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October 07, 2004
Attempted Phishing Scam Imitating Suntrust Bank
Last night I recieved an email "claiming" to be from Suntrust Bank. The scary part about the newest phishing and identity theft scams is that they are sending out emails claiming to be your legitimate financial institution and that in order to protect you from both ID Theft and Phishing Scams, you must "verify" your customer information.
I mean, the very thing you should never do, is enter your name, social security #, bank acct #, or anything person to ANYONE who sends you an email asking you to reply either by email or by "clicking" on a link.
Many times these "links" you click on have the actual legitimate website URL "displayed" in the email, but it actually directs you to a different website (sometimes with a simialar URL) where the dummy site actually looks like the real thing.
Beware, beware! We have to be on guard about these scams. Those of us who are knowledgeable about such things should preach to our friends and family and make sure they don't fall victim to these insidious criminals!
Posted by savsb at October 7, 2004 07:21 PM