Email Fraud Alert received from: Janey
I recently received an email with this subject line: Urgent Quote 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:
Dear sirs:
We have concluded and herewith Attached the Purchase order;
1 – PO: 001312-1
2 – PO: 001287-1
NOTE: The Order is well detailed on the secured excel file below.
Kindly send the invoice for payment ASAP.
The above email was sent by “Bulelani Yola” from this email address: bulelaniy@gmail.com
I, Janey, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Bulelani Yola”:
I suspect that his may be an elaborate phishing attempt as:
My email was in the BCC portion of the mail
I do not recognise the name or PO Numbers
The ‘secured excel file’ (ExcelPO.xls 14.3 KB) does NOT link to an excel file but to nhatky360.com/quantities/index.phpPlease be careful if you receive this or a similar email.