Posted on 04/26/2014 2:30:37 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
I received the following email from Bank of America this afternoon:
Dear valued customer,
During our usual security enhancement protocol, we observed multiple login attempt error while login in to your online banking account. We have believed that someone other than you is trying to access your account for security reasons, we have temporarily suspend your account and your access to online banking and will be restricted if you fail to update.
Click here to start the confirmation process
Please Note: Always look for your Security Image and Phrase® before entering your Password.
Remember, Bank of America is committed to your security and protection. To find out more, take a look at our Information Security section under Privacy and Security on the Web site.
Bank of America, Member FDIC. © 2014 Bank of America Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Chase also sent me an email concerning my account. I did not reply to it, but did call the phone number on the back of my credit card. The email was legit, but I will continue to handle situations like this, in the same way.
Don, my buddy, I tell you what, man, you just go ahead on
and click on every link that you come across and see what happens.
It’s the wild wild west out there on the world wide web
and unless and until you realize that, you will be a sucker.
No financial institution nor government entity will attempt to contact you via email requesting personal information. Trust me, they already have it.
Sure it’s not your bro?
And you do business with BankAmigo because?????
They are a criminal enterprise. I’m not saying that you deserve what you got, but you need to seriously rethink who you trust with your business.
All I am saying is calling people stupid, especially people who admit to their blunder, is uncool. That’s all.
We all think we’re bullet proof - until we’re not.
All that I’m saying is give peace a chance.
“Repeat: NEVER click on an email link to a financial institution.”
Well worth repeating.
Anyone know if this is legit from “Google?”
Someone recently used your password to try to sign in to your Google Account XXXXXXXXX@gmail.com. This person was using an application such as an email client or mobile device.
We prevented the sign-in attempt in case this was a hijacker trying to access your account. Please review the details of the sign-in attempt:
Saturday, April 26, 2014 5:49:08 PM UTC
IP Address: 71.231.136.137 (c-71-231-136-137.hsd1.wa.comcast.net)
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
If you do not recognize this sign-in attempt, someone else might be trying to access your account. You should sign in to your account and reset your password immediately.
Reset password
If this was you, and you are having trouble accessing your account, complete the troubleshooting steps listed at http://support.google.com/mail?p=client_login
Sincerely,
The Google Accounts team
Re your post #9, I amen that. I do my banking the old fashioned way.
my card got changed but no e mail that I remember
A phishing scam that I received shortly after Christmas told me that Walmart had been trying to deliver a package to me. The graphics looked really good. I wonder how many people they got with that one, since there may have been people thinking that someone had sent them a Christmas gift.
I see just enough 'error' in my bills -- to the point where there is NO way I'd want to go chasing after funds that have already been vacuumed away.
Those that praise this method of handling your finances can go blow their smoke up somebody else's ass - ain't happening in this household.
Just watched a security expert on John Stossel’s show on FNC. He said NEVER click on a link in an email.
People who are too stupid, ignorant, or both to realize that no bank would hire a grammar school dropout to write their customer security warnings deserve to be ripped off!
Pathetic!
I get emails like this for everything imaginable....accounts at banks etc that I don’t even have. Can’t believe people still fall for this stuff.
I’ve found a great carbon credit company that provides rewards for minimizing dog farts, especially good at night when your dogs are sleeping on your bed. Send be $100 and I’ll tell you how to buy some stock.
They send emails asking you to call them, not to click on a link, according to BofA.
I do buiness with B of A because I am the Trustee for my late mother’s estate and that is where she has/had her accounts. She died 2 weeks ago, and I thought that the “locked” email was the result of her obit being published.
I couldn’t figure out how that related to my B of A CC, however, which had been mine since 1983 and had nothing to do with Mom, other than that I had “personally” dedicated it to her affairs because it was so easy to transfer money to it from her trust fund for her needs. There are many outstanding checks and charges, due to her death, on there right now and I didn’t want any of those to be blocked.
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