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Spammers and Banking – Who is that banker in the e-mail?
The spammers are always quick to take advantage of any news story or trend and the latest is a great example as the following news article shows.
SPAM, PHISHING & ONLINE SCAMS
–US Financial Crisis Ripe Pickings for Scammers
(October 2, 2008)
The mergers and acquisitions of banks resulting from the US financial crisis have provided new opportunities for online scam artists. Attacks have been seen in which the customers of a bank are asked to provide account information and other personal details to the bank’s new owner for verification purposes. Banks would not ask for such information online; it would be done through paper mail.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10057180-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1009_3-0-20s
Never supply personal or banking information to someone who asks for it on the Internet or if they call you as both the e-mail address and the caller ID information can be spoofed making you believe you are talking to your friendly neighborhood banker when in actual fact you are talking to a scam artist half the world away. I have a stock phrase memorized that everyone in my family is getting very good at using when someone claiming to be from a bank or financial institution calls.
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