Lousy Scam of the Day
Over the last 16 hours, I have received no fewer than four e-mail messages from someone purporting to be U.S. Bank. They tell me that someone's been tampering with my account, and that I better head right on over to their site via a link they provide to clear things up. When you click on the link, there's a site that purports to be U.S. Bank, asking for your account name and password.
It looks pretty good, but it's phony as hell. If you get this message, don't fall for it.
| Posted at 1:50 PM | Permalink |
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Comments (6)
There is a similar one from Citibank, which joins the ranks of the scam emails purporting to be from eBay and PayPal.
Posted by The One True b!X | June 18, 2004 2:21 PM
Does most of your spam show up during business hours? I find it offensive that spammers (as far as I can tell) usually work banker's hours. The least they could do is have the decency to send their crap at all hours.
No point here, just rambling.
Posted by Scott-in-Japan | June 18, 2004 6:24 PM
Actually, no. Most of my spam shows up in the middle of the night. And that's been true for most folks I've talked to.
Scott-in-Japan, you're probably getting it at the same time as we are - but you're in Japan, right?
The theory is that they're sending the spam during the day - but from Eastern Europe.
Posted by Kari | June 18, 2004 10:50 PM
Looking closer, it looks like mine is arriving at the end of the Oregon work day. Although why I am getting Russian spam is truly beyond me.
The one bright hope in all of this is the government's attempt to regulate it all. That's a sure sign that the 'industry' is in it's death throes and may die on it's own soon.
Posted by Scott-in-Japan | June 19, 2004 1:36 AM
I hope you're all doing your civic duty and reporting the fraudulent e-mails. I'm a Citibank account holder, so I forwarded the two I received during the past month to Citibank. The major banks have instructions on their websites for reporting e-mail fraud.
Posted by Steve Y | June 20, 2004 7:28 PM
This kind of operation is not spam, but a scam called phishing. I'm sure most have heard of it; it's been widely reported about on the 'net.
Posted by Pan Fried | June 21, 2004 9:45 AM