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Date Reported: 22nd March 2012 |
Risk Level: MEDIUM-HIGH |
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Email Subject: |
Bank of America Alert: Irregular Credit Card Activity |
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Apparent Sender: |
Bank of America |
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Return Address: |
onlinebanking@ealerts.bankofamerica.com |
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Email Format: |
HTML |
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URL of Web Content: |
https://myfraudprotection.bankofamerica.com/ |
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Anchor text of URLs: |
1) www.bankofamerica.com/myfraudprotection |
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Location: |
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES |
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Scam number: |
20082-331640-729391 |
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Comments: |
- Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at Bank of America by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.
- Bank of America never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.
- The anchor text appears as a legitimate URL, but don't be fooled - clicking on it will take you to a phishing site!
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03/22/2012
We detected irregular activity on your Bank of America credit card on 03/22/2012. For your protection, you must verify this activity before you can continue using your card.
Please visit www.bankofamerica.com/myfraudprotection to review your account activity, or call us immediately at 1.800.383.0618 in the US; international customers please call collect via the international operator at 757.677.4701. We will review the activity on your account with you ...
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