Be Very Aware! Internet E-Mail Fraud..

[125gJoe]

I just go this ...... And, so many others too - in the millions by now.
This is scary, since so many are sooo trusting of "their" bank.....


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Never give your account PIN over e-mail, or account #... :mad2

This is a severe attack on inoscent people.. I wanted to post the pic I got, but "jibberish" showed up... That really got me "going" ! Bizarre !

The pic looked like a legitimate bank account.

 

[greeneyedlady]

I do not do any banking over the internet, nor do I "allow" any company to automatically pay them selves from my accounts, they get hand written checks with my signature. I have never trusted auto pay or internet banking and I don't plan on starting now. There are plenty of things that can go wrong just with writting checks, I don't plan on making it even easier for somebody to take me to the cleaners. :thud:

 

[cgrabe]

I love online banking. I wouldn't do it with a no-name bank though (using Bank of America myself). It's nice being able to transfer money from savings to checking in a matter of seconds then seeing the charge come in for an online purchase with my check card. I end up with much better records than I'd have otherwise. I avoid the automatic payments though. I do pay some bills online, but I initiate the transactions (with the exception of a single anual bill).

 

[JSchmidt]

These kind of scams - called phishing - have been going on for some time now. They're the analog to the phone calls geting senior citizens to give up their social security numbers and bank account numbers to a 'bank official' calling for an audit.

The easiest thing to do is never follow a link that you receive in an email, and never give out any information to a web site that followed from an emailed link. The deception can be quite convincing.

Jim

 

[OrionGirl]

Another tip: Set up a secure email account that you use for NOTHING other than online business--ie, your bank, any credit cards, etc. I have one, and I get basically no spam to this address. When the phish emails come in to my other accounts, I know they are phony, since any legitimate email comes to that specific address.

This is on the increase, by the way--I've gotten 4-5 of them within the last month, all to my general use accounts (and my WORK account, of all things!).

 

[geoffgarcia]

another trick that is becoming popular is when you buy things on ebay and they use 3rd party software which they claim is to ease their sale.
They have you login and access your paypal account.
Thats an ENORMOUS risk.
No matter how great a sellers feedback is you should refuse to use any 3rd party software that redirects you to paypal.