Disastrous Bank of America Email Scam, Protect yourself
For the past couple days I have been receiving emails from Bank of America saying there have been unauthorized activity within my account. I knew this was a scam because I don’t have a bank of America account but if anyone does please make sure you DO NOT click the link in this email scam. I have already heard bad stories of people that have been deceived by this scam. Below is the email I received, supposedly from Bank of America.
Email Title: Unauthorized Activity
Email Address: bankofamerica@google.com
Your Online Banking is Blocked
Because of unusual number of invalid login attempts on you account, we had to believe that, their might be some security problem on you account.
So we have decided to put an extra verification process to ensure your identity and your account security.
Please click on continue to the verification process and ensure your account security. It is all about your security.
Thank you.
Continue To Online Banking ( This was the link)
© 2007 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved
By clicking this link you and filling out any information you will be sending you account information out to be used against you.
I love it how the people who cooked up this scheme know there unsuspecting victims will click the link even though there are big tells that this is not bank of America.
Let’s examine the big tells shall we?
1. If my account had unauthorized activity the bank would definitely call me not email me.
2. The email address it was sent by is not a bank of America email.
3. The URL it was directing too is not a bank of America email.
The point I am trying to make is to be careful what you read online and how you conduct your finical accounts online.
