I recieved this e-mail today. If you recieve this, do not click on the link, it's a phishing scam. Mike Dear Chase User, We regret to inform you that we had to lock your account access because we have reasons to believe that it may have been compromised by outside parties. In order to protect your sensitive information, we temporarily suspended your account access. To make sure that you are the really owner of this account we may ask for sensitive infomation about your payment after logging in a secure page Click here now to reactivate your account access and confirm your identity by completing the secure form what will appear. This is a security measure that will ensure that you are the only person with access to the account. Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter. Please do not reply to this message. For any inquiries, contact Customer Service. Document Reference: (4137643). Chase N.A. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender. Copyright © 2006 Chase Manhattan, N.A. All rights reserved.
OMG.. is this the first one of these you've gotten.. I get atleast 3 a week! I get them from EBAY, PayPal, banks i've never heard of, banks I have heard of... the list is never ending! When I have the time, I forward them to the particular institutions security/fraud departments. I play with them sometimes... just enter a bunch of bogus info and it will take it.. then ask you for all your info including SS#, PIN#'s.. you KNOW you're own financial institutions wouldn't ask you those questions online or even on the phone! Also if you do click the link and look at the address its taking you too, you can tell its not a real & legit. address. Another thing to look for is the yellow security lock in the lower right corner of the screen IF you ever even think it might be for real. edited to add: Actually there are some companies or financial institutions that will ask you for your SS# for verification, if they won't settle for a portion of it, I ask for a manager. I tell them that I will give the first 3 or last 4 digits, but not the entire #. In most cases now, because of security issues, even if you have to give your # in setting up an account (ie: Time Warner Cable), once it's entered in the field on the customer service reps computer, and they hit enter, it's gone and comes back as xxx-xx-1234. Anyone accessing your account while your on the phone with them can probalby only see the last 4 digits anyways. I was told this by the Time Warner rep when I hesitated in giving my ss# to set up my account. Call me paranoid, but even with RBC Centura, I have a password on my accounts, then I can avoid verbally verifying my address, birthdate, joint or single acct, date acct. opened, all that info that could be overheard in public. I just say the password, and they're clear to assist me with whatever it is i'm inquiring about.
When I signed up for TimeWarner cable they got to the part of the process where they asked for my SS#. I refused and the rep told me they couldn't take the order then. I called back the next day and started the order process again with another rep. Told her the package I wanted and then asked if she was going to ask me for my SS#, and if so we could stop right now. She said she could take my drivers license # instead if I preferred, which I did!
Most of the ones the I get are from e-bay or some long lost relitive in Africa. This is the first one I've gotten from a bank. Most have abuse reporting help available. Ebay is: Abuse@ebay.com Chase Manhattan is: Abuse@chase.com Mike
