suspected email scam what to do?

**Curiosity** · 08-03-2004, 11:31 PM

Oh that's neat. Go to the link and then look at the address bar. Well, mine's not where it should be so it's way off but if you drag explorer around that "http://www4.usbank.com..." floats around with a slight delay. It's supposed to cover the real address. LOL

**ODYSSEY** · 08-03-2004, 11:31 PM

You can just click "login" (enter no username or password) and it will ask you for credit card information. Plus the padlock appears on the real login page, while the fake one does not have one. I suggest contacting US Bank, it is a scam.

**tCoy** · 08-03-2004, 11:31 PM

Its a scam. Never trust email. No matter what. If its something serious like that, always give them a call or talk to them in person.

So don't do what the email says, or else all your money will be magically gone the next day.

Call your bank just to confirm, and to give them a heads up.

**Chairboy** · 08-04-2004, 12:00 AM

Holy crap, there are some gullible people here. Of course it's a scam. It's not 'mistaken identity', it's not worthy of even considering. You should never receive a mail asking for this type of information, and if something is real, log in directly to the web site and do it there, never from an email. ever.

Google 'phishing' to learn about this phenomena.

**choyak** · 08-04-2004, 12:14 AM

US Bank??????

Here in Los Angeles it is the tallest building

It happened to me once for ebay and I really dug deep and found: http://www.aa419.org/

this is a list of fake banks and a group who screw up their websites by stealing bandwidth from them...real cool

**jaeger** · 08-04-2004, 12:31 AM

it's a scam if it asks for your ss#, pin, and atm #...most real banks would never ask for all those in one batch. and they NEVER ask for your atm card number or the pin, anyway

**blazinlow** · 08-04-2004, 12:37 AM

Scam, I got the same exact email today and Im not even a US bank customer.

**deadweasel** · 08-04-2004, 01:18 AM

S. etup a fake website that looks like a legit one
C. ollect important personal information from anyone who responds
A. ssemble a massive database of IDs ripe for raping
M. ake mad purchases using credit cards set up under the stolen info
?. Profit!!!!

I think that about describes every internet scheme out there to a T, ne?

**Dominik** · 08-04-2004, 01:50 AM

Because of all these scams, banks in Australia no longer send emails with links to the online banking site. It will actually say to type "www.yourbank.com.etc etc" in the address bar yourself.

I dont even trust my bookmarks or IE's autocomplete.

If it looks fake, it is. If it doesnt look fake, it is still fake. Even if it is not fake, it probably is a fake.
(its a good slogan to keep in mind)

**Defiler** · 08-04-2004, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by Motoko

www4?

This is not uncommon. I work at Verizon.com setting up servers and it is very common to add numbers for the different environments. goto www.verizon.com and it will change to a www22.