Online users who have received email messages like the one below asking them to join the European Company Network are asked to delete them and should not respond to them with their personal information. This is because the email messages are fraudulent and are being sent by online scammers to trick their potential victims into paying for a service that doesn't exist.
A Sample of the Fraudulent "European Company Network" Email Message
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From: EUBS / Ms Sophie <sophie@eubs-accounting.com>
Date: 2017-08-09 10:43 GMT+01:00
Subject: Due date for the Invoice no. 202782
To:
We hereby inform you that the attached invoice, number 202782, charging your company’s profile insertion into our business register is now issued for payment (due date is 07/08/2017).
The invoice was posted via regular mail the day it was issued (10th of July, 2017) to []. Please confirm postage receipt and accuracy of postal address.
If this email’s recipient is not responsible with payment transfer, we appreciate the forward of message to the department in charge.
In case payment has been transferred by now, please send the proof of wire in reply, for noting the account timely settled.
Thank you for your time and cooperation.
Best regards,
Ms Sophie, Account Manager
Tel: 0031 208-080-789
Fax: 0031 205-248-107
Here is a list of fraudulent European Company Network websites:
- www.europeancompanynetwork.com
- ecn-register.org
Online users who have already been tricked by the online scammers are asked to contact their banks for help recovering their money. They should let their banks know that they were tricked into making payment on a fraudulent website by online scammers.