Email Fraud Alert received from: Mandy
I recently received an email with this subject line: Transaction history? 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:
Attachments: 1 attachment | Download all as zip (40.6 KB)
Absa.pdf.html (40.6 KB)
This e-mail contains official information from Absa and is intended for use by the
addressee only.
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Internet Service Provider or computer support technician to assist you in
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Important Notice: Important restrictions, qualifications and disclaimers (“the Disclaimer”) apply to
this e-mail.
The Disclaimer forms part of the content of this e-mail in terms of section 11 of the Electronic
Communications and Transactions Act, 25 of 2002. If you are unable to access the Disclaimer,
send a blank e-mail to disclaimer@absa.co.za and we will send you a copy of the Disclaimer.
The above email was sent by “No Name” from this email address: ibreply@absa.co.za
I, Mandy, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “No Name”:
I don’t have an ABSA account and the attachment takes you straight to the ABSA online banking log in page….there is no evidence of any payments received, from any person using ABSA, into my account.