Check out this e-mail I got It says Dear Farmers and Merchants customer You have 1 new Alert Message Please log in to your Chase Bank Account and verify your details. This line you click on!!!!! This really annoys me Ha I don't even have a Chase Account and if I did they would not have my e-mail address.
the sad part is millions fall for this every year... my bank sends me an e-mail and ALWAYS addresses me by name and they never ask me to log on it is a message to call the bank
MY mom got a few for a free car from ebay. She just has to give them here bank account to verify that its her. She emailed them back and never got an email from them again.
i got one asking me to log into my bofa account, which i do have, but i thought it was fishy, so i called the REAl bank and asked. they said that sight steals your login and then steals your moo-la!!! i gave them a copy of the email and they handled it. at least I didnt fall for it!
When I get any emails that "offer" or "notify" I immediately delete. If it was something valid or really important they would not send an email. They would send a certified letter via snail mail.
By way of a tip...if you DO get an email from a company that you are a customer of, that you aren't sure if it's legit (and 99.999 percent are NOT legit) MOST companies have a 'report fraudlent email' link on their home page. I know BofA does and I forward any emails that a phishing ones to them when I get them.
