any other lucrative business venture in your country.
Upon your immediate response, I will immediately arrange and send to you all the information’s that will empower your good self in finalizing the transaction with the security company here in South Africa. I need your urgent and confidential response.
Thanks and God bless you.
Mr. David Santos (for the family)
The above email was sent by “DAVID SANTOS” from this email address: davidsantosfamily1@mcom.com
I, Robert, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “DAVID SANTOS”:
Well David your contact manner is now no longer “discrete”.
I think I will send this to the guy in charge in Zimbabwe so that he may hunt you down and extract the money from you, even if you don’t have it!