Email Fraud Alert received from: Danielle
I recently received an email with this subject line: Vehicle: Kia – Picanto Year: 2014 Mileage: 34000 Gearbox: manual Engine: 1200 Fuel: Petrol Price: R 28,000 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:
Hello,
Sorry for the delayed response but we are in United Kingdom right now and we have been very busy and we cannot use it anymore. We shoot a documentary in South Africa for National Geographic and in two weeks the documentary will be ready. Here is a little part:
The rest will be on TV in two weeks. Anyway, thank you for your interest in buying the car. The car is registered in South Africa on Alicia’s name. We are selling this car at a very cheap price because we moved in UK with our work and we cannot use it anymore, have a contract here and we will return in SA only after 2 years. The car is like new, in perfect conditions, accident free, no scratches, no special marks, no need for additional repairs, always garaged. You can see from the pictures. If you decide to buy the car we will bring it at your home anywhere in SA. We will wait for your email if you are interested and have the funds ready.
For more pictures or info to purchase the car please give us a reply, call or Whatsapp with your email address. For this price we have a lot of buyers interested on it so a reply to this email will be fine.
Thank you & regards,
For National Geographic Channel
David and Alicia
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+447404035036 (Cell)
+447404035036 (WhatsApp)
natgeo272 (Skype)
natgeo272 (Instagram)
Nat Geo D.A. (Google+ Profile)
The above email was sent by “Nat Geo D.A.” from this email address: natgeo12012@gmail.com
I, Danielle, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Nat Geo D.A.”:
I found an ad on the Auto Dealer website today and sent an enquiry. Above is the email I received. I was suspicious as the details and names on the email were different to the advertisers details. I looked up the information, then saw the identical email on Fraud Alert (Editor: See – Toyota Yaris 2013) for another car – a Toyota Yaris! I looked more and see that there are numerous warnings about these fraudsters, using a similar story to scam unsuspecting people.