An Email With My Uncle About a Hoax

I just got this email from my uncle about the US Bank hoax going one. I got the hoax yesterday, but I knew I didn't have an account there...so, I emailed it to him. Watch your own email boxes for it!

Yes

Even if you had a US Bank account they would never never never ask you to update your records on line.

If you had an account that a bank suspected of being accessed illegally the bank would certainly call you not email you.

If you're ever in doubt about the authenticity of an email from a bank, call then and as you probably noticed there is no phone number provided. An reason this look bogus.

If you would click on the link they provided you wouldn't go to the US Bank web site but a site the scammers created that would look exactly like the US Bank site to fool you.

When you "renew" your personal information there they get enough information to steal your identity.

This is called a phishing (as in fishing) scam. Where they fish the net for unsuspecting victims.

But not you. You were on your toes. Way to go.

Anytime anyone contacts you for personal information over the net don't do it.

They try to scare you. Failure to update your profile will result in account deletion so you'll respond right away without thinking.

This one is really poor. They should at least give a bogus phone number to call along with the bogus link.

-----Original Message-----
From: Sunshine's Real Name Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 8:05 PMTo: Sunshine's Uncle: Fw: U.S. Bank® Fraud Verification Process
Is this a hoax??? I don't think I have a US Bank account anywhere....
----- Original Message -----

From: services@usbank.com
To: Sunshine's Email
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 5:21 PM
Subject: U.S. Bank® Fraud Verification Process
Dear U.S. Bank customer,We recently reviewed your profile, and suspect that your U.S. Bankaccount may have been accessed by an unauthorized third party.Protecting the security of your account and the U.S Bank networkis our primary concern.We appreciate your assistance in helping usto maintain the integrity of the entire U.S. Bank systemAs a security measure, we have temporarilylimited access to sensitive U.S Bank account features.Please take 5 minutes out of your online experience and renew yourrecords and you will not run into any future problems with the online service.However, failure to update your profile will result in account deletation.For more information about how to protect your account, please visitU.S. Bank Security Center - Notification expires on August 12, 2004.Once you have updated your account records your internet bankingservice will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Please follow the link below and renew your personal information. http://199.120.83.250/internetBanking/RequestRouterRequestCmdId=DisplayLoginPage/
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