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.

 

[mustangsallysdad]

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!!

Criminals seem to work awfully hard at not working...seems it would be easier to have a "real" job. We get a lot of "so called" contractors and home remodelers around here that target older people...tell them they need a new roof, etc. then take deposit money and run.

 

[mjarrels]

Just wait until the new health care bill goes into effect... Will make scams like this look like a walk in the park.

mark

 

[dmccarty]

I have an email account that is used for a very specific and limited number of people. Somewhere between 12 and 20 people.

The account never received email except for those people....

Then....

All of the sudden the account starts receiving email from people and companies I do not know. Funny enough the emails all have attachments around 19K in size.:laughing:

DELETE DELETE DELETE. :laughing:

Later,
Dan

 

[MikePA]

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.

If you didn't click on the link, what caused you to spend most of the day dealing with the issue?

 

[/pine]

All of the sudden the account starts receiving email from people and companies I do not know

What many folks do not realize is...lots of those cute anecdotes, cartoons etc.etc..that get continually forwarded from inbox to inbox...are nothing but address collecting programs...

i.e., e-mail spamming companies create the cute missives and usually start sending them to AOL addresses where they then get forwarded across the Internet...in reality all they are is a method for spammers to collect valid e-mail addresses...

every time an individual forwards a one of those cute cartoons etc. et.al with a long list of CC recipients..all they are doing is supplying a spammer with new addresses...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

yep, agree with /pine.
I just started to get a rash of online med spam emails, so someone got some new spam servers going again, it's been awhile. I also got a FB message from a friend the other day, someone was spamming using their FB account.

 

[Bedlam]

I just got this one..lol

Central Bank of Nigeria C.B.N
7th Floor, Banking Hall 3
Transfer Unit Department
Mr. Kennedy Rhema

Dear Value Customer

The above department is pleased to inform you that an American Citizen in person of Mr Duane Baker have applied for the claim of your unclaimed fund. Therefore he proved as the next of kin to your account and tendered all vital banking information to this office yesterday stating that you are sick for the past 7 months and you have giving him authority to withdraw all your unclaimed fund from account number 100937297783-zbpl.

At this point in time , your beneficiary is on the possession to withdraw all your fund ( Nine hundred and twenty Seven thousand Dollars Two Hundred and Thirty Three America Dollars ) . We wanted to confirm if you are the person who gave him the Authority to withdraw your fund. Your confirmation we will not transfer your fund. Your urgent response is needed .

Yours Sincerely
Mr. Kennedy Rhema
Head of Transfer Unit
C.B.N

 

[dmccarty]

What is funny is the poor use of the English language.

And just WHERE do they get the names..... :laughing:

But the letter works or they would not be sent... :confused2:

If my grandfather was alive and using a computer he would fall for these scams.

Later,
Dan

 

[Bedlam]

Maybe I should respond to the Nigeria one and say I am unable to accommodate due to my bank account being frozen for not verifying the info in the previous email lol

 

[dmccarty]

Maybe I should respond to the Nigeria one and say I am unable to accommodate due to my bank account being frozen for not verifying the info in the previous email lol

If you reply do so from an email account you can delete. :thumbsup:

Later,
Dan