Phishing Scam - We Can Help You with a Loan Today

Here is a copy of the phishing email message

Subject: Re:
To: GlobalFinance.ouvidoria@macae.rj.gov.br
From: Global@bart0025.correio.biz; Finance.ouvidoria@macae.rj.gov.br

Hello Mr / Mrs

We can help you with a loan today between 5,000USD to 675,000.00USD, I want you to contact me if interested.

Take an Immediate decision and contact us in our Home Office were loan transactions are process and transfer within the shortest possible period.

Personal Loan Business Loan
Car Loan
Debt consolidation Loans

First Name:
Surname:
Gender:
Country:
state:
Occupation:
Contact phone number:
Loan amount needed:
Loan Duration:
Purpose of loan:
Monthly Income / Yearly Income:

IF interested Fill immediately and return.

Regards Katrina Bernard
Global Finance

In this email message, the scammers want you to believe that the email came from macae.rj.gov.br. They do this to trick you into believing that the e-mail is legitimate by using a technique called email spoofing. Now, if you reply to this email message, your information will be sent to email address globafinance80@gmail.com and not to the email address at macae.rj.gov.br from where the email appeared to have been sent from.

Avoid sending your information to anyone that request it from free e-mail address providers like Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo and other free e-mail providers. Everyone can create an e-mail address at anyone of these free e-mail providers and use it for scamming.