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Bank of America Phishing Scam
Summary
SecurityOrb.com have reported a new phishing scam email in circulation. The
following message is a phishing scam attempt sent out to gain illegal
access to bank account information. Do not respond, or click the links
contained in the email, delete it immediately.
Bank of America Phishing Scam Email
From: Bank of America U.S. Online Treasury'08
[mailto:customers-department-reference-38gjm@bankofamerica.com]
Sent: Mon 2/4/2008 10:05 AM
To: Doe, John A.
Subject: Please Authorize Your BOA U.S. Commercial Account
Dear Bank of America Direct User:
Our records indicate that a new digital certificate has been issued to
your Bank of America Direct user ID.
The new certificate will be available for an installation period of 90
days, or until May 01, 2008 before expiration. If you choose not install
your digital certificate prior to the expiration date, then your access
to Bank of America Direct will remain interrupted.
Digital certificates are computer-based records issued to individual
user IDs that allow Bank of America Direct to validate your identity and
protect your information from unauthorized access. In order to access
Bank of America Direct, you must use a valid digital certificate.
Installation Instructions
To install your newly-granted digital certificate, please access the
Digital Certificate Pick-Up site at:
hxxp://direct-certs3.bankofamerica.com/direct/certpickup.htm?referrer=20
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Sincerely,
Bank of America Direct Technical Care Center
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2 comments:
Another Version:
Dear Bank of America Direct User:
Our records indicate that a new digital certificate has been issued to your Bank of America Direct user ID.
Digital certificates are computer-based records issued to individual user IDs that allow Bank of America Direct to validate your identity and protect your information from unauthorized access. In order to access Bank of America Direct, you must use a valid digital certificate.
Installation Instructions
To install your newly-granted digital certificate, please access the Digital Certificate Pick-Up site at:
http://direct-certs.bankofamerica.com/direct/certpickup.asp?session=4485956233979315243757630423224090295962704290904
Please have your Bank of America Direct login information readily available when completing this process.
Should you have any questions regarding this process, please consult your Company Administrator or contact your regional customer support center for further assistance.
Sincerely,
Bank of America Direct Technical Care Center
NOTE: This is an automatically generated communication.
And another version:
Message from customer service
Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the Bank of America. we have issued this warning message. It has come to our attention that your account information needs to be updated due to inactive members, frauds reports.
If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and renew your records you will not run into any future problems with the online service. However, failure to update your records will result to account suspension.
Please sign in to www.bankofamerica.com to continue to the verification process and ensure your account security.
At Bank of America we care about your security so, for your protection we are pro-actively notifying you of this activity.
We are sorry for any inconveniences this may cause you and thanks for your patience.
Want to get more alerts after Re-activation? Sign in to Bank of America Online Banking and click the "Manage Alerts" link in the "I want to..." box.
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