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Title: Another "timely" phishing SPAM
Post by: Xairbusdriver on October 30, 2009, 04:44:55 PM

With the record number of bank closings this year, SCAMmers realized they had another subject to use in their phishing emails. Be on the lookout for an email telling you your bank has been closed by the Feds and you should contact the FDIC...Along with all your personal info, of course!

POP QUIZ!

Which links should you click in an email from your bank?

Title: Another "timely" phishing SPAM
Post by: jchuzi on October 30, 2009, 05:24:34 PM

It's unfair to pop a quiz on us but I'll give you my answer anyway:  Don't ever, under any circumstances, click on a link in an email that purports to be from your bank. Go to your browser and either type the bank's URL manually or get there from a bookmark that is known to be good. Then, look into whatever the email said.  In truth, I automatically trash emails that supposedly come from my bank. Are they really from my bank? I haven't seen pigs flying lately.

Title: Another "timely" phishing SPAM
Post by: Paddy on October 30, 2009, 06:29:55 PM

Oh brother...figures the scammers would find another angle to milk!

Banks, in my experience NEVER, EVER email you - or at least never about your account. Email is inherently insecure, so they don't use it.

Paypal never sends you an email addressed to "Paypal user" - if they send you an email, it's addressed to YOU by name and they don't ask you to log in to your account from a link in the email. EVER.

eBay - same thing.

In fact, no business, financial or otherwise will send you an email asking you to verify your account by clicking on a link and entering personal info.

Title: Another "timely" phishing SPAM
Post by: Xairbusdriver on October 30, 2009, 09:53:37 PM

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n fact, no business, financial or otherwise will send you an email asking you to verify your account by clicking on a link and entering personal info.

Uhmn...does that include the IRS! They're not a "bank" after all.

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Email is inherently insecure

Now there is a fact that is not repeated often enough!

Title: Another "timely" phishing SPAM
Post by: krissel on October 31, 2009, 02:28:49 AM

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Q: Will the FDIC contact customers of a failed bank?
A: The FDIC notifies each depositor in writing when a bank fails, using the depositor's address on record with the bank. This notification is mailed immediately after the bank closes. The FDIC never sends e-mails directly to consumers, and has warned about numerous scams sending fraudulent e-mails that appear to be sent by the agency. The FDIC also sets up a toll-free number and a Web site for customers to access.
When the failed bank is acquired by another bank, depositors get a notice in the mail from the new bank as well, usually with the first bank statement after the takeover.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091031/ap_on_...XYtbWVsdGRvd24x

Title: Another "timely" phishing SPAM
Post by: MamaMoose on October 31, 2009, 02:38:09 AM

Good O, XABD. The phishers seem to be coming out of the woodwork. I receive about 25 spams a day vis-a-vis bank closings, my bank closing, etc.O find it hard to believe that people will "bite" on some of the spams. They Are very crude and mainly give themselves away by using a logo of a legitimate bank.

MamaMoose

Title: Another "timely" phishing SPAM
Post by: kcourt on October 31, 2009, 05:24:00 PM

They must be getting some responses - otherwise, why would they keep doing it?    

Kathy

Title: Another "timely" phishing SPAM
Post by: Xairbusdriver on October 31, 2009, 05:40:29 PM

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I receive about 25 spams a day vis-a-vis bank closings, my bank closing, etc.

And you get even more from on other topics! What app are you using? What settings does your ISP make available?

Seriously, I've never even had 4 SPAMs in a whole week!

Title: Another "timely" phishing SPAM
Post by: jchuzi on November 01, 2009, 06:34:08 PM

My wife is getting a lot of phishing emails about Facebook, maybe 6 a day. Neither she nor I has a Facebook account.

Title: Another "timely" phishing SPAM
Post by: Xairbusdriver on November 02, 2009, 10:34:48 AM

But a lot of people do, so it's a safe "line" on which to attach a "hook!" I got an increase the first few weeks after signing up at Facebook. But I'm sure it wasn't their fault.