Beware of Bank Fraud

[Drolefille]

Your banks will NEVER ask you to provide that private information over email. If you get that kind of email and you actually have an account with the bank and you're unsure. Go to the real bank website by your own links or through Google and logon that way.

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Your banks will NEVER ask you to provide that private information over email. If you get that kind of email and you actually have an account with the bank and you're unsure. Go to the real bank website by your own links or through Google and logon that way.

This needs to be said over and over again. Not only will they NOT ask for private info over email, in order to view any transactions/activity, they'll usually ask you to log in to their secure website. Speaking of secure websites, they're indicated by the https:// at the beginning of the URL.

Chances are they probably didn't even know you had a BofA account until you filled out the info. I also get dozens of emails from FCUs that I don't even have accounts with.

If your email provider has a phishing notification option (I know GMail does), let your email provider know what's going on. The providers then notify the financial institution and it helps them investigate and hopefully catch these scammers.

It's very unfortunate that you fell victim to this, but again...everyone has to remember that banks/credit card companies, etc. etc. WILL NEVER ASK FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION VIA EMAIL.

[Reds6]

Originally Posted by OTW

This needs to be said over and over again. Not only will they NOT ask for private info over email, in order to view any transactions/activity, they'll usually ask you to log in to their secure website. Speaking of secure websites, they're indicated by the https:// at the beginning of the URL.

Chances are they probably didn't even know you had a BofA account until you filled out the info. I also get dozens of emails from FCUs that I don't even have accounts with.

If your email provider has a phishing notification option (I know GMail does), let your email provider know what's going on. The providers then notify the financial institution and it helps them investigate and hopefully catch these scammers.

It's very unfortunate that you fell victim to this, but again...everyone has to remember that banks/credit card companies, etc. etc. WILL NEVER ASK FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION VIA EMAIL.

And you know I know all of that, which makes me kick myself even more. What got me was when I clicked on the link it appeared as though I was on BOA's site, you could even click on other links to visit other places of the site.