Email Fraud Alert received from: Professor
I recently received an email with this subject line: Your Winning Notification. 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:
YOUR WINNING FILE NUMBER/BR/2014
Authorized Financial Services Provider [in terms of the FAIS Act].
Dear Winner,
To celebrate our 159th Anniversary in South America (The 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Promotion) the Promotions Program; we rolled out over USD$16, 000, 000, 00 (Sixteen Million United State Dollars) for our 159th Anniversary draws. All participants were selected through computer ballot system drawn from 25,000,00 company e-mail addresses, and 30,000,00 individual e-mail address from over 40 networks from Australia, new Zealand, North America, and also South America, Europe, all Asia and Africa as part of International promotion held in United Kingdom /London/Liverpool.
We officially Announce to you that your e-mail address has just Won the sum of USD$600, 000, 00 (Six Hundred Thousand United State Dollars Only) to begin the verification process of your prize; you are required to forward your bank account details to the transferring manager.
The Claim Transferring Agent Contact Details as Fellow:-
NAME: Dr .Bolton Williams
E-MAIL ADDRESS: ipuauthority@aol.com
PRIVATE E-MAIL: drboltonwilliams@realtyagent.com
TELEPHONE #.: + (44) 70 24090449
You should establish contact with redeeming transferring manager via email or telephone with the particulars presented below for immediate payment to your bank account; please remember to quote your winning file number and your winning transferring identification code in your correspondence to him.
1. Bank Name:
2. Beneficiary:
3. Account Number:
4. Bank Address:
5. Swift Code or Routing No.:
6. Your Mobile Telephone No.:
7. Date of Birth:
8. Occupation:
9. Country:
10. Sex:
You will be contacted by western union transferring manager in the next 24hours as soon as you forwarded your required bank account information to him for the transfer.
Save time, send money, earn rewards! Western Union is a service people trust.
ANNIVERSARY DAY:
YOUR WINNING TRASFER IDENTIFICATION CODE: WUNT/BR/768
Thank you for using Western Union!
Congrats! You have successfully won the prize.
The above email was sent by “MRS. JOY ELIZABETH SMITH” from this email address: chipota@telecable.es
I, Professor, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “MRS. JOY ELIZABETH SMITH”:
Be careful with this message. It contains content that’s typically used to steal personal information.