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Bank of America Phishing Scam Emails

Phishing - The Bank of American email Scam

This is not scam created BY Bank of America. BOA is a victim as well. If you receive an email similar to the one below, DO NOT click on the link, and do not enter any information on the forms there.

The website that the link leads to is a spoof; a fake website, not created by Bank of America.  When you enter the information they ask for, you will simply be handing the thieves the keys to your bank accounts.  That is how spoofing and phishing works.

Remember, no reputable business would send you an email requesting your personal account information. Any such email you receive asking for this information should be considered phony and brought to the attention of the business being 'phished'.

Anytime you need to go to a website for your bank, credit card companies or other personal, financial or confidential information; do not follow a link in an email; just type their address in your browser directly (such as www.BankofAmerica.com )

Below are actual phishing emails that started circulating in early 2007. We have removed the links to the phisher's website.

From: Bank of America Online Banking
< onlinebanking.cs@sitekey.nw-bankofamerica.com >
To: turleytax@hotmail.com

Subject: Online Banking Notification: Re-Enroll your Account Information

(Important)

Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:18:00 +0000

Bank of America

Dear Bank of America customer:

During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and Online  verification procedures, we detected a slight error in your account information. This might be due to either of the following  reasons:

1. A recent change in your personal information  ( i.e change of address).

 2. Submitting invalid information during the initial online banking enrollment process.

Please update and verify your information by clicking the link below:

https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com/cgi-bin/sas/enrollWithDebitCard.do?state=

Thank you,

Bank Of America
Online Banking Customer Service
 

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This email was sent by Bank of America Online Banking



 

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