URGENT - Possible email fraud/scam?
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Anyone ever heard of an organisation called "Send Money Now"?
Received an email purporting to be notification of an incoming fund transfer from "a friend" I have never heard of, using this service, which I have also never heard.
Clicking on the hyperlink in the message takes you to a non-secure "registration" page, asking for Name, Address, and credit card details etc., to register an account before withdrawing funds. The page looks authentic, until you click on any of the other links, all of which do nothing.
I have checked the domain name - it was registered yesterday (30th July)
Received an email purporting to be notification of an incoming fund transfer from "a friend" I have never heard of, using this service, which I have also never heard.
Clicking on the hyperlink in the message takes you to a non-secure "registration" page, asking for Name, Address, and credit card details etc., to register an account before withdrawing funds. The page looks authentic, until you click on any of the other links, all of which do nothing.
I have checked the domain name - it was registered yesterday (30th July)
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OK, I will tell you - I haven't filled in the registration form. There, happy now?
Seriously though, I guessed it was a scam as soon as I looked at the email, but it, and the web page "look" authentic enough until you look beyond the veneer.
I've seen similar attempts at ID theft using Paypal etc., but never this one, and being as the mail was addressed to a company email address it could quite easily have been a legitimate message.
OK, I will tell you - I haven't filled in the registration form. There, happy now?
Seriously though, I guessed it was a scam as soon as I looked at the email, but it, and the web page "look" authentic enough until you look beyond the veneer.
I've seen similar attempts at ID theft using Paypal etc., but never this one, and being as the mail was addressed to a company email address it could quite easily have been a legitimate message.
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