Email Fraud Alert received from: Candice
I recently received an email with this subject line: Subject: FW: FINAL DEMAND 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,
SARS have issued below a Letter of Demand which requires your urgent attention. COURT SUMMONS AND BLACKLISTING Imminent: If this is not attended to within the next 24hours. Below is the Letter of Demand sent online from SARS,
VIEW LETTER OF DEMAND
For any queries on the above, please contact us using the number provided on the top right corner of above letter of demand.
Sincerely
SARS Accounts Forensic Unit
SOUTH AFRICAN REVENUE Service Letter Of Demand
The above email was sent by “From: Ishara Paparam [mailto:ishara@southafrica.net]” from this email address: ishara@southafrica.net
I, Candice, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “From: Ishara Paparam [mailto:ishara@southafrica.net]”:
This was sent to my work email which is not where SARS sends emails to me usually. This must be a scam as it leads to a site that is not real and asks me to download the letter…It wants you to sign into the website and then login.
DON’T be fooled, don’t enter any details. Send the email to phishing@sars.gov.za immediately.
This person has a blank facebook account and linkdin account.
Please be aware!