Anyone else getting these scam mails?

Tour2ma
Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
edited February 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
Second one I have received. The first was from Citizens Bank...

Funny since I have accounts with neither...

Both have been forwarded to the FBI...
More later,
Tour...
Vox Copuli
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  • wlrandall
    wlrandall Posts: 440
    edited September 2004
    Yep, getting them as well. Fortunately the Earthlink spam filter catches them for me. They're all garbage.
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  • PolknPepsi
    PolknPepsi Posts: 781
    edited October 2004
    Had something like that happen to a few of us at Audiogon .....

    Management likes to keep a low profile over there......

    Denon #2900, Denon stereo receiver, Conrad Johnson Sonographe 120 amp, Blue Jeans cables, and Klipsch RF-7's
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  • Mjr7531
    Mjr7531 Posts: 856
    edited October 2004
    Yup, that one has actually been around for quite awhile, it's rather clever and very well designed, unfortunatly. All we can do is report these things as spam and hope it goes away... ha...
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited October 2004
    Most of the major banks CitiBank, Chase, Wells Fargo, BofA, SunTrust, Wachovia, etc...are having their logos used in this scam. The Feds and the banks are working on this one and it has been around for several weeks.

    For those that don't know...No legit bank or financial institution will ever ask you for that type of information unless you are conducting a transaction of some sort. If you get asked to provide personal information in this manner....IT IS A SCAM! Unfortunately I am aware of several people who have fallen for this. Of course they give out their inforrmation and THEN call to ask if they did the right thing...
    :confused:
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited October 2004
    Bottom line is, never, I mean NEVER click on a link in an email like this.

    Open a browser window, and go directly to the main site to conduct your business.

    Cheers,
    Rooster
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Joelsbass
    Joelsbass Posts: 637
    edited October 2004
    yeah, i got one from paypal the other day, forwarded it straight to their fraud dept...
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited October 2004
    Have to amend my initial post from "Have been forwarded to the FBI" to "tried to forward to the FBI".

    Wrote the original statement in anticipation of sending them on, but when I got to the FBI's Internet Scam section, they were only interested in me reporting if I had lost money in the scam...

    Must be a change because I did report a similar e-amil scam to them last year. Maybe the volume is too great to to address potential or suspect scams. Would not surprise me if it was...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited October 2004
    Tour - Just forward them to the banks that were shown on the scam mail. A short cover that you know they are a scam and that you just want to alert them should suffice. They may be able to use them. You should be able to get an email address on their web sites.
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited October 2004
    Now why didn't I think of that...

    Thanks..
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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