I got this email informing me about my account on Bank of America been hacked,this is another scam to get me give out my account information assuming that I actually have a Bank of American account. The Bank of America logo was included which can be very convincing to an unsuspected account holder. Funny enough I don’t have an account in the said bank. The hope of the scammers is that you will use the link in the email to check your account. Ironically, the phishing email may even warn you about the hazards of clicking the link, and instruct you to type it into the browser instead. Once you’ve logged onto their site (which has been carefully crafted to look like the legitimate bank or commerce site), the scammers capture your login credentials. Here is sample of the email scam on bank’s account.

Your account has been hacked !!!
From: Boa Online Banking (aw-verify@bankofamerica.com)

Sent: Thu 8/28/08 1:01 PM
Reply-to: aw-verify@bankofamerica.com
To:

We recently have determined that different computers have logged into your 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 August 28, 2008, 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.

To confirm your Online Banking records click on the following link:

Thank you for your patience in this matter.

Bank of America Customer Service

Please do not reply to this e-mail as this is only a notification. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.

2008 Bank of America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Help to stop the supply of these miscreant email by stopping the demand. Tell your friend, your mom, your dad, and anyone else you know about the hazards of email scams. Tell them that any email they received unexpectedly that instructs them to login to any account for any reason should be viewed with suspicion.

  Posted By tyna     Aug 28, 2008         

4 Comments

• At 2008.08.29 04:59, beibee said:

  i receive this severally…

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• At 2008.08.29 10:26, Laarni said:

  Rule of thumb: Never click suspicious links.

  Do you know that one my blogmates paypal account just hacked recently? That’s so freaking annoying and freaking scary.

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• At 2009.08.22 20:21, Allan said:

  Nice post! I think I’m starting to understand.

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