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You may have received an email like the one below that looks very authentic,
like it came from German American Bank. This is email was not sent by German American Bank; German American Bank 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
German American Bank. It goes to
http://webmail.interhk.net/B05002/index.htm , not German American Bank! 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.German American Bank.com )
Below are actual phishing emails that started circulating in early 2007.
We have put a warning over the links to the phisher's website.
From: German American Bank <do-not-reply@germanamericanbancorp.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 6:42:28 AM
Subject: YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED !
Dear Customer,
YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED !!!
After the energy breakdown from 03/23/2007 it appears that some of
our
hardware is not working properly. The data of five thousands
customers
stored on computer backup tapes was lost.
Can we regain what was once lost? - YES
German American Bank temporarily suspended your account.
Some restrictions applied until you update your account .
Once you have completed these steps, we will send you an email
notifying
that your account is available again. After that you can upgrade or
downgrade
your account at any time.
The information provided will be treated in confidence and stored in
our secure database.
If you fail to provide information about your account you'll
discover that your account
has been automatically deleted from German American Bank database.
Please click on the link below to start the update process:
https://www.ebankhost.net/B05002/
© 2007 German American Bank
For more information about phishing, see
this page.
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