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Another Phishing scam attempt

JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
Most people should see through this... (hopefully)

Another attempt to phish...

[QUOTE]Subj: ATTN: We need your security confirmation before we proceed!

Dear Citibank Customer,
We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your Citibank
account from a foreign IP address and we have reasons to believe that
there was attempts to compromise it with brute forcing your PIN number.
No successful login was detected and you have full protection by now.
If you recently accessed your account while travelling, the unusual login
attempts may have been initiated by you.

The login attempt was made from:
IP address: 273.127.187.24
ISP Host: cache-010.proxyserver.cis.com

By now, we used many techniques to verify the accuracy of the
information our users provide us when they register on the Site.
However, because user verification on the Internet is difficult, Citibank
cannot and does not confirm each user's purported identity. Thus, we
have established an offline verification system to help you evaluate with
whom you are dealing with. The system is called CitiSafe and it's
the most secure Citibank wallet so far.

If you are the rightful holder of the account, click the link bellow, fill
the form and then submit as we will verify your identity and register you
to CitiSafe free of charge. This way you are fully protected from fraudulent
activity on all the accounts that you have with us.

Click to protect yourself from fraudulent activity!

To make Citibank.com the most secure site, every user will be
registered to CitiSafe.

NOTE! If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to
temporally suspend your account.

* Please do not respond to this e-mail, as your reply will not be received.

Regards, Citibank Customer Support[/QUOTE]

Comments

  • An ex-SquidAn ex-Squid Elite Ranger
    I get emails like that about once every month or two regarding my Earthlink account. I know they're bogus since a real email from Earthlink customer support would tell me to go to the customer support page, log in, and then provide the requested information or just call customer support and verify the information. (Needless to say, this is typical of most any company that has a customer support department and a website.) Any email that has you click on a link and fill out a form is practically guaranteed to be a "phishing" trip.
  • Re: Another Phishing scam attempt

    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by JackN [/i]
    [B]Most people should see through this... (hopefully) Another attempt to phish... [/B][/QUOTE]

    Credit card/bank account phishing attempts have appeared to get more and more common these days. I was just hit by two of them the other day. The thing is, I don't have an account at the bank the spam was posing as.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Yes, I got one for a bank I don't have an account with myself a few months ago. What I found amusing was that the entire email was an image (they basically took a screenshot of the bank's online banking page) and the link wasn't clickable. Awareness of these schemes is quite high here after the first big one to hit the country's banks last year.
  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    It only takes one poor soul who isn't savy with the internet to make it worth all the effort for these cyberdregs...

    :alien:
  • Vertigo1Vertigo1 Official Fuzzy Dice of FirstOnes.com
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by JackN [/i]
    [B]It only takes one poor soul who isn't savy with the internet to make it worth all the effort for these cyberdregs...

    :alien: [/B][/QUOTE]

    Yeah. *cough* 419 *cough*
  • bobobobo (A monkey)
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  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    419 is funny... :D
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