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Is this one of those scams to loot me? - spearmint - 03-23-2006
This is your official notification from Chase Bank that the service(s) listed below
will be deactivated and deleted if not renewed immediately. Previous notifications have
been sent to the Billing Contact assigned to this account. As the Primary Contact, you
must renew the service(s) listed below or it will be deactivated and deleted.
Please do not reply to this message. For any inquiries, contact Customer Service.
Document Reference: (3965836585).
Chase Bank, N.A. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender.
Copyright © 2006 Chase Bank, N.A. All rights reserved.
Boy it is so official looking it is scary. I can see a lot of people falling for this. Anybody I should report it to?
Re: Is this one of those scams to loot me? - mick e - 03-23-2006
yep.
Re: Is this one of those scams to loot me? - Seacrest - 03-23-2006
http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2006/03/12/chinese_banks_server_used_in_phishing_attacks_on_us_banks.html
Re: Is this one of those scams to loot me? - Jimmypoo - 03-23-2006
Let me handle it.
PM your CC number and PIN, and I'll take care of it.
Re: Is this one of those scams to loot me? - spearmint - 03-23-2006
Seacrest that is it. Boy I hestitated for a few seconds. Frightening.
Re: Is this one of those scams to loot me? - Paul F. - 03-23-2006
I've gotten several of those in the past week...
Since I don't have an account with Chase, I ignored 'em all.
DIdn't stop me from checking my credit report though... just in case...
Re: Is this one of those scams to loot me? - cbelt3 - 03-23-2006
I fwd all such phishing attempts to abuse@ the company name.com or spoof@ the company name.com
Every now and then I get a thank you.
Re: Is this one of those scams to loot me? - Grateful11 - 03-23-2006
cbelt3 Wrote:
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> I fwd all such phishing attempts to abuse@ the
> company name.com or spoof@ the company name.com
>
> Every now and then I get a thank you.
I do that with a lot of them. I just wonder they ever
really follow through on any of them that they get.
Re: Is this one of those scams to loot me? - GeneL - 03-23-2006
It would seem unlikely that it's a scam if it asks you to contact the actual company's customer service.
That should be easy to do by calling the number on your statement or on your credit card if you have one.
A scam would ask for a reply and, clearly this message did not.
I'm assuming you actually have an account with Chase.
As I always say, "That's just my opinion, I could be wrong."
Re: Is this one of those scams to loot me? - msienkiewicz - 03-24-2006
I had a phishing attempt a couple of days ago mentioning something about updating my Chase e-mail alerts. It also looked quite authentic - but they sent it to an email account that I hadn't registered with Chase. This was on my Gmail account, I reported it as a phishing attempt.
Whenever I get mail from a financial institution suggesting that I sign in, I type the appropriate website address in manually.