Online Banking Danger!

[hitekcountry]

This morning I received an email from Wells Fargo stating that they were upgrading their online banking security and that I needed to log onto a link provided in the email and change all my security information. Also the email stated that if I failed to complete this upgrade soon I would no longer be able to access my account on line. This email had the exact look of Well Fargo's online web page. It wasn't from Wells Fargo it was a phishing scam but it was very convincing looking and I could see how someone could easily be taken in. I shut off my computer and called Wells Fargo and talked to their Fraud Prevention people. They walked me through the process to insure I remained protected. I've spent most of the day today dealing with this issue.
Stay alert people!!

 

[timswi]

Absolutely right.. As a bank Risk Manager, I can tell you that a bank will NEVER ask for that information via e-mail, NEVER...So ignore the e-mail and notify your bank.

Be careful out there...

 

[/pine]

Most of those Phishing scams are detectable via the URI...if you look closely at the link...usually there is no ".com" or if there is...it is really just a directory within a malicious domain...

a bogus URI may look something like this:
bank-of-america.com.?545454235=09821213231312.ru
the key is the very last set of characters...

 

[timswi]

Most of those Phishing scams are detectable via the URI...if you look closely at the link...usually there is no ".com" or if there is...it is really just a directory within a malicious domain...

a bogus URI may look something like this:
bank-of-america.com.?545454235=09821213231312.ru
the key is the very last set of characters...

Even so, They will never ask for it, so never answer.

 

[Bedlam]

WOW I just got the same type of email myself
went to my spam but said click here or the act would be suspended.I wasn't sure what to do. obviously not open it lol but really gets me mad. thanks for posting

 

[Mousefield]

Good reminder to watch out for this type of scam. As mentioned can look real so have to always be alert.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I get these emails a lot. Usually the clue is I don't have an account with that bank
Saw one the other day spoofing verizon, looked very legitimate, saying they needed info to keep DSL account active, but it asked for info that they shouldn't be asking for.

 

[marimus]

Its not just online you have to be carefull.

We have been having people go around to stores, in this case McDonalds, to "upgrade" the card-swipe terminals.

They then modify the terminals to record the swipe card and pin numbers.
These crooks have stolen millions, and the banks are saying the only way to be safe is to change your pin number often

 

[PILOON]

Shure, change pin often!
And do not write the pin # anywhere!

Now tell me how do you remember all those PIN nos? and passwords?

Today they want passwords and or PIN #'s for just about everything on line as well as ATM's.

Shucks my bank ATM wants PIN and year and date of birth even to deposit my pension check!

My biggest fear is gas stations that want CC to prepay purchase.

 

[alchemysa]

This morning I received an email from Wells Fargo stating that they were upgrading their online banking security
Stay alert people!!

No offense, but you must be living in a cave if thats the first one you've seen. I've been getting about 5 of those a week for at least the last 3 or 4 years. I think every bank in the world has informed me that I need to update my details or they will block my account. I regularly get them from 'ebays' and 'playpal' too. And my unclaimed lottery winnings and promised kickbacks from the widows of Nigerian cabinet ministers must now have reached well into the billions.

Heres another interesting scam. I regularly import stuff to Australia from a supplier in North Carolina. He uses the US Postal Service (USPS) 'Click 'n' ship' system to create labels, calculate the cost, and automatically inform me of a delivery. (Note that the notification to me comes directly from the USPS, not from my supplier). Now interestingly, a few days after every delivery is posted I get urgent emails from scam outfits like 'UPS' or 'SUPS' informing me that they can't deliver my parcel unless I 'unzip the attached file' and pay the enclosed invoice. This has been happening like clockwork after every delivery for about the last year or two. How do these scammers know about my deliveries? Have they hacked into the real USPS computer?

Thank heavens my 90 y.o. mother doesn't have a computer. She'd fall for this stuff for sure.