BofA email scam

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TGDragonfly

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Dear Valued Customer :


We are unable to activate your account because we have just upgraded our online security parameters
to make your Bank account and informations more secured from online frauds,so we request that you
reconfirm your online Banking details with the one we have on file before.

Your account is placed on restricted status. Restricted account continue to receive payments,
but they are limited in their ability to send or withdraw funds. To lift this restriction,
Click here to Sign in <http://www.cssd-web.org/misc/index/4/onlineboa/onlinebanking/bankofamerica/safe.ssl.confirm.onlinebankingofamerica/signon.php?section=signinpage&update=&cookiecheck=yes&destination=nba/signin> and reactivate your account now, then you have to complete our verification process.
You must reconfirm your security details and your billing information as well.

Thank You.
Bank of America,
Security Department.

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Bank of America, N.A. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender
©2009 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved.

New scam, not from B of A. If anyone does online banking with B of A, confirmed scam. Bastards.
 
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Reply from B of A:
Thank you for contacting Bank of America to report a potentially fraudulent email commonly referred to as a "phishing" email. We take your security very seriously and will investigate this matter immediately. If our investigation determines that the email is fraudulent, we will take steps to have the site shut down.


For general account inquiries, or other fraud-related events that do not include fraudulent emails, please call the customer service number located on your account statement or refer to the Reporting Fraud section of www.bankofamerica.com/privacy <http://www.bankofamerica.com/privacy> .

Some things to keep in mind regarding fraudulent emails:

Unlike phishing emails, we will never ask you to verify personal information in response to an email
Most fake communications convey a sense of urgency by threatening discontinued service
Many fraudulent emails contain misspellings, incorrect grammar, and poor punctuation
Links within the fake email may appear valid, but deliver you to a fraudulent site
Phishing emails often use generic salutations like “Dear Customer,” or “Dear account holder” instead of your name
The address from which the email was sent is often not one from the company it claims to be
 
Don't tell me you clicked the link!! I sure hope not. Don't ever click any link from an email regarding financial matters or anything that requires your password or verification.
 
I did like an idiot. An official looking B of A site came up. I did not proceed or give any info. I contacted B of A fraud. I noticed befor I posted this here i rechecked the link and some weird canadian site came up.

Fortunately I don't keep any financial information on my laptop.
 
Oh NO!! thank goodness you didn't proceed. Take note...never, ever click on a link in an email for a financial insitituton-paypal, banks, ebay, overseas banks, etc.

oh Hey did you see the question i posted on your facebook page in your photo section?? It was a true question....just so you know.
 
I've gotten at least one a day of these for the past couple years - from all kinds of banks I don't even use, and paypal dispute notices are biggies too
 
I must be gullible. They play off people like me, but unfortunately I've been burned before. It worries be some when my Mac starts making a internal turning hmm after instances like this. I go to major quick shut down mode.
 
I get em all the time too. I've never actually clicked on the link but I've tried responding with a big F-You and my email always comes back as undeliverable. Delete, delete delete I say.
 
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