Posted on 11/07/2004 5:22:04 PM PST by Dutch Boy
Dear Customer:
Recently there have been a large number of cyber attacks pointing our database servers. In order to safeguard your account, we require you to sign on immediately.
This personal check is requested of you as a precautionary measure and to ensure yourselves that everything is normal with your balance and personal information.
This process is mandatory, and if you did not sign on within the nearest time your account may be subject to temporary suspension.
Please make sure you have your Citibank(R) debit card number and your User ID and Password at hand.
Please use our secure counter server to indicate that you have signed on, please click the link bellow:
URL REMOVED BY ME TO PREVENT BAD THING FROM BAD PEOPLE
!! Note that we have no particular indications that your details have been compromised in any way.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter and thank you for using Citibank(R)
Regards,
Citibank(R) Card Department
(C)2004 Citibank. Citibank, N.A., Citibank, F.S.B.,
Citibank (West), FSB. Member FDIC.Citibank and Arc
Design is a registered service mark of Citicorp.
Citicorp wants to hear about this mail:
http://www.citibank.com/domain/images/fraud_alert.gif
Nevermind that link. Just forward the email to emailspoof@citigroup.com.
There are hundreds of these "phishing" e-mails out there going out to millions of e-mail accounts.
Here's a site that tracks them:
www.fraudwatchinternational.com
Yep, got it too.
Thank you for your suggestion. I just emailed it off. I also sent it to my ISP. People that prey on others like this should be locked up for life. We have a nice little hotel not far from here named Attica. I'm sure they have room for this scum.
I get lots of these for "Citi" bank and other "banks" too. Anybody else getting notices of being "approved" for big mortages also? Always $300-400k. Perhaps a little more subtle than Nigeran scams only not quite as funny.
The grammar alone is a dead giveaway as to the veracity of this email.
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