Scam: "Mrs. Michelle Obama Bank Check Draft"
The fake email messages below, which claim that the recipients will received checks worth millions of dollars that were written by Mrs. Michelle Obama, the First Lady of the United States, is a phishing scam. The fake email messages were created by scammers to trick potential victims into sending them their personal information. Every month, thousands of these email messages are sent out by scammers/cybercriminals to trick their potential victims into stealing their personal and financial information, which the same scammers will use afterwards, to trick the recipients into sending them their money, financial information or online account credentials. Therefore, recipients of the fraudulent email messages should delete them, and should not follow the instructions in them.
The Fraudulent “Mrs. Michelle Obama Bank Check Draft” Email Messages
From: "info@tc.edu.tw" info@tc.edu.tw
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 5:49 PM
Subject: GOOD DAY MY DEAREST!I am Mrs. Michelle Obama and I am written to inform you about your Bank check Draft brought by the United Embassy from the government of Benin Republic in the white house Washington DC has been mandated to be deliver to your address on Thuesday being of July 28TH 2016 to you as soon as you get back to me with your
Home address
Cell phone number
CityYour Bank draft is containing the sum of $60 millionUSD.
Sincerely Yours
Mrs Michelle Obama
THE WHITE HOUSE{OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
US} 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW WASHINGTON DC 20500 US
From: "info@tc.edu.tw" info@tc.edu.tw
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 5:02 PM
Subject: YOURS LADY MRS MICHELLE OBAMA USA.CONGRATULATION DEAR BENEFICIAL.
I am Mrs.Michelle Obama and I am written to inform you about your Bank Check Draft that was brought by United Embassy from the government of Benin Republic to the white house Washington DC and has been mandated to be deliver to your address on Thursday being 28 JULY 2016 as soon as you get back to me with your below information.
Home address
City
Phone numberYour check is containing the sum of $25 million USD.
Here is my number.(3602766510) you can call me or send me an sms, but i prefer sms because I'm always busy and i cant be able to pick calls all the time. I will be waiting to hear from you immediately, thanks and God bless you.
Sincerely
Mrs.Michelle Obama
First Lady
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