Yesterday, a concerned citizen contacted police to report a suspicious email.
Dear Sir/madam – We have attached our Statement of Account for your information. As such, we would like to draw your attention to those invoices which are overdue as at the Statement Date etc. I urge you to please kindly explain to us why does it state in the history of account via (Jiangxi Copper Co Ltd) that a wire transfer was made via your account dated 17Oct 2014. I demand on behalf of Jiangxi Copper Co Ltd that you go through the attachment and confirm the authenticity for your information. Conclusively, if and after going through the attachment you happened to be responsible for such a fraudulent act, legal charges shall be imposed on you or whoever was involved in this be it with or without your notice. Also attached is a legal note from our attorney. Should you require further information’s, please do not hesitate to contact 0701-3677070 Regards Andrew Tan Jiangxi Copper Co Ltd Yejin Avenue, Guixi City, Jiangxi Post Code: 335424.
The Chatham-Kent Police Service reminds everyone not to click on links in emails from an unknown source. You could unknowingly compromise your computer. Should you receive an email you believe is fraudulent, please report to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre http://www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/english/index.html
