Email Fraud Alert received from: Helen
I recently received an email with this subject line: thanks 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:
IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT ORDER VIA HSBC BANK ATM CARD
FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE (FIC)
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
Annex Office, No: 7 Kikuyu Road Sunninghill Sandton Gauteng South Africa………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Dear Email Owner/Fund Beneficiary,,
Good news this message is directed to you based on the letter Office of Mr. Nhlanhla Musa Nene, the incumbent (Minister of Finance)
Republic of South Africa received from the International Monetary Funds Agency (I.M.F) and the World Summit meeting headed last year
regarding the settlement of all Winning/ Inheritance funds to the Beneficiaries.
Now, we have actually been authorized by Mr. Nhlanhla Musa Nene, the Honorable (Minister of Finance) Republic of South Africa
and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) secretary general to contact you for your overdue payment. This is the third time your
Payment file has come to my table, and every time an Executive Order comes from the government ordering that your fund should be
recalled back to the World Bank Escrow account, without any genuine reason. Meanwhile, our Payment Settlement System (PSS) has
received another permanent Authority/Irrevocable Release/Unconditional payments guarantee by the Honorable Minister of Finance, Mr.
Nhlanhla Musa Nene to pay you off your Winning/ Inheritance Funds via ATM Master Card.
Also note that from my record in my file your outstanding Winning/Inheritance payment is ZAR 5, 392,672.00 (FIVE MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO
THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AD SEVENTY TWO RAND). Now your new Payment Reference No. 35460021, Allocation No: 674632 Password No: 339331, Pin Code No:
1011 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No: 103, ATM Visa Card Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Telex confirmation No: 1114433, Secret Code No:
XXTN013, Having received these vital payment numbers, therefore You are qualified now to receive and confirm Your payment with the CLAIM DEPARTMENT IN
CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA Via ATM Master Card. Value to GBP£280,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS)
To issue the ATM Master Card, you are therefore advised to contact the CLAIM DEPARTMENT OFFICE IN SOUTH AFRICA , this is so because the United Nations Anti-
Crime Commission and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Honorable Minister of Finance has chosen them to payout your fund, because the Bank ATM
Master Card is a global payments technology that enables consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments to use digital currency instead of cash and
checks, Kindly contact the Claim Department Office In South African now with the below contact details:
PLEASE CONTACT OUR BRANCH OFFICE IN CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA FOR YOUR PAYMENT ATM CARD
Claim Department Contact Office
Name Mr. Kapico Steve.
24 Hours Hotline: + 27 (0) 73 753 3414.
Direct Number Fax: + 27 (0) 86 567 5541.
Email: atmpartmentcard@gmail.com
Meanwhile, a woman came to my office few days ago with a Sworn Affidavit from Pretoria High Court, claiming to be your true representative, and that you have
authorized her to receive the fund (ATM Master Card) on your behalf. Her Name is: Mrs. Anne Engelbrecht, Address: No: 34 Stiemens Street Braamfontein Gauteng
South Africa. Please, do reconfirm to this office, as a matter of urgency if this woman is from you so that the HSBC Bank Plc London will not be held responsible for
paying to the wrong beneficiary. However, HSBC Bank Plc will proceed to Issue the ATM Visa Card to the Said (Mrs. Anne Engelbrecht) If they do not hear from you
within the Next Three (3) Banking Working days from today. So if you like to receive your funds through this means you’re advised to Contact (Mr. Kapico Steve.) and
forward him the following information as stated below:
(1). Your Full Name:
(2). Address Where You Want the Courier Company to Send Your ATM Card Parcel or P.O. BOX
(3). Your Age:
(4). Sex.
(5). Occupation:
(6). Fax Number.
(7). Cell/Mobile Number:
(8). Country of Origin:
(9). Company:
(10).Nationality:
(11).State/City:
(12).Marital Status:
(13).Your Alternative Email: (14).Winning Email Address:
(15). Copy of your ID or International passport or drivers license: once our agent acknowledges receipt of this required detail,
(16). The Security Yellow Tag Papers and DHL Deliver Fee for Dispatch of your Parcel needs to be paid for to Avoid Any Stopping By The Custom When
Delivery is on Progress, So Everything Has Been Put Together To Deliver Your ATM CARD To Your Destination, and What is Now Holding The Card is
The Security Yellow Tags. Details of The Payment Will Be Furnished To You Upon Request To Send the Security Yellow Tag.
NOTE: You are advised to furnish Mr. Kapico Steve. With your correct and valid details. Also be informed that the amount to be paid to you now is GBP£280,000.00 (TWO
only. We expect your urgent response to this email as to enable us monitor this payment effectively thereby
making contact with Mr. Kapico Steve. As directed to avoid further delay. Please Be Warned, as The United Nations Anti-Crime Commission and the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) does not instruct any other Bank or agent in this payment except (Mr. Kapico Steve), whom we can only give attention to, and from now, we
advice you to stop all the communications you are having with any other Agent or bank officials in Europe, Asia and Africa regarding to your payment. Thanks for
your understanding as you follow instructions and forward your details to the contact details above to enable the claim department forward your details to the paying
bank HSBC Bank of London.
HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS)
Yours in Services .
DR. JOHNSON ADMAS PUBLIC INFORMATION
OFFICER (FIC) SOUTH AFRICA.
24 HOURS HOTLINE: + 27 (0) 83 374 5037
{Chief Director Officer Atm Card 2015}
http://www.treasury.gov.za/ministry/
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I, Helen, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Web Info”:
Give me a break!