The following email that I received today is definitely a scam and I know that this for a fact because I don’t have an account with them. Shit I’m not even sure that they have an agency in Australia. Just so you know here is the email.
Dear valued Bank of America® member,
Due to a recent high number of fraudulent transactions, we have issued the following security requirements.
It has come to our attention that 98% of all fraudulent transactions are caused by fraudsters using stolen account information to purchase or sell non existant items. Thus we require our members to enroll in our SiteKey security upgrade, as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. After you submit the requested information, we will create a unique algorithm based on your personal computer, allowing us to recognize you in any future online banking sessions and thus immediately spotting any unauthorized access. By passing back and forth secret information that only you and Bank Of America know, you can feel even more secure with your online banking experience. We recognize you and you recognize us. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and enroll in the SiteKey security upgrade, you will not run into any future problems with the Bank Of America online banking service. However, failure to meet our security requirem ents will result in your account suspension.
We are requesting this information to verify and protect your identity. Federal regulations require all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record identification from all persons opening new accounts or obtaining ongoing payment services. This is in order to prevent the use of the U.S. banking system in terrorist and other illegal activity. For these reasons, Bank Of America will utilize services provided by various credit reporting agencies to verify the information you submit to us.
Once you have enrolled in our SiteKey security upgrade your pending Bank Of America account transactions will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
Please enroll in our SiteKey security upgrade by clicking here.
Thank you for your time,
Bank Of America® Security Department.
This email falls in the phishing category and as such should be ignored. A few things that you should keep in mind when you get these sort of emails.
Once again this email is total bullshit.
yep, we get a lot of this kind of email in Romania as well. trouble is a lot of people fall for them.
The question is why do they fall for it, especially when there are so many stories floating around about Internet scams.
I just checked my e-mails and a very similar one was in my box!! Ha ha he he ha ha!! IM NOT one of those people who fell for this one!! WHat a joke!! Im going to report this one to the proper people!!
Good on you Lulu, let me know how that works out.
Hello again! Well I forwarded the e-mail to http://www.abuse@bankofamerica and I did receive a e-mail back from them thanking me for reporting it!They mentioned that it would be investigated and shut down as soon as possible . I thought to myself,when I got that e-mail,I have never even had an account with them!! Thats so hilarious!!! They think I’m a sucker!! Well guess what? The idiots who tried to scam me are the idiots!!!They got scammed and burned by me!! Ha ha ha ha!!! Thanks for having this site here!! It helped me a lot!!
Sincerly,
Lulu