Did I receive a real email or spam?
I just received an email which appears to be from HSBC UK.
It says the standard things you would expect in a spam email:
The odd thing is that there is no contact information in the email body. The email is from an hsbc.co.uk address and the reply-to address is the same. Taking a look at the headers I see nothing unusual.
If this is spam, I don't have a clue how it works. Have they actually hacked that particular email address?
If it isn't spam, does HSBC just randomly email anyone that has the same last name? Is this really the way they do business?
They appear to have gotten my address from the domain I own. I own LASTNAME.net and the email they used is one of the addresses in the WHOIS entry.
It says the standard things you would expect in a spam email:
- Someone with my last name just died. I have a Scottish last name so you wouldn't think it was too uncommon in the UK.
- That person left $18 million US dollars and has no heirs. (I'm not sure why they wouldn't use pounds instead).
- Do I believe I am related to this person? They don't actually say who the person is though.
The odd thing is that there is no contact information in the email body. The email is from an hsbc.co.uk address and the reply-to address is the same. Taking a look at the headers I see nothing unusual.
If this is spam, I don't have a clue how it works. Have they actually hacked that particular email address?
If it isn't spam, does HSBC just randomly email anyone that has the same last name? Is this really the way they do business?
They appear to have gotten my address from the domain I own. I own LASTNAME.net and the email they used is one of the addresses in the WHOIS entry.