Loan Scam – ahmetgur23@proton.me

The below loan scam email was sent to an email address that exists only to catch scam emails. It has never been used to register on any site, only to communicate with scammers.

Email headers

Subject: Loan Solution
To: Recipients <edithvalepharm2@optusnet.com>
From: Ahmet <edithvalepharm2@optusnet.com>
Reply-To: ahmetgur23@proton.me

Email body

Introducing Funding

We offer loans at a fixed interest rate of 3% per annum.

Contact us for more information.

Ahmet Gur

Why is this a loan scam?

• It was sent from a totally different email address to the one that you are asked to reply to.
• The email address used is a free Proton address.
• The email was mass-mailed to many recipients using BCC.
• The email gives no indication of who is offering the loan, where they are based or who they are regulated by.