Posted on 03/14/2014 3:29:18 PM PDT by Eva
I received this email today and immediately called American Express. They said that my account was in good standing and that they did not see any problem. They did not say whether they sent the email, but the woman said that she didn't see any problem with the account.
This is the email:
Dear American Express Member
Because of unusual number of invalid login attempts on you account, we had to believe that, there might be some security problems on you account.
So we have decided to put an extra verification process to ensure your identity and your account security.
Please download the attached file and continue to the verification process and ensure your account security.
If we do not receive the appropriate account verification within 48 hours, then we will assume this American Express account is fraudulent and will be suspended.
The purpose of this verification is to ensure that your American Express account has not been fraudulently used, and to combat the fraud from our community.
We appreciate your support and understanding and thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
American Express Customer Service
When you click on the verification symbol, you get a page that asks for all the personal information for the account. I started to fill it out and then I realized that it is probably a fraud. What do you think?
IGNORE
Do not click any of the links in the email you received and delete the email.
ignore ignore ignore
Credit card companies will rarely ever contact you in this manner. The security models they rely on do not require you to download anything.
Delete and forget
” Please download the attached file”
Scam.
Ignore it.
Send me your card number and I can check this out.
it is not from American Express, it is a virus. Do not do anyhting except delete it.
Absolutely Not! American Express will never send you anything like that. If they contact you they’ll give you the information. “We’re calling about your card ending I 12345. Did you order flowers from a shop in Shanghai?” (That happened to me.) You say no, and they’ll say, “We’ll handle it.” They may or may not send you a new card.
Do not, under any circumstances, download that file.
The email is legit. By the way, I am a Nigerian prince currently looking for an American friend who is willing to let me transfer my 5,000,000 USD to their bank account so I can safely flee my country. If you’re interested in helping me, please send me your bank account information in a PM.
Thanks!
~ Prince Niger of Nigeria
Glad you did not bite on the oldest trick in the book. No real company would ever ask for such by an email.
For some reason, most of the ones I get are pretending to be from my isp - Century Link.
The grammatical errors (”you account”) and stilted English (”we had to believe”) are dead giveaways of phishing. Don’t click!!
>Dear American Express Member
Real notices will at least address you by name.
This phish is absolutely rancid and very typical in content.
I would definately ignore......sometime tomorrow or the next day, call in an talk to an “agent” or “representative” to see if there is any real problem....
All your base are belong to us.
Do NOT do anything from an email. Call American Express directly. That will answer all of your questions
Only a fool would respond to an email.
They’re trying to get personal info out of you. IGNORE IT.
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