SCAMM?

frank_f15 · Jan 18, 2004

i received this e mail(attachment) about 10:30 this evening. although i have a n acct. with a bank with a similar name, i do beleive this is theft idenity attempt. of course i did not click on the link. but i wonder who i could report this to? read the email and let me know what u guys think.

BWa · Jan 18, 2004

In my humble opinion it is a scam, best report this to the FBI, or local fraud agent of your local PD. If this was real they would have asked you to visit the local branch office and not ask for this information via Email or by phone .
Good Luck
Bill G.

DIYGuy · Jan 18, 2004

Complete scam. Notice that the return address is a private (juno) address, not a bank address. This is the 1st clue. Secondly, a bank will always ask you to call them, not respond to an email or website.

If they do ask you to call them, look up the 800 number for the bank and call back on that line, do not call back on the provided phone number. Tell them you recieved a suspicious email and they will take it from there.

Forward this email to your internet provider support center, the local consumer affairs office, and the local DA.

DIYGuy

frank_f15 · Jan 19, 2004

oh i absolutly beleive it is an attempt at identy theft. that is why i printed it, scanned it and posted it. i will call the bank although it is not their bank, but they will be interested to know that they are using a take off of the banks name. did think to call isp, but never thought of the FBI. i wonder how how many folks will click that link and give out their account no. to VERIFY THEIR IDENTY? IT TICKS ME OFF THAT SOME that tey even do this stuff, but ticks me off more that they think i am so stupid as to fall for it.

OkeeDon · Jan 19, 2004

Could be a scam, more likely a hoax. I tried usbank.com, and it appears to be a legitimate site for the bank. Since I don't have any accounts there, I decided to take a chance and type in the rest of the URL, and all I got was a 404 error - page not found. So, I'm not quite sure how the sender would benefit by your clicking the link. Maybe it's some sort of scheme to annoy the bank...

Harv · Jan 19, 2004

I'd take a look at this page from the real US Bank web site.

DocHeb · Jan 19, 2004

I know that a lot of us also use EBay, and similiar "phishing" schemes are being used to try and steal EBay information/user names/passwords. Check out EBay Security Alert

BubbaJr · Jan 19, 2004

Frank, I got that one last night too. I have a virus blocker with my ISP, and they sent me the following email.

The CoreComm Defender virus filter has detected a virus
and prevented you from becoming infected by destroying
the infected email message.

.::MESSAGE DETAILS::.

From: Dorie_Ddene@mail.com
To:
Date: 1/18/2004 4:54:00 PM
Subject: Your account at U.S. Bank has been suspended.
Virus: Exploit-URLSpoof

You might want to run your virus checker program.
Good Luck

OkeeDon · Jan 19, 2004

Aha! A virus! That's why when I typed in the URL and went to the US Bank page I had no problems and found nothing about account verification -- because I wasn't clicking on it from your Email. If you had clicked on it, it would have loaded the virus.

So, the best defense remains, regardless of whether it's phishing or a virus, don't click on nothin! I've gotten to the point where I won't click on anything, not even from a trusted sender; unless I verify with them that they sent it. My son-in-law has gotten used to sending me a separate email to tell me that the pictures of my granddaughter really came from him - he uses wording that no spammer would know.

PBMAX · Jan 19, 2004

Ain't it a shame we have to go to such legths to protect our PC from idiots. That just like to cause troubel because they can??? /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif