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.
I am just wondering if it is possible to win a lottery without purchasing a lottery ticket.I won such a huge amount of money from a free entry by an unknown person,I am thrilled that some one love me so much to have applied on my behalf.On a serious note I don’t play lottery and I don’t think my email address is so popular that it was entered for a lottery by whatever means.This is a scam and I think that if people have not been falling victim out of their greed to get rich quick without having to work for it,this kind of scam wouldn’t still be in existance.The only place that success comes before work is in the dictionary.This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
They don’t notify winners by email.
You can’t win without first buying a lottery ticket.
They don’t randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
They don’t use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
They don’t tell you to call a mobile phone number.
They don’t tell you to keep your winnings secret.
They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
Here is the email:
UK-Asia International Lottery Organization
Bangkok Branch Office
Address: 3 Rajdamnern Avenue
Bangkok 10200 Thailand.
Congratulations from our members of staff. We are UK ASIA LOTTERY AGENCY, You don’t have to purchase a ticket to enter this free lottery, your email is indicating you as a winner of the lottery programs held by the UK-Asia Free Lottery Organization on the 1st of July 2008 and your Email address has won you US$4.6M.
Your email addresses was entered for the online draw on this Free Ticket Number:APP236566301307 and won on this Lucky Number: MX014926583.
All winners cheque are certified cashiers and are cashable in any bank of any country. For your won prize certified cashiers cheque redemption contact the Courier Company in charge of all winners cheque delivery on the below information:
Contact Name: Mr. Jonathan Hou
Email: jonathanhou_mr2@yahoo.com.hk
Contact Phone: +668-9679-7492
You are to send the completed verification form below to the co-ordinator whose email address is given above so that you will be advised on what to do to get your prize money. Congratulations once more!!
1. FULL NAME:
2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
3. PRESENT ADDRESS:
4. DATE OF BIRTH:
5. OCCUPATION:
6. TELEPHONE NUMBER:
6. FAX NUMBER:
7. MARITAL STATUS:
8. WINNING NUMBERS:
9. SCAN COPY ID CARD:
Good luck.
Winning Notification Department,
UK-Asia International Lottery Organization
Do I still need luck if I have already won?
Posted By tyna 
Aug 28, 2008 
