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Bogus Warning from Bank of America
From: DM
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 10:07 AM
Subject: Bogus Bank of America e-mails
Greetings Patrick and Anne,
Thank you so much for your continued laborious effort and your extended
labor of love, to maintain this�important Web-site: �fourwinds10.com.�
It is of such great service to mankind.
My intent today is to convey a warning to readers and�depositors�using�
on-line-banking, and especially those using Bank of America, and banking
on-line.
�
By the way, for what it may be worth, and due to Casper's repeated update
warnings of the status of�BoA, as well as other corporate giants, such as Citibank,�
Wells Fargo, etc.�I have reduced�my deposits in Bank of America to a bare�minimum,�
and made slow, periodic transfers into well managed, independent, local,�
farm oriented, bank accounts. (Slow, periodic, so as not to gain undue attention from B of A).
Today was the second time that I have received such an e-mail from�
Bank of America. The first time was about a month ago. That was an�
initial 'warning' with different wording, but quite similar.
The more recent e-mail is reproduced below the asterisks.
(Please NOTE: I have�italicized�misspelled words and poor sentence structure.
as well as an inappropriate inserted word, for easier recognition for the fourwinds readers.
At the top you will have an official looking, Bank of America logo).
I have placed the LOGO there, but whether you can reproduce it to display in
fourwinds10.com, or not, I am unaware,�so I just made mention of that fact,
because at first glance, the e-mail has a very official look about it.
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�Your Online Banking is Blocked
Dear Bank of America Customer,
We've noticed that you didn't completed the verfication request,
Please login below and complete the cerification steps, if you don't�
complete this verification in 3 days, we will have to close your account.
We modified the cerification questions, since we
have the most of the information already.
To verify your identity please follow the link and sign in :
Bank of America, N.A. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender
� 2008 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved.
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(My personal message resumes here)�
When one "clicks" the link, it goes to a web page that is NOT SECURE,�
That is, it displays: � �http://� (and not)� https://
I called�BoA, on the first occasion as well as today, and they reported�
that this is a bogus attempt�to gain your account information. They�
have had numerous�reports of this crime - SO BE CAREFUL!
They said that I should be glad that I was cautious enough to look�
for the secure�https:// website. So readers, always check to see that you
are on a secure website, when it comes to privacy.
Anne and Patrick, I appreciate your posting this warning for your readers.�
It is a very visual and valid example of how we all must be sure that we are�
on a secure website when doing financial or other business requiring
privacy.
In appreciation for your good services,
DM